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16 Sep 2010, 04:25 PM | #31 |
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Like Sherry I am concerned about having to give any more information than is essential to Google/GMail.
Am I being paranoid about this? I ask because a couple of years ago I was the victim of ID Theft, some of the information that the crooks used probably came from information gleaned from the web. NJSS |
16 Sep 2010, 04:31 PM | #32 | |
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I actually like having my important data saved at places like Google and FM, because I trust their infrastructure much more than my own, when it comes to keeping that data safe. |
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16 Sep 2010, 05:18 PM | #33 | |
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Anyway, there are a lot of FM users who will love what your doing. Sherry |
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16 Sep 2010, 05:22 PM | #34 | |
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GMail's privacy policy doesn't let them access your individual addresses AFAIK, and I'm pretty sure that under Australian law FastMail can't either (other than as necessary to operate the service, of course!) |
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16 Sep 2010, 05:25 PM | #35 |
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Well, I can see from the logs that a few people have now tried the sync tool, and there have been no errors logged at all. So it looks like it's all working nicely! Personally, I've now synced my iPad, iPhone, and Outlook all with my GMail account, which in turn is synced with FastMail. I love having just one consistent address-book, with all my phone numbers and email addresses!
In order to create the single address-book, I exported my contacts from my iPhone, and from Outlook, into files, and then imported them into FM. FM's nifty algorithm automatically de-duplicated them automatically as I imported. I also tested importing everything into GMail, and using the "Remove Duplicates" command there - that worked just as well. I think for people who already have most addresses in FM, the best approach is to import other sources to FM, and then sync that to an empty GMail account. |
16 Sep 2010, 07:42 PM | #36 | |
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I.o.w. How can I trust this server wil be available in the future? This is important to me, because it can be a reason for moving back to FM. |
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16 Sep 2010, 08:08 PM | #37 | |
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Having said that: it is very likely to remain available in the future, for as long as it's needed (i.e. until FM release their own equivalent sync tool, or one of GMail of FastMail disappears, or removes their API). All the services I've created in the past still exist - including FastMail! The service is hosted on one of The Planet's "cloud" servers, so it should be stable and reliable (e.g. it's stored on redundant network attached storage, not just on a single drive, and it's connection to the Internet is through many redundant connections). |
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17 Sep 2010, 12:07 AM | #38 |
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I used this (and very well it worked too). Is my Gmail password now stored on your server under my 'account' that I logged on with?
Is it possible to delete my Gmail password from your system if I want to? |
17 Sep 2010, 10:31 AM | #39 |
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Good questions. I've just added a "Clear Saved Details" link to the Prefs screen, which removes your Gmail username/password. I've also encrypted the GMail and FastMail passwords stored in the DB (this means that the next time you use the service, you'll have to type your Gmail details in again).
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18 Sep 2010, 12:09 AM | #40 |
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Jeremy,
I've not tried your sync service yet, but it sounds as though it's an on-demand service, correct? If so, do you have any plans to add scheduled syncing, with user-selectable time periods? That would obviously require you to store Google/Gmail credentials though. |
18 Sep 2010, 05:28 AM | #41 | |
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19 Sep 2010, 04:59 AM | #42 |
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Just for the record - Soocial is able to sync a lot of "devices" with Gmail, so Gmail can be used as a hub with Jeremy's service.
It's also nice to know that a failure does not kill the entire SOAP session. It caused a lot of annoyance to me previously. Greetz, Kirill |
19 Sep 2010, 06:15 AM | #43 |
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And by the way, syncing between Google and FastMail has been available for ages.
http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?t=56089 |
19 Sep 2010, 11:06 AM | #44 | |
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(Kirill - FM hasn't changed the SOAP error situation; I've simply changed my app so if there's a SOAP fault it logs in again and starts a new session). |
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20 Sep 2010, 04:48 AM | #45 | |
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Good luck with your future projects, Jeremy. I met both Rob and Bron when they were here earlier this year. Greetz, Kirill |
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