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Mark F: Have Mail.app autoforward everything to Gmail

Submitted by Merlin on October 13, 2005 - 1:04pm.

Boing Boing: Archiving email on Gmail

Mark at Boing Boing shares a great, no-brainer tip for making sure all your mail gets backed up to Gmail automagically.

I asked people to resend certain emails, including Charles Platt, and he gave me this great tip: set up a rule in Mac’s Mail.app to send a copy of every email that goes in and out over to a Gmail account. That way, you’ll always have a searchable archive of all the email you send and receive.

And, of course, I heartily second Mark’s love for the indispensable SuperDuper.

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This seems a little weird...

Submitted by Peter (not verified) on October 13, 2005 - 3:11pm.

This seems a little weird to me. Mail.app is a desktop program, giving you full search capability and as much storage as your HD can offer. Gmail is web-based, and although generally awesome, gives a finite amount of storage. So why are you doing your archiving on gmail? Seems like it should be the other way around.