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Author Topic: Nifty Gmail feature  (Read 4104 times)

phitsc

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Nifty Gmail feature
« on: May 03, 2011, 07:29 AM »
I was quite surprised and found this one really clever:

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Although I wonder what else Google reads in my emails :o

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Re: Nifty Gmail feature
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2011, 07:35 AM »
Yes, it's very useful.  My email client, Mulberry, has had it as an option for many years.

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Re: Nifty Gmail feature
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2011, 07:37 AM »
Thunderbird has similar heuristics.

Can be done with a client-side javascript check btw, so doesn't necessarily mean "google reads your emails" (though of course they do datamine heavily).
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Re: Nifty Gmail feature
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2011, 07:39 AM »
Thunderbird has similar heuristics.

I've been using Thunderbird for many years. Can't remember ever having seen that. But then I never read the help file ;)

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Re: Nifty Gmail feature
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2011, 07:48 AM »
Thunderbird has similar heuristics.

I've been using Thunderbird for many years. Can't remember ever having seen that. But then I never read the help file ;)
I've definitely had it say something along the lines of "hey, did you forget an attachment?" before sending mails :)
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Re: Nifty Gmail feature
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2011, 08:07 AM »
Thunderbird has similar heuristics.

I've been using Thunderbird for many years. Can't remember ever having seen that. But then I never read the help file ;)

it's been asking here since an update a while back (couple months ago).
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Re: Nifty Gmail feature
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2011, 11:35 AM »
Thunderbird has similar heuristics.

Can be done with a client-side javascript check btw, so doesn't necessarily mean "google reads your emails" (though of course they do datamine heavily).

It'd be nice if they picked up the pace a little, I've been waiting on a 3MB attachment I sent myself for an hour now.