Originally Posted by durtyrute (Post 9182119)

Google is taking over your lives.

Originally Posted by Capt Tasty Cheeks (Post 9181754)

well I landed the job I really, really wanted two months ago...so hopefully I'll never have to bust out my resume again...and now I have a corporate email as well

but yeah, perhaps if I ever have another go around I'll register a new email to handle all job inquiries...never really even thought about it

I was pretty new to the whole resume game this time around, really stumbled into a good career so hopefully I don't **** it up

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 9182066)

Silly.

Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 9182118)

The difference between email and social networks is the difference between PCs and tablets when it comes to productivity.

I keep trying to tell my students (mind you, these are kids taking a college level class in high school) that they MUST check their email daily. I can't tell you how many times they send me something in email, I reply to them that I received it, then I see them two days later and they say, "Hey, did you get that assignment I sent you?"

Uhhh, yes. I sent you an email immediately. That means you haven't checked your email in 2 days since you sent the assignment. Awesome.

Meanwhile, they know every single time some dipshit comments on their instagram or Bob tweets what he ate for breakfast.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 9182146)

Silly? Sure. But I seriously doubt I'm the only one who feels that way. I'm not saying I'd dump a resume because of it or anything, but I definitely feel like Gmail is more "up to date" for whatever reason. It's kind of like AOL, but not as bad.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 9182146)

Silly? Sure. But I seriously doubt I'm the only one who feels that way. I'm not saying I'd dump a resume because of it or anything, but I definitely feel like Gmail is more "up to date" for whatever reason. It's kind of like AOL, but not as bad.

Originally Posted by suds79 (Post 9182158)

It's not silly.

There's something just embarrasing about using Hotmail or AOL to me. I stumbled across this snip-it from Paul Rudd in an interview when asked about why it seems so many celebs (not that I care but that was the question posed) use AOL?

“I like AOL because it’s so embarrassing,” Rudd explains. “People look at you as if you’re a fossil. Which you are. But I enjoy that embarrassment. I like being on the outside. Having an AOL address is like wearing Ocean Pacific shorts. It’s so uncool that it’s cool.”

It'd be like still using Netscape as your browser if it still existed.

Originally Posted by 58-4ever (Post 9182177)

If anyone is looking for something new, outlook.com is the shizzle.

Originally Posted by suds79 (Post 9182158)

It's not silly.

There's something just embarrasing about using Hotmail or AOL to me. I stumbled across this snip-it from Paul Rudd in an interview when asked about why it seems so many celebs (not that I care but that was the question posed) use AOL?

“I like AOL because it’s so embarrassing,” Rudd explains. “People look at you as if you’re a fossil. Which you are. But I enjoy that embarrassment. I like being on the outside. Having an AOL address is like wearing Ocean Pacific shorts. It’s so uncool that it’s cool.”

It'd be like still using Netscape as your browser if it still existed.

Originally Posted by loochy (Post 9182214)

Originally Posted by durtyrute (Post 9182212)

Why do you have to add "@gmail.com or @yahoo.com when you log into your email account. I'M LOGGING INTO GMAIL, WHY WOULD I PUT ANYTHING ELSE?

Originally Posted by Shag (Post 9182218)

You don't. At least, not for gmail...

Originally Posted by Capt Tasty Cheeks (Post 9182200)

11/12/04 is the first email I received on the GMAIL account I use...it was for a cashout on Party Poker. Who's got an earlier GMAIL email?

Originally Posted by ChiTown (Post 9182244)

Typewriter, envelope and stamp

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy (Post 9182245)

I have a sent item from 8/31/2004 in my gmail account. edit: and a reply to it on the same day.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 9182254)

Damn. Beat me by four days.

I actually didn't start using mine full-time until much later though - I just reserved the address. I think I finally made the switch from Yahoo around 2007.

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy (Post 9182261)

Someone (who shares my name) gave it out as their own address. My e-mail address is [email protected] - his (i'm assuming) is [email protected]

I get some strange emails every now and then.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 9182278)

Actually, that shouldn't be the case - Gmail ignores dots in account names, so you could use either of those interchangeably.

Related protip - you can add a plus to the end of your account address and it'll ignore anything after that (before the @). For example, you can do things like [email protected] as your registration for suspect sites and filter those into a special folder to keep them separate.

Originally Posted by Shag (Post 9182218)

You don't. At least, not for gmail...

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 9182297)

Neither one of them requires it FWIW.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 9182324)

Yep. The only reason they say "email" rather than "account name" is that it's technically possible to use any email you want for a Google (or Yahoo) account for their other services.

Originally Posted by loochy (Post 9181558)

Why aren't you sure if I'm serious? I don't have the AOL service and I don't use the web interface. I've just kept that same address. Nowdays I do most of my email through my phone with K9. I've used Outlook on my PC since 2002 when I got it for free from school.

Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk (Post 9182619)

Outlook is not an email provider it is an email client.

Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk (Post 9182619)

Outlook is not an email provider it is an email client.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 9182889)

False. They didn't used to be, but you can sign up for an outlook.com email if you want one. They launched it just recently.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 9182889)

False. They didn't used to be, but you can sign up for an outlook.com email if you want one. They launched it just recently.

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 9182898)

Correct.

Originally Posted by Laz (Post 9182917)

He said he's been using Outlook for 10 years.

recently is not 10 years

which is why i wondered if he was serious

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 9182953)

Well, right. He's referring to using the Outlook desktop application - not the web site. My correction was just for ArrowheadHawk.

Originally Posted by Laz (Post 9182917)

He said he's been using Outlook for 10 years.

recently is not 10 years

which is why i wondered if he was serious

Originally Posted by Argo (Post 9182634)

But he's saying he uses outlook to access his AOL account.

Originally Posted by loochy (Post 9182974)

This.

People keep thinking that since I have an AOL email address I use the AOL desktop program that brings up the YOU'VE GOT MAIL thing. I was just saying that I use outlook to access my AOL email and with Outlook it looks and behaves just like any other email would, so I have no reason to change. The same goes for my phone, except I use K9 instead of Outlook.

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 9182979)

You can make Outlook play "You've got mail" when a new message arrives...

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 9182979)

You can make Outlook play "You've got mail" when a new message arrives...