I stopped using Outlook, which made my computer run better, way better, and that made it happy. Well, I know it made me happy.
I've been using Outlook on both my work computer and my laptop I keep at home for many years. I use it because I like the way it presents my email, the ease of use of the folders and a few other reasons which escape me at the moment, but mainly for the first two reasons.
I started out using the contact manager but moved over to the contact manager program my MLS provides with our MLS program. With that program I can set-up automatic notifications of listings, put my contacts into several different groups, do groups mailings of listings and lots more. I didn't want to duplicate information into two different programs (I'm trying to save time, not create more work for myself).
I started having problems with both computers well over a year ago. The problems started small, my computer ran slower, Outlook would shut-down at times, which I found VERY frustrating, but I powered on through.
I had my tech guy check it out and he did stuff that seemed to fix the problem...for awhile, but I started having the same problems again and they got worse. My husband told me it was Outlook from the beginning, but you know how that goes? What does he know? He's not a tech guy? So, I ignored him and powered on through.
My husband uses gmail and so do a lot of my clients. I took a look at gmail, but missed my Outlook reading pane and just couldn't make the switch. Then about a week or so ago, the problems were making my computer so slow, I couldn't blog! That was the last straw. I set-up my gmail account and have been using it ever since.
What I like the most about gmail (it's still very new to me) is ONE email account to deal with that is always current and up-to-date. The label feature is OK, but I miss Outlooks folders and especially the reading pane. I made my decision to stick with gmail, though, because my computers, both of them, have NEVER RUN BETTER and that is so important to me in my business.
If you use gmail I am trying to figure out how to put one label inside another label (I don't think it can be done) or find a work around for it. I make a label (in gmail, but in Outlook it was a folder) for each client and group them in active, inactive, closed, etc. I can not find a way to group the labels in gmail. Any assistance you can offer would be very appreciated. Thanks ahead of time.
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