Update to "three questions" post. I'm lovin' iGoogle and gmail!

[OneGrassRoot]

Wow. Just wow! I've been using webmail since everything has been messed up of late and no time to do anything with it. In my slow journey toward open source stuff, I enrolled in gmail and set up an iGoogle homepage with really cool though basic gadgets (dictionary, calendar, weather).

Yes, people, that's how behind the curve I've been. ;-)

I forwarded my other emails to the new gmail account and get real-time notices of incoming messages! (THAT is what I've missed most about my other email program being on the blink and using webmail...the constant logging in, refreshing, etc. Oy.) And, I was able to set it as my default email program so I no longer have to copy and paste addresses into webmail.

Avast is working like a champ. Now I need to figure out how to get background monitoring from Ad-Aware on this computer. It looks like the same version as on my laptop (which I did fix setting to have it constantly running in the background), but I don't have that option on this version evidently. I may have to uninstall (which always scares me...lol) and reinstall newest version?

[FormerDittoHead]

1. I haven't been able to get anyone to switch to Gmail...

They still use hotmail and AOL, both of which paste ads at the end of their outgoing messages. It really pisses me off that I somehow have to "sell" them something that's good for them...

I love gmail. When I give out an email to someone IMPORTANT, I use my gmail address - I'll KNOW I'll be able to get it...

AND, if I take a vacation or get sick for 30 days, it won't be DELETED like my hotmail account was...