1. Speed (I think it's faster than Outlook in almost all operations) 2. VIM like keyboard shortcuts 1 and 2 combined makes it a winner for me. :)
Everything should have Vim key bindings.
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#32In no particular order: labels, filters, spam filter and the ability to search everything.
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#33interface of gmail on iPhone.. I just love it..
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#34I use http://www.fastmail.fm/mail/familyplans.html because it allows me to trivially manage everything related to email for my entire family.
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#35e-mail :D But seriously, a good, no, great spam filter.
Seems to me that the spam filter has gotten worse lately--I've had a false positive for the first time I can remember, and regularly get 1 or 2 spam emails in my inbox each day. It's a testament to Gmail's normal spam performance that this shocks me, but shock me it does.
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#36e-mail :D But seriously, a good, no, great spam filter.
Seems to me that the spam filter has gotten worse lately--I've had a false positive for the first time I can remember, and regularly get 1 or 2 spam emails in my inbox each day. It's a testament to Gmail's normal spam performance that this shocks me, but shock me it does.
That is true for me as well. I wonder what happened.
Re: Ask HN: Gmail feature you just can't live without.
#371. Speed (I think it's faster than Outlook in almost all operations) 2. VIM like keyboard shortcuts 1 and 2 combined makes it a winner for me. :)
Everything should have Vim key bindings.
Vi like keys definitively for me too.
Every thing not beeing a "full-blown" editor should have bindings to support a subset of your favorite keymap. So those who like Emacs or Vi, or Wordstar for that matter, could leverage their habits.
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#38Unlimited email addresses for my Inbox with a pattern such as myid-*@yahoo.com (e.g. myid-ycombinator@yahoo.com). Great for spam protection when registering on little known websites, etc. This is provided in the Address Guard feature in Yahoo email.
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#39keyboard short cuts.