 Gmail Shell Extension, Create a GMail Drive On Your PC! |
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 May 29 2005, 12:43 PM
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apt-get moo  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,055 Joined: 28-May 05 From: Hertfordshire, England Member No.: 7,593   |
This software allows you to drag and drop files into your GMail account and treat it just as any other physical drive on your computer.
A file system is created on your GMail account which allows Windows Explorer to recognise it as a drive and pick up files. A new drive icon appears in My Computer showing every file on your account. With the ever increasing space provided by GMail (over 2.5GB now!) no-one will ever be able to fill it all with emails. This software provides a free way to expand your computer's storage capacity. When files are put onto the GMail 'drive' the software generates an email and sends it to your account, with your file as an attachment. This also means your files can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection. Installation Requirements ** A GMail account ** Internet Explorer 5 + QUOTE(viksoe.dk) Please note that GMail Drive is still an experimental tool. There's still a number of limitations of the file-system (such as total filename size must be less than 40 characters). Since the tool hooks up with the free GMail Service provided by Google, changes in the GMail system may break the tool's ability to function. I cannot guarantee that files stored in this manner will be accessible in the future. Despite this, I have been using the software for some time now, and have never had any problems. For more information please see viksoe.dk Download Links Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 |
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May 30 2005, 05:00 AM
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Newbie [Level 3]  Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 30-May 05 Member No.: 7,655 |
thank you for the links that could be one of the coolest accessories ever made for an email account
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May 30 2005, 05:41 AM
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**removed link** Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 21-July 04 From: I Don't Know Member No.: 162 |
I have personal tested the gmail drive and it works great but you get security pop ups all the time and if your offline then the drive want work.
The upload and speed of it depends on your connection speed as well. How ever with the size of space you get with gmail it is a pertty good drive. |
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May 30 2005, 05:43 AM
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**removed link** Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 21-July 04 From: I Don't Know Member No.: 162 |
I have personal tested the gmail drive and it works great but you get security pop ups all the time and if your offline then the drive want work.
The upload and speed of it depends on your connection speed as well. How ever with the size of space you get with gmail it is a pertty good drive. Thanks Eric Drinkard |
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May 31 2005, 01:42 PM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 31-May 05 Member No.: 7,718 |
How do you get those to work? I could never figure it out.
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May 31 2005, 03:05 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 126 Joined: 11-May 05 Member No.: 6,903 |
wow บบบบ thx a lot looks very interesting to make back ups of your important files ... considering the thing you put at the bottom of your post but is a great idea ... i think ill try it this afternoon
thnx บบบ
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May 31 2005, 03:31 PM
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.::UniCorN::. Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 19-September 04 From: Dalian CHN Member No.: 1,192 |
ya...good site,i do like gmail drive but lack pretty shell:) this is just a good way to have a try
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Jun 2 2005, 01:14 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 203 Joined: 2-June 05 From: Why would you want to know? Member No.: 7,778 |
This Gmail Shell Extension is good. It like adding 2+ extra GBs on your hard drive but it slow and you need a Gmail account in order to use it. You can't store every file ext. Like .reg ext. for example. You can't load anything from the drive on your computer, you have to copy it out of the drive in order to view it. Rating: 3 out of 5.
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Jun 3 2005, 09:18 AM
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Newbie [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 3-June 05 Member No.: 7,823 |
Neat little tool. But it's pretty slow so you couldn't rely on it.
Not all files can be uploaded, though. "An error occured: Unable to create file. System Error Message: html2text.bas is an executable file. For security reasons, Gmail does not allow you to send this ty" "An error occured: Operation aborted"  I guess i'll just zip it. It looks promising for all the travelling I do... but my memory stick is, obviously a lot faster, but doesn't hold as much stuff... I doubt i'll be uploading 2gb of files to my Gmail drive though... it'ld take a very, very long time, even on 2mbit cable. The shell extension itself, though, is a very fine piece of engineering. If this was open source, I could see many other people adapting it for other email services. Good post! |
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