Comments on: Managing Multiple Gmail Accounts http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/ A Technology Crow in search of Bright Shiny Objects Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:03:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-124383 David Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:51:00 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-124383 Anyone have any updates about syncing contacts to multiple accounts? I have google apps for my biz acct and a couple gmail accts. I got most of my stuff in sync now, but I can't get a way to sync to my personal gmail. Here is my setup so far incase it helps others... Using www.soocial.com (they ROCK!) This syncs my biz e-mail and my mac address book in sync with google. I use google apps premier ($50/yr/user), so i have access to their new "outlook sync tool" (AKA- Google Apps Sync/ GAS). GAS syncs my contacts and calendar to my google apps acct perfectly. Then soocial is tied into my google apps acct on the backend. Then soocial is set up to sync to my mac address book. So far so good, but still cant get data out to my personal gmail. soocial can only connect to 1 gmail acct, so I am stuck there. I am debating trying another mac> google sync program and setting that to sync to my personal gmail and letting soocial to work gmail. ? Anyways- anyone else got any ideas? Anyone have any updates about syncing contacts to multiple accounts? I have google apps for my biz acct and a couple gmail accts. I got most of my stuff in sync now, but I can’t get a way to sync to my personal gmail. Here is my setup so far incase it helps others…

Using http://www.soocial.com (they ROCK!)

This syncs my biz e-mail and my mac address book in sync with google. I use google apps premier ($50/yr/user), so i have access to their new “outlook sync tool” (AKA- Google Apps Sync/ GAS). GAS syncs my contacts and calendar to my google apps acct perfectly. Then soocial is tied into my google apps acct on the backend. Then soocial is set up to sync to my mac address book.

So far so good, but still cant get data out to my personal gmail. soocial can only connect to 1 gmail acct, so I am stuck there. I am debating trying another mac> google sync program and setting that to sync to my personal gmail and letting soocial to work gmail. ?

Anyways- anyone else got any ideas?

]]> By: Yair http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-120599 Yair Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:28:00 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-120599 Have a look at the new Gmail Notifier that is out. Support for multiple accounts and many other goodies: http://www.gmailnotifier.com Have a look at the new Gmail Notifier that is out.
Support for multiple accounts and many other goodies:
http://www.gmailnotifier.com

]]> By: Kevin http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-111796 Kevin Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:42:32 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-111796 I've been using Gmail Manager for some time, and it is handy, but disagree that it handles multiple accounts "with no difficulty." As an add-on by itself, this is true, but I've found that if I have one particular gmail account open in the browser window proper - say, the one under which I store my calendar and tasks lists - action on that screen begins to yield "500 server error" messages if the Manager add-on logs in and checks another account at the same time. It is as though the add-on and the browser window are still using the same process, making it only marginally more useful than the scenario you described where you can't really check all 3 at the same time in different tabs. The addon itself is effectively a "tab" that can steal away the active gmail login from the window you're using. I don't know if Google Chrome, with its "each tab is its own process" model would alleviate this, but of course as of now there is no gmail manager equivalent addon for Chrome, either... not to mention, I still prefer firefox. The best solution in my mind would be for the Google Notifier by Google to be updated (it was last 3 years ago this week, making it only slightly less useless than the standalone Google Talk client). Managing multiple gmail accounts in the browser doesn't seem to work well as the sessions don't play nice with each other. I’ve been using Gmail Manager for some time, and it is handy, but disagree that it handles multiple accounts “with no difficulty.” As an add-on by itself, this is true, but I’ve found that if I have one particular gmail account open in the browser window proper – say, the one under which I store my calendar and tasks lists – action on that screen begins to yield “500 server error” messages if the Manager add-on logs in and checks another account at the same time. It is as though the add-on and the browser window are still using the same process, making it only marginally more useful than the scenario you described where you can’t really check all 3 at the same time in different tabs. The addon itself is effectively a “tab” that can steal away the active gmail login from the window you’re using.

I don’t know if Google Chrome, with its “each tab is its own process” model would alleviate this, but of course as of now there is no gmail manager equivalent addon for Chrome, either… not to mention, I still prefer firefox.

The best solution in my mind would be for the Google Notifier by Google to be updated (it was last 3 years ago this week, making it only slightly less useless than the standalone Google Talk client). Managing multiple gmail accounts in the browser doesn’t seem to work well as the sessions don’t play nice with each other.

]]> By: Chris http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-109024 Chris Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:51:31 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-109024 Hi Dmitriy - have you seen some of the newer Google Labs toys? Check out this article: http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2009/02/06/new-labs-multiple-inboxes-adds-new-spin-on-inbox-consolidation/ Hi Dmitriy – have you seen some of the newer Google Labs toys? Check out this article: http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2009/02/06/new-labs-multiple-inboxes-adds-new-spin-on-inbox-consolidation/

]]> By: Dmitriy Zasyatkin http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-108921 Dmitriy Zasyatkin Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:05:15 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-108921 The "Gmail Manager" is good enough for what what I was looking for. Thanks. Does anyone know of any good Greasmonkey scripts to be able to pull together multiple gmail accounts in one window? The “Gmail Manager” is good enough for what what I was looking for. Thanks.

Does anyone know of any good Greasmonkey scripts to be able to pull together multiple gmail accounts in one window?

]]> By: Chris http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-94985 Chris Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:44:20 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-94985 Hi Jerry - thanks for the idea! I recently discussed this very topic (<a href="http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2009/02/06/new-labs-multiple-inboxes-adds-new-spin-on-inbox-consolidation/" rel="nofollow">just last week</a> in fact) and haven't run into the "on behalf of" issue yet. Now, in that post I gave two options to handle sending from the proper email -- darned if I can remember which option I left in place in my mail account though... doh. Hi Jerry – thanks for the idea!

I recently discussed this very topic (just last week in fact) and haven’t run into the “on behalf of” issue yet. Now, in that post I gave two options to handle sending from the proper email — darned if I can remember which option I left in place in my mail account though… doh.

]]> By: Jerry Burgess http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-94964 Jerry Burgess Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:52:32 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/11/25/managing-multiple-gmail-accounts/#comment-94964 One thing I have notice about this setup with the "reply to address" is that if you are reply from the central email account, it will say "sent on behalf, defeating the purpose of multiple identies :) What i do is I use the central email to view all mails from the other accounts, and then If I need to reply, I Log into the other accounts using IE Tab for firefox, so that I don't lose access to the central account by cookie change. Hope I did not make the explanation complicated :) One thing I have notice about this setup with the “reply to address” is that if you are reply from the central email account, it will say “sent on behalf, defeating the purpose of multiple identies :)

What i do is I use the central email to view all mails from the other accounts, and then If I need to reply, I Log into the other accounts using IE Tab for firefox, so that I don’t lose access to the central account by cookie change.

Hope I did not make the explanation complicated :)

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