ot: gmail
sheri
anyone want a gmail invite? if so, email your name and the email addy you
want the invite sent to.
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sheri
Doug Crooks
Of is this something different?
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doug
M. Lowerr
"Doug Crooks" <perc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> what's gmail? Isn't that what google was calling their e-mail service?
> Of is this something different?
It is google's free email. It's pretty cool.
I've got a few invites I can give away as well.. same deal as Sheri...
Dawn
be archiving all the emails. anyone else concerned about this?
- dawn
M. Lowerr
"Dawn" <n...@foryou.net> wrote in message
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<SNIP>
> i read some articles about privacy and data mining because google will
> be archiving all the emails. anyone else concerned about this?
It's no different than what your current ISP is doing when your email is
sitting on their servers before you POP it off or delete it (if you use
IMAP). Hotmail, etc. do it as well, but with Google's email you can keep 1
GB of email out there which is a hell of a lot of email if it's all text.
Bottom line -- email isn't secure anyway. Sniffing/intercepting email is
child's play. If it's that private you should be using encryption and
avoiding free email services anyway.
I'm personally using gmail as a "catch all" should one of the mail servers I
run for my domains fails. It's also nice to have for the geek factor since
it's not "publicly available" yet... But I think that only gets you
"cool"/"uber-geek" points (depending on how you look at it) if you go to an
engineering school.
Doug Crooks
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doug
jesse
> M. Lowerr wrote:
> > "Doug Crooks" <perc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:4150C745...@hotmail.com...
> >
> >>what's gmail? Isn't that what google was calling their e-mail service?
> >> Of is this something different?
> >
> >
> > It is google's free email. It's pretty cool.
> >
> > I've got a few invites I can give away as well.. same deal as Sheri...
> >>sheri wrote:
> >>>anyone want a gmail invite? if so, email your name and the email addy
> > you
> >>>want the invite sent to.
> >>>sheri
> i read some articles about privacy and data mining because google will
> be archiving all the emails. anyone else concerned about this?
>
> - dawn
They only archive what you want them to archive. You can delete whatever
you want. Same as any email system. They encourage you to
keep as many emails as possible because they use an automated advertising
system that scans the email you're looking at, looks for keywords, and
places relevant ads on the page. Some people get paranoid, but its not a
human reading your mail, just a computer program.
jesse
Vin
cycomiko
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M. Lowerr wrote:
| "Doug Crooks" <perc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| news:4150C745...@hotmail.com...
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|>what's gmail? Isn't that what google was calling their e-mail service?
|> Of is this something different?
|
|
| It is google's free email. It's pretty cool.
|
| I've got a few invites I can give away as well.. same deal as Sheri...
|
justa quick question. i have agmail account. how do i go about aquiring
invites so i can give them away? is it random? do you have to met
certain emails sent/received etc.?
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Sausage Mahoney
"Vin" <i...@like.snow> wrote in message
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> ill take one
>
follow the clearly given instructions.
M. Lowerr
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> M. Lowerr wrote:
> | "Doug Crooks" <perc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> | news:4150C745...@hotmail.com...
> |
> |>what's gmail? Isn't that what google was calling their e-mail service?
> |> Of is this something different?
> |
> |
> | It is google's free email. It's pretty cool.
> |
> | I've got a few invites I can give away as well.. same deal as Sheri...
> |
> justa quick question. i have agmail account. how do i go about aquiring
> invites so i can give them away? is it random? do you have to met
> certain emails sent/received etc.?
I don't know how it's determined; it might be random, but both of my
accounts have regularly just had invites added to it. (There's a message
above the email in that top bar that says "you have x. invites..." or
something to that affect with a link to click on to send the invite(s).
M. Lowerr
> What's an invite (sorry for all the dumb questions)?
The service is currently in beta so they are only allowing people to join
who have received an invite link/auth. code from an existing user to join.
Users are (seemingly randomly) given invitations to give to friends.
Basically it's a way to control growth/scaling.
Vin
>>
>
>follow the clearly given instructions.
nah this was easier, thanks sheri! i knew she'd be on the ball.
i wonder if they'll change the gmail.com to google.com at some point..
Vin
whats up with that?
Mike
i...@like.snow (Vin) wrote in message news:<fK84d.50$9M4....@news20.bellglobal.com>...
Zeke
> i read some articles about privacy and data mining because google will be
> archiving all the emails.
Ya mean like this?
http://gmail-is-too-creepy.com/
> anyone else concerned about this?
Personally? No. But I'm not running for office, so am free to say whatever
I want. As far as overall societal implications, yes. Google has a ton of
info on everyone and that info can be accessed by any number of govt
agencies, from any number of countries. That's a serious concern. If I
were a young person with eyes on a political carreer I'd be careful to never
write anything (email or usenet) that might come back to haunt me. That has
always been true, but it's never been so true as now.
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That we're going to become an occupying power? America in an
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Vin
>> archiving all the emails.
>
>Ya mean like this?
>
> http://gmail-is-too-creepy.com/
hehe.. who cares, its fucking email. oh no if i type an email about
downloading mp3s the riaa might put me in jail. these guys are idiots.
Zeke
> hehe.. who cares, its fucking email. oh no if i type an email about
> downloading mp3s the riaa might put me in jail. these guys are idiots.
Did you read the article? The long-term implications aren't about MP3's.
Vin
>> downloading mp3s the riaa might put me in jail. these guys are idiots.
>
>Did you read the article? The long-term implications aren't about MP3's.
i stopped reading when they mentionned mp3's. look man, its fucking
email, there are no implications.
Zeke
look man, you're smarter than that. Read the article.
Vin
>>>> downloading mp3s the riaa might put me in jail. these guys are idiots.
>
>>>Did you read the article? The long-term implications aren't about MP3's.
>
>> i stopped reading when they mentionned mp3's. look man, its fucking
>> email, there are no implications.
>
>look man, you're smarter than that. Read the article.
im not afraid of the fbi
Zeke
> im not afraid of the fbi
Touché!
But it don't take no seer to see where all this could lead, even for
Canadians.
sheri
"Vin" <i...@like.snow> wrote in message
> gmail blows.. i don't think i've ever seen a slower website..
> whats up with that?
it was extemely slow this morning...it's not usually like that. anyway,
you're welcome.
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sheri
sheri
to those who got one, it would rock if you offered invites back up to the
ampj.
thank ye.
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sheri
"sheri" <prettys...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Doug Crooks
Thanks!
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doug
Vin
>> whats up with that?
>
>
>it was extemely slow this morning...it's not usually like that. anyway,
>you're welcome.
>
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>sheri
hehe i said thanks in another post, you rawq. thats the newest
coolest way to spell it.
Vin
jesse
> "Dawn" <n...@foryou.net> wrote:
> > i read some articles about privacy and data mining because google will be
> > archiving all the emails.
>
> Ya mean like this?
>
> http://gmail-is-too-creepy.com/
>
> > anyone else concerned about this?
>
> Personally? No. But I'm not running for office, so am free to say whatever
> I want. As far as overall societal implications, yes. Google has a ton of
> info on everyone and that info can be accessed by any number of govt
> agencies, from any number of countries. That's a serious concern. If I
> were a young person with eyes on a political carreer I'd be careful to never
> write anything (email or usenet) that might come back to haunt me. That has
> always been true, but it's never been so true as now.
well, it is still in beta version, and from this article -
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,63204,00.html?tw=rss.TOP -
it seems they're considering these concerns. At the moment, though, you
can delete whatever you want to delete. If someone keeps sensitive,
potentially perilous emails on a third party server and doesn't delete
them, thats pretty dumb...
jesse
Mirella
wrote:
>i had 12 (6 for each of my two accounts) invites and they're all gone now.
>
>to those who got one, it would rock if you offered invites back up to the
>ampj.
>
>thank ye.
Oh, I have some left as well, so just reply here or by e-mail and I'll
send you one (until they are all gone).
groetjes,
Mirella :)
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sheri
"Vin" <i...@like.snow> wrote in message
> >> gmail blows.. i don't think i've ever seen a slower website..
> >> whats up with that?
> >
> >
> >it was extemely slow this morning...it's not usually like that. anyway,
> >you're welcome.
> >
> >--
> >sheri
>
> hehe i said thanks in another post, you rawq. thats the newest
> coolest way to spell it.
yeah, i saw you said thanks...that's why i said you're welcome. i was
practicing post conservation, not being an ass. :)
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sheri
sheri
"Vin" <i...@like.snow> wrote in message
> how?
how to invite someone? well, there are links that say something like,
"invite a friend to gmail" or something like that. they see to move them
around, though. i've seen them at the top under the search feature, on the
bottom, to the left and also in a mail that you're composing. when they're
in an email, they're also somewhere on the main page.
i've had mine for several months. once i used up my first 6 invites, i
immediately got 1 more, then maybe two - then they dried up for the longest
time. looks like they're now loading users up with them again.
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sheri