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FuzzyLogic
Community Power User
Community Power UserI just learned Telus is migrating webmail to Gmail!
I suspect this is related to email issues Telus had in August but that's speculation on my part. I was trying to modify my Junk mail settings for Webmail and can't seem to find the settings to change...
FuzzyLogicCommunity Power User
Community Power UserI can understand why Telus is doing this. Email is not their primary business and it makes sense for them to use someone who does. There are many benefits to this but you also lose some control. There have been many issues with Telus email over the years and I suspect most of them will go away once the migration to gmail is complete. I believe both the U of A and City of Edmonton now use Google for email. Sadly it appears that our data will be subject to the whims of Google. Here is the U of A's terms of service:
https://myccid.ualberta.ca/terms/google
Here is why it's concerning:
https://www.wired.com/story/google-tracks-you-privacy/
I have yet to receive notification that my account will be migrated but I'm curious to see what Telus will say regarding this.
NighthawkCommunity Power User
Community Power UserAlmost all ISPs are using cloud based systems for their email now. Doing it that way is far cheaper than owning and maintaining servers directly.
Telus likely won't make any statement about Google and Privacy. They'll likely provide a link to the terms they have with Google.
The big thing is even if you don't use Gmail, Google tracks every single thing you do online even if you don't have a Google account. They run one of the largest advertising platforms in existence that is known to heavily track users and it spans a massive number of websites. If you are in the 2/3 of people that use Chrome, they are tracking everything you do. Facebook also tracks people online relentlessly whether you have an account with them or not. Twitter also but to a more limited extent. Microsoft is also quite invasive. If you have Windows 10, Microsoft even keeps track of how many times you open a program or even a specific file on your own computer. Their new Edge browser has major privacy issues too.
Nighthawk FuzzyLogic LynnB Do you think format for web mail will be the same or something like gmail.
The format is the Gmail format. Not just like Gmail, it IS Gmail.
The gmail format is useless. The telus webmail format was superior and useable.
- Nighthawk
It will be the Gmail interface since the link from original post says you can access your telus.net account by going to mail.google.com. I suspect the interface will be customized with Telus logos and information.
