[Web4lib] Webmail and the ocean of spam

[Sandra Bostian]

I just noticed yesterday that under the gmail inbox, there are a couple of small links:

Gmail view: standard with chat | standard without chat | basic HTML  

So you can effectively "turn off" the extras if you want.

Sandy

Sandy Bostian
Digital Conversion Specialist
Library of Congress
Meeting of Frontiers: http://frontiers.loc.gov
202-707-2342
sbos at loc.gov

>>> Richard Wiggins <richard.wiggins at gmail.com> 02/17/06 5:40 AM >>>
...

That's the good news.  Here's the bad news: Google seems to think Gmail
shoukd morph into AOL.  They are integrating chat, talk, desktop search,
etc.  and burdening the first prominent Ajax app and the best Webmail client
ever written with features that clutter the screen and slow things down.

...

If Google keeps overloading Gmail with irrelevant features,  I see the
possibility of having to move onto another platform.  But for now it's a
very viable solution to your spam issue.

/rich