Gmail Opens Up in More Ways Than One

Yay to Google for opening up Gmail to external POP3 e-mail accounts. Sort of. Without fanfare, Google recently rolled out the ability to customize the "from:" address when sending mail through Gmail. In other words, now you can send an e-mail from you@yourname.com instead of you@gmail.com, if you want. Why is this a big deal to me? Well, for one, that was the only feature stopping me from switching away from Yahoo Mail for good. Now I no longer have that excuse. The new feature doesn't allow you to check POP3 mail through Gmail, but you can hack it by setting up a redirect from your POP3 account to your Gmail account. With a simple rule, you can automatically label mail from that account accordingly and reply as if you were managing that POP3 account. send a text message to Google requesting your account. Seems kinda weird to me, but I'm sure the big G has an ulterior motive relating to its upcoming mobile phone ambitions. Definitely stay tuned to that one. Cory Kleinschmidt is co-founder of Traffick, he designed the site, and continues to maintains it and contributes informative articles for webmasters and internet professionals.