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    Gmail's 'Got the Wrong Bob?' Feature Keeps You From Emailing Nude Photos to Your Mom

    Gmail Gets Twice as Useful with Multiple Panes/Inboxes

    Gmail Offers Canned Responses for the Lazy Emailer in All of Us
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    Image of Denver_80203 Denver_80203
    10/13/09

    In reply to Gmail's 'Got the Wrong Bob?' Feature Keeps You From Emailing Nude Photos to Your Mom
    You have far more serious things to worry about if your Mom's name is Bob.
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    Image of jkid35 jkid35
    10/13/09

    @Denver_80203: I think this would cover your dad too.
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    qbrad promoted this comment jkid35 was starred jkid35 was unstarred
    Image of qbrad qbrad
    10/13/09

    @jkid35: Wait, so both his mom AND dad are named 'Bob'?
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    Image of ilovexspin ilovexspin
    10/13/09

    In reply to Gmail's 'Got the Wrong Bob?' Feature Keeps You From Emailing Nude Photos to Your Mom
    Now they just need one that asks you are you sure you meant to reply all?
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    Image of The Chad The Chad
    10/13/09

    @ilovexspin: that seems easier to implement than this, why isn't that in labs?
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    jakebathman promoted this comment The Chad was starred The Chad was unstarred
    Image of jakebathman jakebathman
    10/13/09

    @The Chad: let's not turn Gmail into Vista
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    Image of m.dean m.dean
    10/13/09

    In reply to Gmail's 'Got the Wrong Bob?' Feature Keeps You From Emailing Nude Photos to Your Mom
    Next up, the interactive, smart shower door/ full motion camera/ LCD display.

    When the camera is turned on, the software analyzes what you've washed and for how long, determines who it is best suited for, based on your previously-entered criteria, and automatically fills in the email address for you.

    It even makes recommendations based on angle and obstruction- a feature called "Got the Wrong Hand?"
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    10/13/09

    In reply to Gmail's 'Got the Wrong Bob?' Feature Keeps You From Emailing Nude Photos to Your Mom
    New fact about Frucci, his mom is called Bob, and the wrong Bob at that.
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    10/13/09

    In reply to Gmail's 'Got the Wrong Bob?' Feature Keeps You From Emailing Nude Photos to Your Mom
    "Nothing's worse than realizing you sent those pictures of you in the shower to Mom instead of Mona. Trust me"

    Well, don't take this the wrong way...

    But, your Mom won't be seeing anything she hasn't seen before.
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    deanbmmv promoted this comment DustyButt™ was starred DustyButt™ was unstarred
    Image of frigg frigg
    10/13/09

    @DustyButt™: I take it you've never seen Frucci in the shower.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/13/09

    In reply to Gmail's 'Got the Wrong Bob?' Feature Keeps You From Emailing Nude Photos to Your Mom
    Can't we just identify people by their serial numbers?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/13/09

    In reply to Gmail's 'Got the Wrong Bob?' Feature Keeps You From Emailing Nude Photos to Your Mom
    This is a real problem, so its probably a good thing to have a solution for. I mean, how many times can I luck out and be dating 2 guys named Bill at once.

    (That experience has seen to it that I am SUPER careful when I send mail now.)
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    Curves was starred Curves was unstarred
    Image of Jux Jux
    10/13/09

    @Curves: I've got a real common name - in this case, we'll say "Bill Smith." My first name is really "William" but I go by "Bill," but my work email is still william.smith@domain ... so anyway, there happens to be another Bill Smith in my company, in another location, and he's pretty high up. Since I go by "Bill" and not "William," people see "Bill Smith" in the email directory and think it's me.

    If he gets any more fantasy football trade offers, I fear I may be fired.
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    Curves promoted this comment Jux was starred Jux was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    10/13/09

    @Jux: Luckily both Bills had boats and I was able to distract Bills #2s attention from the Bill #1s email, meaning I got away with it ONCE. I wont push my luck again. (I no longer date either one anyway, but, I learned my lesson!)
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    Image of Jux Jux
    10/13/09

    @Curves: You're more skilled than I.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/13/09

    In reply to Gmail's 'Got the Wrong Bob?' Feature Keeps You From Emailing Nude Photos to Your Mom
    Also, I don't think I want to send Mona any shower pictures of me. She's been ridden harder than Paul Revere's horse.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/13/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Don't you think it's only fair after seeing her daughter naked in the shower?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/13/09

    In reply to Gmail's 'Got the Wrong Bob?' Feature Keeps You From Emailing Nude Photos to Your Mom
    Well, Frooch, if anyone is going to be able to keep you from sending nekkid pictures of yourself to your mom, it's going to be the eggheads at Mountain View.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    10/13/09

    In reply to Gmail's 'Got the Wrong Bob?' Feature Keeps You From Emailing Nude Photos to Your Mom
    I've met Bob Jones. He's fuckin' awesome. Why wouldn't you email him?

    That Smith guy about as exciting as a pile of water.
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    Image of jdale jdale
    02/06/09

    In reply to Gmail Gets Twice as Useful with Multiple Panes/Inboxes
    You couldn't do that before? I've been doing that in Outlook for years. And Outlook is the worst mail program ever.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/06/09

    @jdale: You say that as if there's a better alternative.
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    ripfire was starred ripfire was unstarred
    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    02/06/09

    In reply to Gmail Gets Twice as Useful with Multiple Panes/Inboxes
    now I can organize my spam inbox into:


    Erectile Prescription Offers

    Incredibly low priced watch offers

    Pleasure her longer offers

    emails from my baby's mommy regarding paternity tests


    just kidding, I know for a fact that child isn't mine

     Reply
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    Image of Bruno Crosier Bruno Crosier
    02/06/09

    In reply to Gmail Gets Twice as Useful with Multiple Panes/Inboxes
    kinda useless.. unless i'm mistaken it only shows your starred and draft emails..


    it would be muuuuch better if you could customize what you want it to show.. for example, tasks, docs, and chat. no?

     Reply
    Bruno Crosier was starred Bruno Crosier was unstarred
    Image of Adam Frucci Adam Frucci
    02/06/09

    @Bruno Crosier: You can customize it. Just go to settings. Default is starred and drafts, but you can have them show any filter or label.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/06/09

    In reply to Gmail Gets Twice as Useful with Multiple Panes/Inboxes
    They put up multiple panes, yet they still can't do sort.
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    ripfire was starred ripfire was unstarred
    Image of Joshuman Joshuman
    02/06/09

    @ripfire: In Outlook, sort is useful because a search takes forever. In Gmail, the search function is so fast, I have never had to sort.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/06/09

    @joshman: Search is good if you know what you're looking for. Other times, you don't know what you're searching for. An example would be looking for legit emails in your spam folder. Best way to go through that is sort by sender.
     Reply
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