# .... And Gmail was a good choice, why ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-gmail-was-a-good-choice-why/461119 "2008-08-24T18:30:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-gmail-was-a-good-choice-why/461119/21 "2008-08-25T13:57:22Z")
I’ve had similar issues with Gmail. I don’t like it much. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-gmail-was-a-good-choice-why/461119/22 "2008-08-25T13:59:30Z")
Wow, I love GMail - I think it’s a very solid little service, and I use it in preference to all my other email accounts. I thought the file size limit was 5 Megabytes, and I’m fairly certain it’s at least 2MB; is it possible your connection’s a little slow and that it’s timing out when the photo is being uploaded into GMail? ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-gmail-was-a-good-choice-why/461119/23 "2008-08-25T14:52:54Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] Well, A to G worked flawlessly. It is to me to figure out WHICH contacts from Palm need to be dragged in or manually imported. Not a great way to be, but at least I no longer have 12,000 contacts. Thank you for the guidance and for giving me the straight dope on it. I STILL think it’s a bit clunky. That may change in time. For example, where does it say what the file size limit is? I tried to send a photo that was 1.2 megs, and it failed. [/QUOTE] In the help section, it says that the maximum size is 20 MB, but I have had trouble sending attachments of smaller than that before, which I always blamed on the clunky connection I had at the time. I haven’t had to send anything very large since, so I don’t know if it really was my connection or a Gmail problem. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-gmail-was-a-good-choice-why/461119/24 "2008-08-25T15:55:52Z")
Whatever you do, _don’t forget your password_! When it comes to resetting your password, GMail’s support site is a far, far cry from being supportive. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-gmail-was-a-good-choice-why/461119/25 "2008-08-25T16:47:53Z")
I was a diehard Eudora user for years. The only thing I really don’t like about Gmail is they don’t really have folders; I like to sort my e-mail into folders. Otherwise the speed, convenience, and search capabilities of Gmail are really great. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-gmail-was-a-good-choice-why/461119/26 "2008-08-26T17:02:37Z")
Yeah. The Folders thing. Now that I have something akin to an Address book working, and I’ve installed Gmail as an account on my Mac Mail software, I’m kinda dedicated to making it work. As long as I am using my Mac to check Gmail, I have folders I can build in Mac Mail easily enough. Folders? Not a crisis issue. Search? A major crisis issue, though Gmail search seems as fine as Mac Mail Search. Doesn’t matter to me if I leave a stream of 4,000 emails in place chronologically or if I get all anal and parse them into folders. As long as I can Search easily and find all emails that have the phrase "Cecil Adams Is God " in them, I’m good to go. File size on attachments: Still futzing. Will try sending again, from new cable modem link put in this a.m. ETA: Excellent point, **Monty**. My password is straightdope, so I’m unlikely to forget it !! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-gmail-was-a-good-choice-why/461119.md?page=1)