I have received two gmail mailboxes before, I have been using Hotmail, so I haven't used it. I have been in short. I have time to learn, I have a lot of fun, I feel the tradition Email's a lot of concepts, there is article online, you can make this 1G mailbox into a blog !! Halo.
The following records my experience:
1. Do not pass the browser, the Mail Management Tool Gmail Notifier. Environmental requirements:
Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/
2.
Gmaildrive - Gmail network hard disk