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Access to Goowy Mail via POP3/IMAP

A lot of you have been asking for this for quite some time, but we have just recently opened up access to our POP3/IMAP servers and you can now access your Goowy Mail with other clients.

You can read more about how to configure various clients here.  For areas where specific POP/IMAP/SMTP servers are referenced, please make sure to use these server addresses:

• For POP3: pop.goowy.com
• For IMAP: imap.goowy.com
• For SMTP: smtp.goowy.com

Hope that helps all of you get to your email in any way that you want!

Completion of Mail Migration

We are pleased to announce that we have completed the migration of all user accounts from Goowy to the AOL Mail system.  At this point, everyone should be able to log into their accounts directly at
http://goowymail.goowy.com and all of your messages and contacts should be available for you. 

For those of you don't have an account, we will be opening up registration for new account creation in the coming weeks...  Stay tuned...

As always, thank you for your terrific support through the years...

Migration to AOL Mail

The time has finally come for us to migrate away from the Goowy Webtop to AOL Mail. 

The migration will take place on the night of Sunday, September 28th.  Once we have begun the migration, if you are using the system, you will be redirected to the main site.  In either case, you will no longer be able to login into the Goowy Webtop from that time on, but the page will give you additional information and will provide a link directing you to the new Goowy.com mail from AOL.

When you login to the new system, make sure to use your full email address (loginid@goowy.com) as your username.  Also, for those of you with passwords longer than 16 characters, make sure to use only the first 16 characters.

As mentioned previously, we will be migrating your mail and contacts.  Anything in your inbox on the old system will be moved to the inbox on the new system.  Anything in other folders (other than trash, spam or sent folders) will be moved into a single "Goowy - Other" folder.  Depending on when you login for the first time, you may not see this content right away, but it will all be moved to your new account no later than October 6th.

While the look of the mail application will change, you will still be able to send a receive email from your goowy.com email address. You will also benefit from a number of additional features including:

• Unlimited Storage - keep important messages as long as you like
• Integrated AIM Buddy List - send friends an instant message with just one click
• Access Your Email Anywhere - send and receive messages from any computer or mobile device
  

We appreciate your support through the years and we hope that you enjoy using the new goowy.com mail!

Migration Update & Instant Messaging

As per our previous communications, we are still planning on migrating our system from it's current implementation to one provided by AOL.  Unfortunately, it looks like the migration will be delayed, and the new date is tentatively schedule for the end of September.  We will make further announcements as we get more clarity on this date.

In the interim, we have had to disable the IM system within Goowy.  As a reminder, we recommend that you visit Meebo if you are looking for a comparable web based instant messaging solution.

Transitioning goowy.com Mail to AOL

It's been a while since we announced that we would be transitioning the goowy.com mail services over to AOL, but after lots of work we've finalized a plan that we want to share with you.

At a high level, the goals of the transition will be as follows:

Allow you to maintain your @goowy.com email addresses.  We understand that many of you value your address, that you've given it to your friends and family and you may have even put it onto your business cards.  As such, this was our largest objective - to ensure that your contacts would able to continue to use your existing email address to contact you.
Allow you to maintain your existing address book.  We will be transferring your address book to AOL, which will allow you to access the friends and family that you've already input into our system.  Additionally, after your initial login to the AOL system, your address book will be used to supplement the AOL SPAM prevention, ensuring that anyone that is in your address book will be able to email you without their messages getting flagged as SPAM.
• Allow you to continue to access the existing mail that you've received within goowy.

Specifics of the plan are as follows:

• We will perform the migration sometime during the week of August 25th.  We'll give you an update on exact timing a little closer to the date.
• Once the migration begins, we will make all new messages go into the AOL mail servers and we will close all logins at goowy.com.
We will provide you with a link on goowy.com pointing you to the appropriate place to login for your goowy mail at AOL.  The first time you attempt to log into the AOL system, you will be asked to accept the AOL terms of service, and you will likely need to fill in a few more pieces of information - such as your age.
Once you login, your address book will get added into your account - this will be the address book as it existed within goowy on August 22nd - so make sure that you don't make any further edits to your address book past August 21st (or you'll have to make the same changes again within the AOL system).
You will be able to immediately send out messages from this new account and they will be sent from your @goowy.com addresses.  In addition, any new messages that have come in since the transition and your login will be in your inbox.
After your first login, we will begin pulling your existing messages from goowy into your AOL mailboxes.  All of your goowy inbox messages will be placed into a folder called "goowy Inbox" within the AOL system.  All of the messages in your other folders will be placed into a folder called "goowy Other Folders" within the AOL system.  Between these two folders, you should have all of your email, but please note that it may take a few days for us to populate all of your email, after your initial login to the AOL system.

A couple of notes on services that will not be transitioned:

• Integrated IM will not be available.  However, if you are an AIM user, you should visit http://aim.aol.com 0r http://www.aim.com/aimexpress.adp if you would like to continue to use a web based version.  If you need an integrated web based messenger such as the one provided within goowy, we would recommend that you try Meebo at http://www.meebo.com.
• File storage will not be available, but you can access your existing files directly from Box.net at http://box.net.  Please make sure that you can login and access your files, and contact the folks at box.net immediately if you have issues with access to your files.
• The calendar will not be transitioned for you.  If you have existing items that are important to you, make sure that you export your calendar.
• Your widgets/settings will not be transitioned for you.  However, you can setup a very similar experience manually at http://www.yourminis.com.

Finally, here are a few things you should do to help make the transition as simple as possible:

• Log into your goowy account if you want it to be moved.  We will not be moving accounts that have not logged in at least once from July 7th to August 25th.
• Make sure your alternate email address is accurate.  Once we transition accounts to AOL, the alternate email address will be the only way for us to work with you to reset your password in the case that you forget it.
• We will only have support for 16 character passwords or less.  It seems that many of you have longer passwords.  If that's the case, please login, change your password within goowy to something less than 17 characters, and the login again to ensure that the password worked and that you know it well.

If you have any other specific concerns, please email them to support@goowymedia.com and we will do our best to address them.

We thank you for your support throughout the years and with this process as well...

- your goowy team

Goowy acquired by AOL!

We have been working closely in partnership with AOL since early 2007. During this time, we've had an opportunity to see AOL grow and evolve as a company. For this reason, among others, we're thrilled to announce that AOL has acquired Goowy. We are all incredibly excited about the opportunity to be part of the AOL team.

AOL's vision and focus on consumer engagement, content and advertising align directly with our suite of products.  As a part of AOL we will have access to an amazing array of resources, which will enable us to continue the advancement of our syndication and analytics platform, while creating more dynamic widget experiences for our clients and end users.

We have had so many great conversations with AOL about enhancing the user experience, delivering relevant content, increasing engagement and breaking glass, which we can't wait to share with you over the coming months. We could not be more excited about the opportunity in front of us to be part of the continued success of a leading global company.

When we first started Goowy in 2004, we wanted to do something that would have scale; that would touch lots of people; that would deliver new and exciting experiences. With the acquisition we are confident that our dream will be achieved. Stay tuned to see what's next.

A few parting promises…

•  We will not become suits (or wear them unless it's a wedding)
•  We will continue to innovate and build great products
•  We will remain focused on our users
•  We will make a difference

 Thanks for all of your support!

 

Lunch 2.0 is coming to San Diego!

Host: goowy.com

When: Wednesday, November, 12:05 - 2:00 PM

RSVP: RSVP here

This will be the first Lunch 2.0 in San Diego, so please help us get established by:

Organizing - If you want to be a part of bringing Lunch 2.0 to LA, email me: mail(at)awarner.com

Coming - If you’re in San Diego, join us for lunch at goowy.

Inviting others - If you’re not in SD, but know people who are, please send them this post.

goowy offers 2 products, yourminis.com, a widget platform that simplifies widget creation, distribution, and discovery and the goowy webtop, a set of robust productivity tools including email, contacts, calendar, IM, file storage, and more. (And it’s a great company that keeps supporting the tech community. Thanks guys!)

Upcoming Lunch 2.0s::

• Tuesday, October 9- H2.0 ZendCon, Burlingame, San Francisco
• Friday, October 12- Widemille, Seattle
• Friday, October 12- YellowBot, Burbank, Los Angeles
• Friday, October 12- Tagged / Netvibes, San Francisco
• Tuesday, October 16- The Ladders, New York City
• Wednesday, October 17- Lunch 2.0 D.C., Washington, D.C.
• Friday, October 19- TBA, Redwood City, Silicon Valley
• Monday, October 22- Oracle, Redwood City, Silicon Valley
• Friday, November 2 - TBA, Los Angeles
• Wednesday, November 7 - goowy, San Diego
• Friday, November 9 TBA, Kirkland, Seattle
• Friday, November 16 - TBA, Los Angeles
• December TBA, Waterfront, Seattle
• Friday, December 7 - TBA, Los Angeles
• Wednesday, December 12 TBA, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley
• Friday, January 18 TBA, Seattle

Vote for yourminis to be in CNET's Webware 100

yourminis.com has been nominated as a Webware 100 Finalist in the Browsing category.

The “Webware 100” Awards recognizes the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation.

There are 10 different categories with 25 finalists in each category. There are only 10 spots available in each category, and we're up against some pretty huge names, so we need your help. Voting is now open and we need you to go out and vote for us!  Make sure to get all your friends to vote for us too!

The link to vote for us is: http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100/2007/browsing.html

 

 

Thanks!

AIM, ICQ and AOL Integration

Due to a series of factors we have we have decided to disable our support for AIM, ICQ and AOL in our integrated instant messaging client.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause those of you who use these clients as part of the goowy webtop.  Thank you for your understanding and support.

goowy wins SEOmoz Web 2.0 2007 "online desktop" category

The SEOmoz team reviewed hundreds of Web 2.0 sites, in 41 different categories.  They announced their award winners on May 9th, and we're very proud to say that we took home top honors in the online desktop category.

We're also very proud to say that yourminis.com also won, in the widgets category.