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GMail Drive Shell Extension

Posted by michael on from the oh-the-horror dept.

krmpradeep writes "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."

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  1. feh by hyperstation · · Score: 0, Redundant

    this is one of those "just becuz we can" things, right?

    cuz no one really plans on mounting gmail as a drive, and regularly using it to store all their personal files, porno, and pirate mp3s on it, right?

    since essentially, that would be willingly handing over said data to a company that's already told you not to use their free and useful service in such a manner...

    right?

    cuz you do realize that at anytime, your files could (and very likely will) be confiscated, and they'll be gone, forever. cuz you broke the rules.

    and google will have all your porno. ...just a thought

  2. and now they're gone by wibs · · Score: 0, Redundant

    those went by quick :). sorry folks, no more invitations from me available.

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  3. GMX does this even better - in its media center by virtualone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    GMX offers wabdav access to its 1 gigabyte email account.
    they have a nice webinterface and afaik no 10 MB limit on files.
    you can even "share" folders to the public using a simple url.

    with a little program from them, you can mount your media center as a drive letter.

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