Gmail

Post by **Xouqoa** » June 30, 2004, 9:40 am

If anyone is interested in checking out Gmail, send me a PM with your name and email address and I'll send you an invite. I'm not sure how many I can send out (doesn't tell you) so it'll be first come, first serve. When I get more though, I'll send them to the next person.

Edit: Oh, it does say. I have one invite currently. There will be more, though.

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » June 30, 2004, 9:56 am

Same - I expect I'll be getting more invites open soon. I'll be completely elitist in choosing who gets the invites though, because I'm a bastard like that. Hah!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » June 30, 2004, 10:03 am

What is gmail?

Sylvos · Post by **Sylvos** » June 30, 2004, 10:06 am

well Fmail didn't work out because the feminist groups got all uppitty since "e-mail" didn't denote equality. So they chose g-mail for generic mail so that all races, sex and creed can enjoy electronic mail without fear of persecution.

its "google mail".

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » June 30, 2004, 10:20 am

Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:Same - I expect I'll be getting more invites open soon. I'll be completely elitist in choosing who gets the invites though, because I'm a bastard like that. Hah!

Well if you get one free and I can bribe you, let me know heh

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » June 30, 2004, 10:33 am

I have to ask why people are so excited about a gmail address.

Sylvos · Post by **Sylvos** » June 30, 2004, 10:36 am

cause with gmail you have a ton of COOL stuff.
You have to have an account to appreciate how cool it is.
IT's just a snazzy email with a lot of space.

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » June 30, 2004, 10:58 am

Umm 1 gig of mail space, with no listed bandwidth limitations is cool all by itself!

A Gmail account may be the last email account I would ever need, and I would be glad to get away from rotating ISP's. My primary email addy (friends and family access) has changed 5 times in 10 years and it is a hassle. Not to mention with a gig of storage, you could handle a lot of back email. I have a 100mb pst file from my conversations via email with my wife last year alone.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 30, 2004, 11:01 am

Does this mean it will hold up to 1 gig of Penis enhancing emails?

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » June 30, 2004, 11:49 am

I have 2gb with my Yahoo account so .. That's not a selling point. With cool features of its own like Address Guard (create disposable email addresses). I wouldn't use any online email service to store my email. I have privacy concerns with the whole gmail thing so I'll be staying far away.

http://www.templetons.com/brad/gmail.html

The hard truth is if you are concerned about your privacy, 3rd-party hosted web based e-mail may not be right for you.

Basically what it comes down to for me. But I'm not saying people shouldn't use it. Freewill and all that nonsense.

Kylere wrote: Not to mention with a gig of storage, you could handle a lot of back email. I have a 100mb pst file from my conversations via email with my wife last year alone.

.PST + CD Burner = Nice offline archive. I'd much prefer to manage my own email retention. And no inserted targeted advertisments! Bonus.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » June 30, 2004, 12:23 pm

hum htf did you get 2 gig from Yahoo?

noel · Post by **noel** » June 30, 2004, 12:39 pm

2GB for a paid Yahoo! account, and 200MB for a free account. Gmail is free.

Additionally the bandwidth limitation on Gmail is 10MB.

If anyone needs an account that the others couldn't help, PM me your first/last name and current email.

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » June 30, 2004, 2:14 pm

noel wrote:2GB for a paid Yahoo! account, and 200MB for a free account. Gmail is free.

Additionally the bandwidth limitation on Gmail is 10MB.

If anyone needs an account that the others couldn't help, PM me your first/last name and current email.

10MB per ???

Their more info Gmail page says nada on it.

noel · Post by **noel** » June 30, 2004, 2:17 pm

From their help pages...

What's the maximum message size limit?

You can send and receive messages up to 10 megabytes (MB) total. Any message that exceeds this limit will not be delivered to your inbox and will be returned to the sender. If you attempt to send an email that exceeds this limit, you will get an error message and your email will not be sent.

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » June 30, 2004, 2:20 pm

noel wrote:From their help pages...
What's the maximum message size limit?

You can send and receive messages up to 10 megabytes (MB) total. Any message that exceeds this limit will not be delivered to your inbox and will be returned to the sender. If you attempt to send an email that exceeds this limit, you will get an error message and your email will not be sent.

No no, that is a message limitation, bandwidth!

Like how many 10MB messages can I send in a 24hour period, or a 30 day one?

Can I send and receive a gig a day? or 50MB a day. Buying hosting space is cheap, transferring it is expensive.

noel · Post by **noel** » June 30, 2004, 2:21 pm

Edit for clarity: That does not appear to be specified anywhere.

noel · Post by **noel** » June 30, 2004, 3:13 pm

Out of invites for the moment, but I will hook people up if I get more. If you haven't already PMed me, please wait until I post that I have more invites available. Thanks

Legenae · Post by **Legenae** » June 30, 2004, 3:15 pm

I have 3 invites if anyone wants to try it out. Just send a PM.

*edit* One invite left...

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » June 30, 2004, 3:24 pm

Out of invites atm, will post if / when I get more.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 30, 2004, 3:30 pm

I'm curious how fast it transfers files. You people do realize that to upload files to your email it will still be at your pokey upload speeds and however fast gmail accepts them.

I don't understand the need for huge storage in email. Is is nice to be able to send larger files to people without using a chat app. Mail is so pokey though.

It's free, because while you read your mail, Google ads will be displayed based on keywords found in the mail you are reading

No thanks! I don't want my emails scanned for keywords.

Google's ad-linking is all done by computer, they promise not to have human beings look at the mail (almost all the time). If only a computer "knows" your deepest secrets, is there a concern? I certainly let my own personal computer contain all sorts of private information, ranging from my finances to private e-mails with my family.

The only big files I'd be moving would most likely be illegal!

Post by **Xouqoa** » June 30, 2004, 3:33 pm

I haven't even seen the ads yet in any of my emails. So I'm not really sure how much of a factor that will be.

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » June 30, 2004, 3:37 pm

Yikes... says my account setup link is bad... anyone else having problems activating thier accounts?...

Legenae · Post by **Legenae** » June 30, 2004, 3:38 pm

Gmail just went down like 2 minutes ago...

Probably because of all those invites....

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » June 30, 2004, 3:39 pm

okies.. will try again later then...

Thanks again Leg

Tenuvil · Post by **Tenuvil** » June 30, 2004, 4:09 pm

edit: got an invite. Thanks!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 30, 2004, 4:11 pm

Why are invites required? Is it in beta testing or something?

Legenae · Post by **Legenae** » June 30, 2004, 4:12 pm

Yes Winnow.

I'm now all out of invites. I'll post when I have more to give out.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » June 30, 2004, 5:21 pm

For clarification.. Yahoo! is 100 megabytes storage for the free accounts with a 10 megabyte PER message maximum (just like Gmail). Yahoo! > Google.

By the way, if you really for some odd reason, NEED a 1 gigabyte email account, you can always go over to http://www.spymac.com and sign up for one. They're free.

Google is great for web searches. They can kiss my ass with their tracking.

Xanastik Fox · Post by **Xanastik Fox** » July 3, 2004, 2:32 am

http://www.yousendit.com

can just put in any random email you want to send the file to, just copy the link they provide you after you upload your file.

emmer · Post by **emmer** » July 3, 2004, 2:57 am

what did 50 cent say when eminem made him a sweater?

"gee, you knit?"

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 3, 2004, 3:44 am

Xanastik Fox wrote:http://www.yousendit.com

can just put in any random email you want to send the file to, just copy the link they provide you after you upload your file.

8.1 Illegality/Adult Content
YouSendIt neither sanctions nor permits site content or the transmission of data that contains illegal or obscene material or fosters or promotes illegal activity, including but not limited to, gambling, the offering for sale of illegal weapons, and the promotion or publication of any material that may violate hate crimes legislation.

YouSendIt reserves the right to immediately suspend or terminate any account or transmission that violates this policy, without prior notice.

Further, should Customer violate this policy, YouSendIt will actively assist and cooperate with law enforcement agencies and government authorities in collecting and tendering information about Customer, Customer's site, the illegal or obscene content, and those persons that may have inappropriately accessed, acquired, or used the illegal or obscene content.

Doesn't sound good to me!

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » July 3, 2004, 12:10 pm

I would love to try the GMail... joepw@alltel.net

Siji · Post by **Siji** » July 3, 2004, 9:57 pm

Proving once again that they have no original ideas of their own and only copy everyone else..

Hotmail will soon offer 250 meg storage in Hotmail accounts, with the typical 10 meg single message limit.

Still.. Yahoo! > Hotmail