Use Gmail space as online storage drive hack

Gmail is really famous among users of all the email clients

available on the web and that is not because it has a cool 

interface rather it is famous for its reliability and huge space

 which includes storage space of 6000 megabytes  and

 increasing. Google doesn't stop here and recently Google 

announced that users can now buy more online storage

 for Google services just by paying a little amount. So 

why not use this online storage space and use it externally 

probably as a network drive or one of 

your own computer hard drives.

Use Google Storage Space as Google Drive

I am going to show different methods by which your can 

use your Gmail account space as your external hard drive 

that too free. You will be able to download 

(or should I say copy) attachments from your Gmail 

account to your computer just as you would do from a

 drive on your computer. You can also use this space to 

upload content direct from your computer 

and save it online in your Gmail account.

1. GMAIL DRIVE

GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a

 virtual filesystem around your Google Mail account, 

allowing you to use Gmail as a storage medium.

GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your

 Google Gmail account and enables you to save and retrieve

 files stored on your Gmail account directly from inside 

Windows Explorer. GMail Drive literally adds a new drive

 to your computer under the My Computer folder, 

where you can create new folders, 

Copy and drag'n'drop files to.

With GMail Drive you can easily copy files to your 

Google Mail Account and retrieve them again.

When you create a new file using GMail Drive, it generates 

an e-mail and posts it to your account. The e-mail appears

 in your normal Inbox folder, and the file is attached 

as an e-mail attachment. GMail Drive periodically checks 

your mail account (using the Gmail search function) to see

 if new files have arrived and to rebuild the directory 

structures. But basically GMail Drive acts as any 

other hard-drive installed on your computer.

You can copy files to and from the GMail Drive folder

 simply by using drag'n'drop like you're used to 

with the normal Explorer folders.

Because the Gmail files will clutter up your Inbox folder, 

you may wish to create a filter in Gmail to automatically 

move the files (prefixed with the GMAILFS letters in the

 subject) to your archived mail folder.

Please note that GMail Drive is still an experimental tool.

 There's still a number of limitations of the file-system 

(such as total filename size must be less than 65 characters).

 Since the tool hooks up with the free 

Gmail Service provided by Google, changes in 

the Gmail system may break the tool's 

ability to function. I cannot guarantee that files 

stored in this manner will be accessible in the future.

2. PHP GMAIL DRIVE (PGD)

Php Gmail Drive is a new type of file sharing utility. 

Unlike typical file servers (say xDrive) it uses Gmail as 

backend file server. You can enjoy it simply by hosting a 

small PHP script in your web site without any database.

 Gmail file space is more than 2GB, so you can imagine 

you already have such a big space on internet. However, 

you will require a Gmail account (If you don't have any 

Gmail address, go GmailSwap or ask your friends.). 

PGD automatically connects Gmail server and fetches 

list of all attached files and generate downloadable links 

in a tree like view. If you are looking for a file server to 

upload your music or notes without any hassle, PGD 

is ideal for you. Technically speaking PGD is wrapper 

of Gmailer . Thought there is  no need to know hecks 

of PHP or Gmailer.  Just you have to check that your

 PHP hosting service provider has curl extension

 of PHP to handle HTTP/HTTPS traffic.

Features

* Successfully connects to Gmail and only grabs 

list of Attachments in Gmail messages.

* List of attachments are displayed with inbuilt Javascript

 engine. You can customize output to any other formats.

* 100% compliant to GMAILFS. So you can upload with

 Windows Gmail Shell extension or Linux GmailFS utilities..

* Supports Multiple Gmail accounts in the same script .

* Supports all browsers.

* Total size is less than 100 KB.

3. GSPACE

Gspace is the FON friendly site that provides 

FREE Online Storage to access your files everywhere.

Gspace turns the 2GB of your Gmail account into free online 

storage. With Gspace you can manage unlimited Gmail

 accounts to store all type of files within its simple, 

user friendly interface.

Listen your favourite stored music directly from your 

Gspace, view your collections of pictures and 

manage your Gdrive files as well.

Gspace works with Windows Os, Linux, and MAS OSX