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skeeber · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 271 Location: Tulsa, OK

I'm sure you've all heard of gmail and it's pros and cons at this point. Well as I got in early I now have 50 invites to give away if anyone is interested. Either leave your email in this thread or PM me with it and I'll fire one off to you promptly.

I'm not doing this to start a debate on the pros and cons, just as a way to get these invites out to anyone who may wish to try the service.

-skeebs

Brf · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:05 am Post subject:

I have no interest in a service that reads my Email in an effort to see what ads it should be sending me.

skeeber · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 271 Location: Tulsa, OK

scanned for keywords, not actually read. But that's not the point here and I already knew your feelings on it Brf :D

Anyway, it's pretty much a junk hopper/bbr.com catch all for me anyway as I keep my ISP email pretty much for just family and close friends.

s_stabeler · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 2296

gmail does not nessecarily read the email. it scans it for certain key words, and yes, it does send related ads, but it surprisingly does not have much of a privacy concern, the scanning is done by the srvers not a human. i trust it. and i have a few invites if anyone is interested, too.

NibbyCat · Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 3203 Location: Eastern Ohio

I have 3 gmail accounts, so I have 150 invites.

The ads aren't "sent" to you, they're just on the right margin of the page. Heck, even when I read emails at the site (checking a thread), I don't even notice the ads. The ads are just like the ads on Estioland, triggered by keywords. Sometimes it's amusing to see what the mindless server thinks is relevant. You can use any POP3 client to download the emails, you don't see any of the Google ads that way.

What's great, it doesn't send the stuff it thinks is spam to the POP3 client. Since there are some advertising newsletters I want, once a week I go to the web interface and check the spam boxes to be sure nothing desireable has gotten misplaced. I'm impressed that so far the newsletters I want haven't been tagged as spam, but the crap is, even without me using a white-list.

skeeber · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 271 Location: Tulsa, OK

that's a lot of freakin' invites!! maybe I should invite myself again.... lol

I actually like the service and will continue to use it. (gave away 2 tonight as a matter of fact)

CooJoe · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:10 pm Post subject:

I'll try it out. The storage might come in handy.

JuntaJoe · Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 7391 Location: Texas

That's why my nephew loves it.

It's like a freebee harddrive if you have high speed internet service.

I like it as my ultra private mailbox for my family to use. I never use it when asked my addy.

I may only get a couple notes a week in it, but those are the ones I don't want to weed through a bunch crap to find.

I only check my regular email every couple days as I have to wade through the spam. But I can look quickly several times a day at my gmail and pick up family news without wasting a bunch of time.

s_stabeler · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 2296

as i said if anyone wants one, drop me a PM and i'll tell you what info i need, or my e-mail address as it is easier that way.

CooJoe · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject:

And I got ze invite.

WHEE!!! STORAGE!!!

s_stabeler · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 2296

good. io'll be told your gmail e-mail address, though. but i'm sure you won't mind, and anyway, i won't often use it :wink:

Jorenne · Joined: 09 Nov 2004 Posts: 109

*sneaks into thread hoping no one notices the apparent mirage*

Can I get an invite please, I've been hankering after something to store those sim back-ups on :lol:

skeeber · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 271 Location: Tulsa, OK

just need your email addy that you want the invite to go to... or, should I use the one I have for you on msn mssgr?

just let me know.... 8)

Jorenne · Joined: 09 Nov 2004 Posts: 109

Just use the one you have for MSN Skeebs. Thanks

skeeber · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 271 Location: Tulsa, OK

No problem, off to send it now!

JuntaJoe · Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 7391 Location: Texas

Jorenne wrote: *sneaks into thread hoping no one notices the apparent mirage*

Whoa! Look who showed up! 8)

Robbo · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:35 am Post subject:

And with the Gmail file system utility, you can use it as a hard drive in My Computer - doubly cool 8)

s_stabeler · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 2296

mind, most useful is the effective spam blocking.i've only recieced one piece of spam thatwasn't caught. compare that to most others, and it is quite a good spam filter.

s_stabeler · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 2296

just thought i'd mention that i now have 100 invites, anyone want one?

JuntaJoe · Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 7391 Location: Texas

One way to ensure you have no spam is to never enter the addy in at a website. Then the only thing you risk is one of your email buddies getting their pc turned into a zombie.

That's why I only post my earthlink addy.

Earthlink lets me prescreen all my mail at their servers before opening Outlook. I dump and report all spam on their webmail service. Then I open Outlook to permit the ones I wish to read enter my pc.

And then only give out my gmail addy to my family. If my Firefox window shows a gmail entry then I know family is knocking on the door.