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11 useful Windows apps that tie in to your GMail account

Love your GMail account but want to do more with it? If you're a Windows user, there are plenty of great (and free) apps that take advantage of your massive inbox in the cloud!

GBridge
sets up a Hamachi-like VPN and offers loads of cool features for your Windows desktop, including file sharing, backup and synchronization, and remote control via VNC. Since the developers added support for Google Apps domains, this has become a great way to keep your office team connected.

GMail Drive is an oldie but a goodie. I've got several of gigs available, and there's no chance I'm going to fill that up with actual email anytime soon. Plug GMail Drive into Windows, and you can drop files into your extra space just like any other folder on your system.

g2peer allows simple file sharing with your friends via your GMail account. Don't need the other features from GBridge? g2peer is a good option. Your pals at the other end don't even need to install the app to get files from you since it supports "command line" interaction via GMail - check the help page to see how it works.

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Filed under: Internet, Windows, E-mail, Web

Affixa integrates webmail with Windows

Affixa
Affixa is a utility that can integrate your Gmail or Yahoo! Mail account with Windows.. First of all, once you install Affixa, you can set your webmail account as your default email service. That means when you use the "send" buttons in programs like Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, or Windows Explorer, Affixa can automatically open a browser window, create a blank message in Gmail or Yahoo! Mail and upload the files as attachments.

Affixa also supports "mailto" links. So when you click on an email link in any application, Affixa will populate a new webmail message with the correct address.

You can also right click on the Affixa icon in the Windows system tray to open an Affixa "basket" which lets you drag and drop files from your computer that you want to send as email attachments. If you're uploading pictures, Affixa will let you resize them before sending the email.

Another nifty feature is integrated drop.io support. If you're sending large files or a large number of files you can upload them to drop.io and Affixa will add a link to the drop point to your email instead of sending the items as file attachments.

Affixa is available as a free download. Or you can pay $3 a month year to get advanced features like support for multiple accounts or the ability to choose which browser you want to use, add signatures to your email messages, or zip files from the attachment basket.

You can check out a demo video of Affixa in action after the break.

[via Lifehacker]

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