Gmail With No Ads
I recently switched from Mail.app to Gmail’s online interface. After setting up forwarding of my various accounts, setting alternate reply addresses and enabling keyboard shortcuts, I’m entirely happy with this change. It’s hard to argue with having all your mail synced across every computer (my Macs and my work PC), and now that Gmail lets you view your mail offline I could think of no reason not to make the switch. Except one.
Unlike other free mail services, Gmail doesn’t inject ads into emails that you send. Like the others, however, it does display ads when viewing your mail. And with Gmail it’s a bit unsettling. Gmail effectively reads your incoming mail and pitches you ads based on its contents. The ads are, of course, algorithmically served, so it’s not like a team of Gmail slackers actually access your mail and decides what ads to show, but it’s weird none the less. Fortunately you can turn them off.
Install GreaseKit for Safari and then install the Gmail Without Ads GreaseMonkey script. The ads will vanish and leave you with a clean replacement for Mail.app.
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