What's this Gmail?

MediaManMediaMan Powered by loose parts.
edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
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

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  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    so can you send me an invite? i'll love you forever
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited June 2004
    Nice article. :)
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    profdlp wrote:
    Nice article. :)
    Thanks mate :cool:
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    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
  • fatbackfatback pittsburgh
    edited June 2004
    someone send me a invite please

    my email is eric3254@yahoo.com
  • ketoketo Occupied. Or is it preoccupied? Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    fatback you can try finding one at http:www.gmailswap.com
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited June 2004
    I'd too like an invite if it's not too much trouble. I gotta get ths.
  • PolockPolock Byron, IL.
    edited June 2004
    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.
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited June 2004
    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.
    ads.JPG 35.3K
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    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.
  • MediaManMediaMan Powered by loose parts.
    edited June 2004
    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
  • ketoketo Occupied. Or is it preoccupied? Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    He's late.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    MediaMan wrote:
    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.

    keto wrote:
    He's late.

    ;D

    Quick, keto... make Thrax build an Intel system while you still own him!
  • MediaManMediaMan Powered by loose parts.
    edited June 2004
    Poor Thrax...I pick on him so.

    Thread veering off topic now...let's keep it on track. :)
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    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.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    :range::skeptic:
  • Unregistered
    edited July 2004
    ok
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited July 2004
    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.
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Thanks!
    Great article once again keebs ...keepem rollin!!! :thumbsup:
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2004
    Invite sent.
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    I already love my Gmail. :thumbup :thumbup

    Thanks again Keebs!
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited July 2004
    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!
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    bothered wrote:
    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.
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