Some time ago, the company where I work decided to move our emails from Outlook to Gmail. I wasn't affected until last week, when I suddenly stopped receiving my boss's emails.
He then emailed me using my personal email address, asking me if I had received his emails. Here's how it went:
Boss: Hi cindybubbles, are you getting my emails? A(sic) mentioned earlier that emails will be sent to your [company name omitted] gmail account and not to outlook. Can you check? Since I sent you work to do for [event name omitted]. Thanks!
Me: No I did not get your emails.
Boss: No problem. From now on please use [company name omitted] gmail. Thanks!
Me: Please send me the work again, and I will work on it tomorrow.
Boss: Okay done. Sent to your [company name omitted] gmail.
Me: What's my [company name omitted] Gmail address and password?
Boss: I reset it to [password omitted]. It will ask you to reset it after you log in.
Me: Thanks but what is my [company name omitted] Gmail address?
Boss: Just search for google apps for business and sign in to [company name omitted] domain.
Boss: I think the normal gmail login page also works of you put in your [company name omitted] email address.
Much later after I downloaded Google Apps Desktop for my home PC:
Me: May I download Google apps for my work PC? I did it for my home PC; it installs desktop access points to Gmail and other Google apps.
Boss: Sure.....you should add it to your ipad as well.
Me (after realizing that the Gmail app is a waste of time for me): Actually, may I install Mozilla Thunderbird for my work PC? I find that it's better for me because I can organize my email better than with the Gmail app.
Boss: How does gmail integrate with Thunderbolt? So you don't want to use Chrome and just use the web gmail interface? You use labels which is the same as folders. [then asks me to do some work]
Me: I get a lot of emails, so it's hard for me to sort them out in Gmail, since I don't get to create new folders there.
Boss: Gmail does have folders...it's just called labels. And you can create sub labels. Maybe you can install google apps sync for outlook...
[PM me if you want the link]
That will let you use your outlook with gmail.
Me: I [did work], and am now syncing my mail using google apps sync.
Meanwhile, I'm using Thunderbird for my home PC while the synchronization process is still going on.
(This is when I realized that I could not set up Google Apps Sync for my work PC, since it is out of date. I emailed my boss a screenshot of it, hoping they will upgrade the Outlook on my work PC. Didn't happen)
Me: I can't do it for my work PC. Here is the error (shows him the screenshot). I also get this for my home PC (shows him another screenshot).
Boss: You should use your home outlook...try to go to windows update and look for service packs for your version of outlook...intall it and try again.
Me: Never mind. I just had to restart it (the outlook on my home PC), and it's working.
Now I use just that Outlook for checking work emails. It was a lot of trouble, but I made it?
What about your email migration woes?
He then emailed me using my personal email address, asking me if I had received his emails. Here's how it went:
Boss: Hi cindybubbles, are you getting my emails? A(sic) mentioned earlier that emails will be sent to your [company name omitted] gmail account and not to outlook. Can you check? Since I sent you work to do for [event name omitted]. Thanks!
Me: No I did not get your emails.
Boss: No problem. From now on please use [company name omitted] gmail. Thanks!
Me: Please send me the work again, and I will work on it tomorrow.
Boss: Okay done. Sent to your [company name omitted] gmail.
Me: What's my [company name omitted] Gmail address and password?
Boss: I reset it to [password omitted]. It will ask you to reset it after you log in.
Me: Thanks but what is my [company name omitted] Gmail address?
Boss: Just search for google apps for business and sign in to [company name omitted] domain.
Boss: I think the normal gmail login page also works of you put in your [company name omitted] email address.
Much later after I downloaded Google Apps Desktop for my home PC:
Me: May I download Google apps for my work PC? I did it for my home PC; it installs desktop access points to Gmail and other Google apps.
Boss: Sure.....you should add it to your ipad as well.
Me (after realizing that the Gmail app is a waste of time for me): Actually, may I install Mozilla Thunderbird for my work PC? I find that it's better for me because I can organize my email better than with the Gmail app.
Boss: How does gmail integrate with Thunderbolt? So you don't want to use Chrome and just use the web gmail interface? You use labels which is the same as folders. [then asks me to do some work]
Me: I get a lot of emails, so it's hard for me to sort them out in Gmail, since I don't get to create new folders there.
Boss: Gmail does have folders...it's just called labels. And you can create sub labels. Maybe you can install google apps sync for outlook...
[PM me if you want the link]
That will let you use your outlook with gmail.
Me: I [did work], and am now syncing my mail using google apps sync.
Meanwhile, I'm using Thunderbird for my home PC while the synchronization process is still going on.
(This is when I realized that I could not set up Google Apps Sync for my work PC, since it is out of date. I emailed my boss a screenshot of it, hoping they will upgrade the Outlook on my work PC. Didn't happen)
Me: I can't do it for my work PC. Here is the error (shows him the screenshot). I also get this for my home PC (shows him another screenshot).
Boss: You should use your home outlook...try to go to windows update and look for service packs for your version of outlook...intall it and try again.
Me: Never mind. I just had to restart it (the outlook on my home PC), and it's working.
Now I use just that Outlook for checking work emails. It was a lot of trouble, but I made it?
What about your email migration woes?
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