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FuzzyLogic
Community Power User
6 years agoI 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...
Nighthawk
Community Power User
6 years agoAlmost 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.
polecat
6 years agoAll-Star
Nighthawk FuzzyLogic LynnB Do you think format for web mail will be the same or something like gmail.
- LynnB6 years agoFriendly Neighbour
The format is the Gmail format. Not just like Gmail, it IS Gmail.
- juwest6 years agoFriendly Neighbour
The gmail format is useless. The telus webmail format was superior and useable.
- jackrabbit0006 years agoLeaderx2. Gmail with a Telus.net ending.
- Nighthawk6 years ago
Community Power User
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.