Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]

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Ralvy (m)
Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]
« on: July 16, 2007, 04:23 PM »

The popular growing GMail is offering a whoooooping 2659MB and GROWING every second of space for email space.
Now, I don’t have that much email to store, so what can I do with the rest of the space?
I sure hope I can store files in it like how I do it on my Windows Explorer.
Thank GOD there is Gmail Drive!
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 2000 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.
Because the Gmail files will clutter up your Inbox folder, you may wish to create a filter in Gmail to automatically move the files (prefixed with the GMAILFS letters in the subject) to your archived mail folder.

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 tool’s ability to function. I cannot guarantee that files stored in this manner will be accessible in the future.

The Gmail Drive is free for download at the following link:

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/GMail-Drive-shell-extension-Download-15944.html

By Nerve, I hope this is helpful,
Ralvy (m)
Re: Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]
« #1 on: July 21, 2007, 05:55 PM »

So that's it, u guys dnt drop comments, u just get the link and bail.
No YAWA!!! Grin
hayprof (m)
Re: Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]
« #2 on: July 24, 2007, 10:38 AM »

lol. Thank You,  Thats Very Informative.
 Tongue
Can i Bail? Cheesy
Ralvy (m)
Re: Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]
« #3 on: July 24, 2007, 10:41 AM »

lol, You can Wink
hayprof (m)
Re: Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]
« #4 on: July 24, 2007, 11:05 AM »

Ralvy, can u join me On IM -hayznet.
Ralvy (m)
Re: Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]
« #5 on: July 24, 2007, 11:10 AM »

Nevr heard of it before, Tell me 'bout it, 
& Yes! sure, I can - Send me a link.
hayprof (m)
Re: Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]
« #6 on: July 24, 2007, 11:18 AM »

I meant,  Join Me on Yahoo! Messenger. -hayznet.
Ralvy (m)
Re: Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]
« #7 on: July 24, 2007, 11:26 AM »

oh! alryt
hayprof (m)
Re: Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]
« #8 on: July 24, 2007, 02:42 PM »

Is there a site i can upload my files to.? Apart frm the mentioned Gmail Drive
Ralvy (m)
Re: Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]
« #9 on: July 24, 2007, 03:19 PM »

I do not know of any other site that u can upload files to that can create a virtual file system (drive shell extension) on your computer, but they are many other sites you can upload your files which generate random urls of where these files are located so u can download at will,  the disadvantage of this is that when the sites server goes down, your files follow, they all go down to.
But the Gmail Drive Shell Extension is very safe because I suppose you understand that Google mail's server can hardly ever go down. Google have advanced beyond that.
2, When u use the GDSE, your files are stored in your email account. So it's like taking a pen drive around because u have access to your files wherver there's internet connection,

besides, I wonder Y u are lookin' for another site for uploading files when your even the one that introduced me to sendspace, or do u want tu upload your entire hard-disk to the web Huh Huh

My Guy; use GDSE, If u think its stressful, get back tu me - I know another tool that provides a "send to gmail" option when u right click on any file on your system. All u need tu do is right-click and select "send to Gmail" and the files are there for good,
If u prefer this, get back to me. Tongue

geezlenator@gmail.com Wink
hayprof (m)
Re: Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]
« #10 on: July 24, 2007, 03:34 PM »

Quote from: Ralvy on July 24, 2007, 03:19 PM
besides, I wonder Y u are lookin' for another site for uploading files when your even the one that introduced me to sendspace, or do u want tu upload your entire hard-disk to the web Huh Huh

My Guy; use GDSE, If u think its stressful, get back tu me - I know another tool that provides a "send to gmail" option when u right click on any file on your system. All u need tu do is right-click and select "send to Gmail" and the files are there for good,
If u prefer this, get back to me. Tongue

geezlenator@gmail.com Wink

Yeah, exactly i want to upload all my files on the internet for save keep Jst in Case.
Where the tool Na,
Ralvy (m)
Re: Use Gmail as a storage medium... [Gmail Drive Shell Extension]
« #11 on: July 24, 2007, 04:01 PM »

Okay, If u want tu back up your files without using GDSE.

visit this link, its a good 1;
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=60929

Find attached a screenshot of what the Gmail uploader does to your system.


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