02-01-2005, 10:00 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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GMail Pocket: Get Gmail on Your Pocket PC
Hark, is that a choir of angels I hear? Perhaps a paean to the possibility of portable perusing? Ok, I'll stop. :wink: The bottom line here is that our very own adwignall has put on his clever hat and installed a Pocket PC-friendly version of the libgmailer library on his server. This means that you can simply go to gmail.wiggster.com, log in, and read your Gmail from the comfort of your Pocket PC. I've been using this for a few months now, and it's both extremely well done AND useful. Check it out, but be gentle - we don't want to hammer his server into oblivion. 
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02-01-2005, 10:13 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 86
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Be aware that GMail's terms of use prohibits the use of stuff that libgmail uses. It's covered under the parts of:
- Modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Gmail Service
- Reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Gmail Service
Of course, that doesn't really stop me from running the scripts on my own personal web servers, but be aware that they do state this. If GMail would do a GMail Lite version that doesn't involve the coding they use, I'd gladly use it.
http://www.google.com/gmail/help/program_policies.html
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02-01-2005, 10:30 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 589
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Indeed, Google likes to keep its Gmail as secure as possible, which means stamping out hacked-together sites like this... and I can't say I blame them. I do wish they'd get a PDA-friendly version. Perhaps someday...
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02-01-2005, 10:51 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 841
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And what's the problem with using Pocket Inbox to access GMAIL via POP, following the instructions available directly on gmail.com?
Unless you have a problem with your network not allowing SSL connections to secure POP/SMTP, it's much safer than using a 3rd party service where you have to enter your e-mail and password.
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02-01-2005, 10:57 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 589
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Originally Posted by freitasm
Unless you have a problem with your network not allowing SSL connections to secure POP/SMTP, it's much safer than using a 3rd party service where you have to enter your e-mail and password.
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Indeed, that's why I recommend people download the Pocket GMail site and run it on their own server... they control they code, they control that the information isn't getting misdirected.
And some people have trouble with POP3 and Gmail, and prefer using a web browser. Or they want ot hop on a computer and check their email really quickly. But to be honest, Gmail Pocket is from before Gmail gave us POP3 access, and I sorta abandoned it when POP3 came out. But people still use it, so I'm not about to take it down 
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02-01-2005, 11:06 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 8
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Doesn't already Gmail offer POP3/SMTP mail check?
Besides - personally I wouldn't trust some 3rd party frontend :} who knows what the script parses and where ;P
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02-01-2005, 11:12 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 589
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Like I said before, download the source yourself. There's a script that packs up the Gmail directory and offers it as a download, giving you the full source available for your own server. Don't trust me to not steal your password just because I say so, look at the code yourself :wink:
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02-01-2005, 11:16 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,911
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Rock on :rock on dude!: this is great.
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02-01-2005, 11:24 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 323
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Seems to be missing an include file! The third line in main.php is looking for it
include_once("../include.php");
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02-01-2005, 11:34 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 469
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Speaking of Gmail, I would gladly take an invite at casenov at yahoo.com, thanks. :lol:
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