Gmail recently added POP3 access to Gmail for a limited number of users. Now you can download email via POP3 to your Gmail account. That rocks! For more information, see What's new on Gmail?

It looks like Gmail is now open for registration without needing an existing member to send you an invite. The only catch is you need to use your cell phone to receive an invite code. https://www.google.com/accounts/SmsMailSignup1...

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I just discovered how to connect to Google Chat via JABBER. This is cool if you're using a chat program like Trillian. All you need to do is set the server host to talk.google.com and the server port to 5222 and use your Gmail address (i.e. myemail@gmail.com) and password to authenticate. Pretty cool...

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I love to see the New features! link when I login to Gmail. This time, Gmail has added picture contacts. Now you can see a picture of the person you are sending an email to. As always, see http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about_whatsnew.html to see what's new with Gmail....

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I could spend all day listing the reasons I love Gmail, but instead will list one I just discovered a couple of days ago. In my inbox, I received a shipping notification for a package shipped via UPS. I opened the email and on the right hand side saw: Would you like to... Track UPS package {Tracking...

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I must have been living under a rock for the past month as I just discovered that Google is now offering a limited beta test of hosted email service . Looks interesting. I'll have to give it a test drive....

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There's now a Delete button so you can easily delete messages you don't want to keep. Yeah! For an up-to-date listing of new Gmail features, see What's new on Gmail?...

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