Aw, I thought it was going to be a way to get the functionality of Gmail without Google.
Which functionality?
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#22After reading this I tried to install an exchange account on my gmail app. It asked for a bunch of extra permissions for the specific exchange account, including the permission to "Erase all data" from the telephone, resetting it to factory settings. Not gonna happen. From what I gather those permissions were requested by the exchange server, so my university would be the one to blame. Why a server would ask for this…
Data protection.
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#23Does linking another e-mail to my Gmail mean that Google will go harvest all of the e-mails from the Inbox of that account in order to deliver targeted ads? I ask because I don't want to link my 15 year-old Hotmail account to it if that's the case. I'll just stay with the web client.
it almost certainly will, as it includes google now cards (which are built off data mining for your interests)
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#26After reading this I tried to install an exchange account on my gmail app. It asked for a bunch of extra permissions for the specific exchange account, including the permission to "Erase all data" from the telephone, resetting it to factory settings. Not gonna happen. From what I gather those permissions were requested by the exchange server, so my university would be the one to blame. Why a server would ask for this…
Default permissions are the ability erase everything. It actually requires work to remove those permissions. Probably just your exchange admin doesnt have an incentive to change the settings.
> Default permissions are the ability erase everything.
This can never go wrong.
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#27Yahoo mail has done it last year. They even have this on the web client on desktop.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/10/yo-dawg-i-heard-you-like-ya....
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#28I wonder how this actually works. It seems like for Gmail to provide this functionality, it needs to copy your external email to Google's servers and do server side processing. I can't imagine that it does spam protection, Google Now cards, and search all client side.
Seems pretty straight forward - pretend you signed up for a Google account and also had that account connect to your other email addresses (Like people have been doing for years, and arguably one of gmail's best features)
Now just rebrand it without the visible requirement of having a Google Account. I wouldn't be surprised if you're still getting a Google account in the process, it's just not advertised.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which functionality?
The absolutely dreadful UI?
I've switched to Google Inbox rather than Gmail but I'd still be happier with Gmail than any other webmail - and nearly any desktop mail client (although I've seen a few glimpses of next-gen clients that have the potential to change my mind).
How would you justify that it's 'dreadful'? Am I just deluded?