louisgray.com - Latest Comments in http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/slow-down-my-e-mail-and-slow-me-down.htmlhttp://louisgray.disqus.com/A Silicon Valley Blog for Early Adopters and Tech GeeksenMon, 29 Jun 2009 17:37:38 -0000Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/slow-down-my-e-mail-and-slow-me-down.htmlhttp://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/slow-down-my-e-mail-and-slow-me-down.html#comment-11913998<p>Gmail is a nice service. However, given that Google is crawling all that e-mail content looking for how to best serve contextual ads, and given that I don't know what else that database of information might be used for someday, I'm not comfortable using gmail for sensitive corporate or personal messages. </p>Sharon MachlisMon, 29 Jun 2009 17:37:38 -0000Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/slow-down-my-e-mail-and-slow-me-down.htmlhttp://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/slow-down-my-e-mail-and-slow-me-down.html#comment-11774409<p>You may have noticed that I work under similar rules day to day.</p><p>I do what Jesse suggested and pipe everything through GMail. The GMail web interface is *excellent* when used as a standalone application (<a href="http://friendfeed.com/monasfeed/5eb243e9/shame-on-me-for-waiting-this-long-to-regularly" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://friendfeed.com/monasfeed/5eb243e9/shame-on-me-for-waiting-this-long-to-regularly">more detail on Mona's thread here</a>). I know you've been using <a href="http://mac.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="mac.com">mac.com</a> and mobileme for a while but I have a feeling you can make it work through a different interface. Call a GMail wizard like Steve Rubel or someone to help you hit the ground running.</p><p>The Exchange thing seems to hinge on "Exchange ActiveSync" or something. Are you suggesting that your office doesn't have that turned on for some reason? I'm not sure how to help there.</p><p>Tunneling workarounds are sadly common in today's office environment. It's not at all uncommon for me to have to load a page on my iPhone when I discover my office network is filtering it for one reason or another. The upside is it helps give you a new appreciation for sites with mobile-friendly stylesheets.</p><p>Good luck Louis, if anyone can figure out how to work under strange new restrictions you can. There's always a way.</p>Daniel J. PritchettFri, 26 Jun 2009 10:27:15 -0000Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/slow-down-my-e-mail-and-slow-me-down.htmlhttp://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/slow-down-my-e-mail-and-slow-me-down.html#comment-11769328<p>What do you mean Exchange is not supported by the iPhone? Exchange support is the reason I bought the thing and it works great!</p>tinusguichelaarFri, 26 Jun 2009 06:36:43 -0000Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/slow-down-my-e-mail-and-slow-me-down.htmlhttp://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/slow-down-my-e-mail-and-slow-me-down.html#comment-11767920<p>Louis, you should just forward all your mobile me mail to Gmail. You can use your Mobile Me address, and not have to worry about Mobile Me.</p>Jesse StayFri, 26 Jun 2009 05:46:43 -0000