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GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by andrey on 01-23-2005 at 10:22 PM

Wow, finally a useful way to use your 1 GB Gmail account:

quote:

Originally posted by http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm
GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google GMail account, allowing you to use GMail as a storage medium.

GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google GMail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your GMail account directly from inside Windows Explorer. GMail Drive literally adds a new drive to your computer under the My Computer folder, where you can create new folders, copy and drag'n'drop files to.

Ever since Google started to offer users a GMail e-mail account, which includes storage space of a 1000 megabytes, you have had plenty of storage space but not a lot to fill it up with. With GMail Drive you can easily copy files to your GMail account and retrieve them again.
When you create a new file using GMail Drive, it generates an e-mail and posts it to your account. The e-mail appears in your normal Inbox folder, and the file is attached as an e-mail attachment. GMail Drive periodically checks your mail account (using the GMail search function) to see if new files have arrived and to rebuild the directory structures. But basically GMail Drive acts as any other hard-drive installed on your computer.
You can copy files to and from the GMail Drive folder simply by using drag'n'drop like you're used to with the normal Explorer folders.

Please note that GMail Drive is still an experimental tool. There's still a number of limitations of the file-system (such as total filename size must be less than 40 characters). Since the tool hooks up with the free GMail Service provided by Google, changes in the GMail system may break the tools ability to function. I cannot guarantee that files stored in this manner will be accessible in the future.

I already installed it and it seems to work fine at the moment.
It adds a new virtual harddrive ("GMail Drive") and once you logged in to GMail, you can store files on your account easily.
Haven't tested if 10 MB + files get through, I think GMails Attachment limit is 10 MB.

Sounds like a good idea and if GMail doesn't suspend the support for this, I will probably keep using it.

Remember, if GMail updates, it could be possible that GMail Drive won't work anymore.

GMail Drive Homepage:
http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by toddy on 01-23-2005 at 10:29 PM

been posted before :rolleyes:

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by .blade// on 01-23-2005 at 10:29 PM

[Image: old_news.jpg]

This came out like 6 months ago

Also: The speed can be rather slow and you get quite a few errors, not to mention the ban of .exe files (even those within .zip files) on gmail.

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by andrey on 01-23-2005 at 10:29 PM

Damn :cry:

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by toddy on 01-23-2005 at 10:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blade
he ban of .exe files

thats easy to get round

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by .blade// on 01-23-2005 at 10:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by toddy

quote:
Originally posted by blade
he ban of .exe files

thats easy to get round

yes, but you have to re-name them which can be a pain.

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by leito on 01-23-2005 at 10:33 PM

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=32...d=321941#pid321941

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by paperless on 01-23-2005 at 10:42 PM

lol mega old news but thank you because you used your time to inform us and that doesnt pass ignored to me (y)

I dont use itbecause i cant link to the filkes..

RE: RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by pablotossi on 01-24-2005 at 12:57 PM

more invites...

gmail.google.com/gmail/a-3534e92f57-3801f035b8-479560e13f
gmail.google.com/gmail/a-3534e92f57-4dbfffaa8c-83bf36441b
gmail.google.com/gmail/a-3534e92f57-8771ab4728-1b9d64748e
gmail.google.com/gmail/a-3534e92f57-a3d0bf5c0b-61d8287a34

slds.

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by andrey on 01-24-2005 at 01:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by pablotossi
more invites...

gmail.google.com/gmail/a-3534e92f57-3801f035b8-479560e13f
gmail.google.com/gmail/a-3534e92f57-4dbfffaa8c-83bf36441b
gmail.google.com/gmail/a-3534e92f57-8771ab4728-1b9d64748e
gmail.google.com/gmail/a-3534e92f57-a3d0bf5c0b-61d8287a34

slds.

don't spam my lovely threads !

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by f1d0d1d08989 on 01-24-2005 at 01:37 PM

Btw, can someone teach me how to upload a .exe file to Gmail? I just cant get it done by changing the file extenstion...

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by andrey on 01-24-2005 at 01:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by f1d0d1d08989
Btw, can someone teach me how to upload a .exe file to Gmail? I just cant get it done by changing the file extenstion...

changing file.exe to something like file.exe_renamed should do the trick

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by f1d0d1d08989 on 01-24-2005 at 01:55 PM

Em, I need to show extensions in Windows XP before I can change the file name right?

EDIT: Okay, thks!! :grin: :grin:

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by toddy on 01-24-2005 at 01:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by f1d0d1d08989
Em, I need to show extensions in Windows XP before I can change the file name right?

yes !!

tools > folder options >

then untick "hide extensions for known file types"

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by Jhrono on 01-24-2005 at 09:17 PM

Ok this one is really usefull...never seeen anything like this...i'm using it..

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by user27089 on 01-24-2005 at 09:36 PM

I think that you can go to properties and change the file type, i'm not sure... try dragging it into notepad and changing it to .txt ... and then save it as .exe after... wait...

It might work... I'll try and report back

I am a failure... [Image: ashamed.gif]

Anyway, Nice prog.

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by Ezra on 01-24-2005 at 09:38 PM

U can also put it in an archive, not zip, rar does the trick :-D

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by Concord Dawn on 01-25-2005 at 04:02 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Ezra
U can also put it in an archive, not zip, rar does the trick

Easiest way of doing it.

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by Purity on 01-25-2005 at 04:03 AM

Ya, that's what I do...

RE: GMail Drive - use GMail as virtual harddrive by f1d0d1d08989 on 01-25-2005 at 09:43 AM

Well, I cant use .rar files, as the PCs in my school doesnt allow me to use it. And I cant install programs there ...I'll just have to make do with renaming the extenstion, but, I hope the school's PC I can rename them back...

I doubt so though...