Gmail: fetching perfection?
Gmail just launched an absolutely interesting feature that allows users to fetch mail from other accounts. I spotted the news via Techcrunch.
Yes folks, the mail fetcher allows users to access non-Gmail email accounts from within the Gmail interface, using POP parameters.
This actually turns Gmail into a web-based email client, which is a very smart move from a strategy-biased perspective too.
A big step towards the day the Web will be the platform apps will run onto.
[UPDATE] Privacy implications – on the long run – are not to underrate here, standing to Donna Bogatin @ ZDNet Blogs.
The only thing is that this is still limited service and many accounts at Google still do not have it enabled
| Posted 3 years agoThey will enable it as soon as they get an optimal reliability. It has some BIG business implications, they won’t delay
| Posted 3 years ago