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I Love the Internets.com is a weblog mostly about technology, personal interests, and various noteworthy items I've found pilfering through the vast internets.

Satellite Images Censored by Google Maps

Google Maps Blur Image from WikipediaAn article on Wikipedia lists locations of satellite images that are censored on Google Maps. It also includes links for the coordinates to be viewed in Google Maps. Some of these locations are concealed for obvious reasons, being military related. Interesting, nonetheless.

Gmail + Mail Fetcher = Spam-Free Bliss

GmailI remember the days when 2 junk emails was enough to make me create a new email address.. Then over time, 10 junk emails in my inbox became, “Not that bad.” I complain about spam so much, it’s a wonder I even allow comments or have an email address any more. For years I’ve been relying on Spam Assassin and Thunderbird to help annihilate my spam problems with my domain email address, which has been effective for quite some time, but it just hasn’t been enough lately. I came to the conclusion that I would just have to create a new email address and merge. Fortunately, Gmail announces it’s ability to fetch mail from other accounts, so I decided this would be my last resort before starting new again.

Spam InboxI loaded up my Gmail account to fetch mail from my domain account. Within a 24 hour period, Gmail caught 485 messages in spam with 3 stragglers that made it through to my inbox, and 0 false positives. In that 24 hour period, using my regular method, I would have had to pilfer through at least 20 or so that would have made it into my inbox in Thunderbird. Now all I need is for CellTop to hurry up and release their Gmail widget for my phone and I’ll be set.

Gmail Theatre

Gmail TheatreGmail Theatre Presents: Why Use Gmail? (youtube video). Recently, I’ve noticed myself merging more and more to my gmail account, since my personal domain email address receives over 300+ spam a day. Although Gmail is great at separating spam from legit email 99.9% of the time for me, I long for the day when spam is annihilated altogether, no need for another spam/junk mail folder/label. Another thing that I’m loving about gmail, is the ability to check pop3 mail from other accounts. Oh, and it’s also open to the public now.

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