I moved. My mailing address didn't change, but my cyber address certainly did. I was fed up with hotmail, its tendencies to delete my emails, its inability to sign me in for hours on end, and its disgusting banner ads. I converted.
I completed most of my move today when I was able to sign into my hotmail account, thus being able to start the transfer. Granted, movie emails isn' t nearly as crazy as actually moving, but tranferring to a different email account does take some time. I had to export all my contacts (which was actually really nice, because that I way I didn't have to manually reenter all my email contacts), forward the messages from my hotmail account that I want, and change emails on several external sites.
After just one day, I love gmail. I love that I can customize my template. I love that I can label all my messages and color code those messages. I love that it keeps all my messages that are replies (you know the "re: re: re: re:" messages) as one message instead of as a million. I love that I can just click on a different tab and get to my GoogleReader. I love that gmail accomodates my organizational compulsions. I love that gmail doesn't arbitrarily delete emails. I love the lack of ads.
The one perhaps frustrating aspect of my move was having to transfer my blog to my new blogger account; blogger wouldn't let me just change the email on my existing profile, so I had to completely transfer everything over to this new profile. (**For those of you whose blogs I read who have private blogs, could you send me an email to my new address? It's the same user name but just at gmail. Thanks :) ) This was a little tricky, but I succeeded. The one thing that makes me sad about a new blogger profile is that the count for how many times my profile has been looked at is now in the single digits. I know it doesn't matter, but seeing that my profile had been clicked on over 600 times was a nice ego boost.
I'm a full-fledged Gmail Girl!!
5 comments:
I'd like to change the email account associated with my blog, but I get a headache when I think about changing everything over...
Oh dear. I just got a new email address, too. I didn't realize that it would be such a hassle with blogger! . . . I may have to wait until you come home to show me how. . ..
I've been a gmail girl for years and love it. I seriously don't know how people have other email addresses besides gmail!
Way to go Charlotte way to choose the right!
Wow, what a hassel! But, I must say that gmail sounds very enticing!
And what's with your Mom getting a new email address.....I have had no prompt as to that!
Good going. Happy new emailing....
I HEART gmail. I will try to convert anybody, ESPECIALLY if they have a hotmail account. I'd like to bear my testimony, I know gmail is true. Just wait until you want to find an email and you type any word from the message into that little search bar. I could go on. I'm a gmail evangelist.
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