What's this Gmail? [Archive]

MediaMan

17 Jun 2004, 01:41am

I had no qualms switching the e-mail address on my various accounts (E-bay, PayPal, forums, etc.) to Gmail. Here are several reasons why.

Read it here (http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=246)

kanezfan

17 Jun 2004, 01:46am

so can you send me an invite? i'll love you forever

profdlp

17 Jun 2004, 02:29am

Nice article. :)

Keebler

19 Jun 2004, 11:18pm

Nice article. :)
Thanks mate :cool:

Straight_Man

24 Jun 2004, 02:10am

Decent article. Thanks. INTERESTING email address.... But won't try it. At least it is hard for spam-bots and trojans to grab email adresses out of graphics... :D

fatback

25 Jun 2004, 07:13am

someone send me a invite please

my email is eric3254@yahoo.com

keto

25 Jun 2004, 03:19pm

fatback you can try finding one at http:www.gmailswap.com

Al_Capown

25 Jun 2004, 04:21pm

I'd too like an invite if it's not too much trouble. I gotta get ths.

Polock

28 Jun 2004, 04:09am

Thanks for review on Gmail that highlighted items I wasn't aware of.

Still a little curious about the security issues I've heard rumored about Gmail scanning your email. Hope next time around, you can give us the skinny on this rumor.

Keep up the good writing.

TheGr81

28 Jun 2004, 05:42am

No one goes looking through your e-mail. It's all scanned for keywords and stuff it can relate to ads.

Google does ads for Short-Media if you haven't noticed. Look near the top of this page. I don't now exactly "relevent" the ads are in this case though. It prolly came from someone's sig.

Thrax

28 Jun 2004, 05:51am

No one's sitting there looking at your email.

It just runs a program, finds some words it can match to its database, and then slaps up adverts. No big deal.

MediaMan

28 Jun 2004, 06:05am

I've sold all of your guy's email to pay for the bandwidth around here. Hell...I sold Thrax, like 3 times already. Not his email...Thrax himself.

Oh...BTW Thrax...Keto's expecting you in Edmonton....something about washing his car and laundry.

;D

keto

28 Jun 2004, 04:26pm

He's late.

GHoosdum

28 Jun 2004, 04:49pm

I sold Thrax, like 3 times already. Not his email...Thrax himself.

Oh...BTW Thrax...Keto's expecting you in Edmonton....something about washing his car and laundry.

He's late.

;D

Quick, keto... make Thrax build an Intel system while you still own him!

MediaMan

28 Jun 2004, 05:14pm

Poor Thrax...I pick on him so.

Thread veering off topic now...let's keep it on track. :)

Straight_Man

28 Jun 2004, 07:44pm

Actually, I will stick with what I have for email, though I was interested in the size of Gmail email box for possible DTP graphics traffic. BUT, Hotmail has pumped the size of thier eboxes also now, that leaves me with an existing account with a larger capacity and enough existing accounts that I do not need more email capacity overall.

Thrax

5 Jul 2004, 06:56pm

:range: :skeptic:

Unregistered

14 Jul 2004, 09:05am

danball1976

14 Jul 2004, 03:30pm

Yahoo also has pumped up the size of their e-mail accounts (free service) to 100MB.

Oh, and that ad is generated from words in GeneralKeebler's sig.

csimon

14 Jul 2004, 03:57pm

Thanks!
Great article once again keebs ...keepem rollin!!! :thumbsup:

mmonnin

14 Jul 2004, 06:06pm

Invite sent.

TBonZ

14 Jul 2004, 06:22pm

I already love my Gmail. :thumbup :thumbup

Thanks again Keebs!

bothered

14 Jul 2004, 06:33pm

I haven't even looked at it yet. The thought of even more adds puts me off.
I AM A HUMAN BEING, NOT A CUSTOMER!

TBonZ

14 Jul 2004, 06:41pm

I haven't even looked at it yet. The thought of even more adds puts me off.
I AM A HUMAN BEING, NOT A CUSTOMER!

That's the price to pay when getting a slick thousand mb's. :clap:

I'm too the point now where I don't see ads anymore. I think I developed a kind of built-in ad blocker into my brain after all this time. Who knows, maybe this will be the next evolution for mankind in relation to the internet.