My GMail Spam folder just hit 20k messages

There is a nice little message saying that spam older than 30 days will automatically be deleted, but as of today, I still have spam from February 25th in there.   It doesn't matter too much to me, I guess.  I am not nearly close to the 7 GB space that they give me for free.   At least I know I am not the only one.  I do wonder if it is an indication of something else going on with GMail.  They have had several rounds of downtime lately.

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Saving MMS files in Android

So my friend Will chats me up asking me how to save a MMS file on the Android.  Hmm- good question, no one ever sent me one so I never had that problem, seems odd that it wouldn't be obvious.  I ask Will to send me an MMS so I can check it out.

The first thing I figure is that Will is probably not using anything out of the ordinary as far as SMS applications go but when I get the message, my ChompSMS tells me that I need to turn on AutoDownload in the default messaging app.  So I bring up the default messaging app (from the application tray), download the attachment he sent, and also enable AutoDownload from the settings screen.

While I am in the default Messaging App, I try to save the MMS attachment or get info about it or anything.  The default app gives you nothing.  I go to ChompSMS and long press it, viola, "Save attached to SD card".  This works perfectly.

Other suggestions I found suggested that you could forward the message to an email account or if you have root access you can find the file on your sim card and copy it.  There was also a suggestion about an app called SaveSMS.

I think ChompSMS is the easiest way to go, its a really nice app as far as making the SMS messages look nice.  They offer a different carrier for sending SMS if you need to send some cheap messages and obviously they can save the attachments you get sent to your SD card.

Awareness Test

As I look through my livejournal entries, seeing which ones I want to import, I find this one that is more relevant to me than when I initially posted it as this specific commercial came up in a lunch time conversation and I am doing more bike riding lately than I was when I posted this originally.  I kinda wish squarespace had an import of livejournal as they do for some of the other blog engines but oh well.

SquareSpace tip - Google WebMaster tools

With the google webmaster tools, you have to upload a html file with a specific name (looks like a Guid) to enable your ability to use the provided tools with your site.

Using the URL Shortcuts under web management, you can just put the file name in the shortcut URL and point it to anything in your site that resolves (/journal).  This will convince google that the file is there and that you can use the tools.

Update on Monday, May 25, 2009 at 9:53AM by Jeff Martin

Squarespace mentions a different method in their FAQ.