Gmail Invites - This is probably the longest page on Digital Inspiration and it's still growing though Google has lifted the "invite-only" curtain from Gmail.
With ~3 GB of storage space, 20 MB attachment limit, inbuilt viewer for Office files and pretty solid spam filters, it is no surprise that Gmail is so popular especially among geeks and techies.
If you are also planning to sign up for a new Gmail account because of the above advantages, consider opting for Google Apps Premier Edition that makes Gmail even better. Read five reasons:
1. While 3 GB in free Gmail is lot of space, it can get exhausted - Google Apps gives you 25+ GB of storage space.
2. You can define a list of approved email senders and web domains - any messages from approved lists will always go to your Inbox bypassing the junk email filters. You can also block individual email senders and entire domains - messages from anyone in a blocked domain go directly to the Junk Quarantine.
3. Google guarantees a 99.9% uptime for Gmail. If things still go wrong, you can call Google's 24x7 telephone support for a solution.
4. Google Apps Premier users can hide all advertisements in Gmail that show in the right sidebar.
5. Now the top reason for using Google Apps email over Gmail - accidents do happen but with Google Apps Premier, you can recover deleted email messages from Gmail.
You read it right - If you accidentally delete an email message in GMail , you will be able to retrieve the deleted message for the next 90 days by just searching for the message in the email archive.
Unlike Gmail which is free, Google Apps Premier will cost you $50 per year. Though Google is promoting the premier edition for business users, it is a good enough for anyone who finds Gmail storage limited or wants more control - $50 could be a worthwhile investment.
[for #2 & #5, you will need to activate Postini inside Google Apps Premier.]
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Reader Comments
Amit, I think it is $50 per user per year- no small amount.
Written by
Rajesh Kumar on 12/10/07 6:53 AM
I wanted to go for this service with my domain. But it offers this service with minimum of 8 user accounts that costs me $400. I need only one account & hence this becomes expensive.
Written by
Prashanth on 12/10/07 7:45 AM
The free service is just as good. 8 users with 2gb per account. In fact you can have as many as 200 users and request for more if needed. Thats a lot of space.
I have been using the free service for about 6 months now since the time it was launched and its very very convenient than having your own server
It has everything to offer that Gmail has.
No IMAP is a shame though. That could have been killer. But even the paid version is non IMAP.
Written by
Charmaz on 12/10/07 9:44 AM
@Rajesh,
Indeed, no small amount. Unless that is.. U make millions out of Ad-Sense!
Written by
!Lakshman Prasad on 12/10/07 4:41 PM
@rajesh - the $50 cost is per user but you can sign up for Google Apps Premier even with a single user.
@prashant - don't know about that minimum 8 user requirement. I am on Google Apps Premier and don't have that many users.
@lakshman - not sure how this is connected with Adsense. If have large email requirements, Gmail may not suffice.
Written by
Amit Agarwal on 12/10/07 4:54 PM
Somehow gives the impression of a Google sponsored post..sorry for being blunt.
Written by
Mojo on 13/10/07 8:58 PM
Hi,
Amit, i have been successfully using My free Gmail Account over 2 years. Now my account storage goes on increase day by day. Some times, My Gmail storage also increases hourly. Now my account Storage Increment is very fast when compared previous storage.
Now, My account storage already crossed 3GB limit and still increasing. This much of storage is enough for me at this time. Later, I may try Google Apps premier edition.
Thanks for good suggestion......
Written by
Ashok Kumar on 13/10/07 10:06 PM
I agree with other comments.
Gmail provide good enough space (3 GB and 6 GB next year) and paying some extra fees you need to get additional space. Just logically how many user actually use that much space and in that how many don't mind create another account for additional space? I think that number will be very small.
24 X 7 support in downtime? I don't think i needed that in last 2 years and hopefully seeing google's reputation I wont need that in future also.
Google shld give more reason to buy their premium package apart from space.
Written by
K Savai on 18/10/07 1:28 AM
Using the free service is not that bad either. We do not get 25 Gb of space but 3GB is enuff you know. and I do not mind adsense ads on my gmail because they are just text ads.
Written by
Gamer on 18/10/07 1:45 AM
More good news IMAP on Gmail as just pointed out by Amit.
I still don't see IMAP on my google apps account yet. Keep your fingers crossed that they will roll it out for Apps users too since it is free
Written by
Charmaz on 24/10/07 6:28 PM
Why is it showing only 2024MB in my GMail Acccount. I signed up for GMail just yersterday.
Written by
S.L.Debnath on 30/10/07 6:07 PM