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[leftcoastphotog]

hello all,
i have 4 gmail accts if anyone wants one. the first 4 pm's get them. i need you to send me your name and email address and i'll send you the invite.
just so the thread doesn't go crazy with responses if you send me an pm put it down on the thread so people know how many have been taken.
1 gig of space on these babies.
enjoy,
lcp

[ShootThis]

I threw one to ya!
Thanks!

[Lense_Cap]

I love my gmail! I have 6 invites... they seem to reset them every month. PM me also if you'd like one.

[dan bach]

Originally posted by leftcoastphotog:
hello all,
i have 4 gmail accts if anyone wants one. the first 4 pm's get them. i need you to send me your name and email address and i'll send you the invite.
just so the thread doesn't go crazy with responses if you send me an pm put it down on the thread so people know how many have been taken.
1 gig of space on these babies.
enjoy,
lcp Just asked for one too.

[ January 17, 2005, 05:35 PM: Message edited by: dan bach ]

[kodakrome]

Me too.

[<???>]

What's gmail? An external storage site?

[Flush Frame]

"Gmail is an experiment in a new kind of webmail, built on the idea that you should never have to delete mail and you should always be able to find the message you want. The key features are:

Search, don't sort.
Use Google search to find the exact message you want, no matter when it was sent or received.

Don't throw anything away.
1000 megabytes of free storage so you'll never need to delete another message.

Keep it all in context.
Each message is grouped with all its replies and displayed as a conversation.

No pop-up ads. No untargeted banners.
You see only relevant text ads and links to related web pages of interest."

from their website.

[HamCam]

Originally posted by Lense_Cap:
I love my gmail! I have 6 invites... they seem to reset them every month. PM me also if you'd like one. Just sent a PM to ya Lense...

Thanks in advance.

:cool: :cool:

[Jax]

I have 4 invites as well.

[Bodhistaava]

LeftCoast...I just PM'ed you...thanks - Josh

[Run 'n' Get 'em]

I've got around 15... PM me the said info

[SigLife]

Have 4, too. PM for the hook-up.

[Baltimore Shooter]

I think I heard that Google put spyware in GMail. Don't know if that's true or not. Can't remember where I heard that though.

Warren

[Run 'n' Get 'em]

Originally posted by Baltimore Shooter:
I think I heard that Google put spyware in GMail. Don't know if that's true or not. Can't remember where I heard that though.

Warren It's not... Everybody thought that the ads in the interface were spyware because they were ads that were what it thought related to your e-mail. All the computer noobs were running around yelling "Google is reading my e-mail!"

[<Wrong Spa boy>]

A bot does scan your email for key words jackass. Send an email to yourself and type Nike or the company of your choice. I don't care...it's just a storage facility for me.

[Run 'n' Get 'em]

A bot does scan your email for key words jackassRight... a bot does, a human doesn't... And the ad's are only recorded if they are clicked

Do your research before you call somebody a jackass... jackass

[<The Jackass>]

So you're saying all spyware is read by a human?! What about the part of their privacy policy that says...

Personal information collected by Google may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Google Inc. or its agents maintain facilities. By using Gmail, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.

We reserve the right to transfer your personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of Google, such as acquisition by or merger with another company. In such an event, Google will notify you before information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

This would sure play out well in a country like Hungary. Or anywhere else they decide to set up a server.

[Run 'n' Get 'em]

Originally posted by &lt;The Jackass&gt;:
So you're saying all spyware is read by a human?! What about the part of their privacy policy that says...

Personal information collected by Google may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Google Inc. or its agents maintain facilities. By using Gmail, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.

We reserve the right to transfer your personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of Google, such as acquisition by or merger with another company. In such an event, Google will notify you before information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

This would sure play out well in a country like Hungary. Or anywhere else they decide to set up a server. You still didn't come up with something to counter what I said. It basically said (to me at least) "Click an ad and we'll record it and store it on one of our servers, which may be outside your country. If we are purchased by somebody else, we'll tell you so you know that there may be a different rule"

I'll be ignoring this thread now... If someone wants an invite, feel free to PM me

EDIT: Spell check

[ January 18, 2005, 02:55 AM: Message edited by: SpaShooter ]

[<The Jackass>]

Different countries have different laws. They can do what ever they like with your information whether you like it or not. That is the point. How hard would it be to sell your information from a google subsidiary out of a country that could care less? Not hard at all.

[Run 'n' Get 'em]

Ok, I really am going to ignore this thread after this post...

Ok, So I use gmail and click an ad? My info is stored on a server in the czech republic that I clicked an ad for "CHEAP BETACAM TAPES!". Wait... It's a google server, and google is based in California. So unless CA suddenly decided to become an independent country, it's still part of the US, therefore answerable to US laws. They sell my info off the google server to somebody because the czech webmaster wants to make a quick buck... and I sue google in the US because it was their server. US companies doing business in other countries are still answerable to US laws.

Good gah, I feel like our consumer reporter

[ January 18, 2005, 03:13 AM: Message edited by: SpaShooter ]

[Tippster]

Easy: Don't click on the ads. Duh.

BTW - I have 4 invites as well. PM if interested.

[Lense_Cap]

I have 3 left if you're not afraid... :)

[freedom]

Why the need for an invite?

Do they only record your banner clicks or are they keeping access to your actual e-mail for possible perusal?

[Lense_Cap]

It's still in a Beta stage. I don't know how it will work once it's open to the public. I'm sure it will be set up similar to Yahoo! mail. The invites get you in before all the good names are taken though.

[Filter_5]

I have 6 of them and will hook ya up... PM me with your e-mail address

[Run 'n' Get 'em]

Originally posted by freedom:
Why the need for an invite?

Do they only record your banner clicks or are they keeping access to your actual e-mail for possible perusal? They only record the banner clicks...

[stix]

I have seven invites for those who dare!

[leftcoastphotog]

I am officially out now,
i have a few accts. ie yahoo work and gmail and i have yet to recieve spam to my gmail yahoo is the acct i use for shopping etc. and work is for work.
so far no problems.
i'll let you know if i get more.
enjoy,
lcp

[Chicago Dog]

Hotmail works fine for me. They upped their storage limits to 250 megs. I barely filled the old quota, let alone the new one.

[chesterdoodle]

Google is the AntiChrist! They are inLeauge with the aliens that inhabit Area 51. They are monitoring this thread right now!

The "Bot" -
I've seen one - tiny grey body, Big Head able to scan millions of emails in a day. Signing off quickly to avoid detection.


&lt;edited to remove sinister coding&gt;

[ January 18, 2005, 10:50 PM: Message edited by: chesterdoodle ]

[ShootThis]

Hey I tried to PM a couple of you for the gmail invite. nobody responded, anyone got one left? Thanks!!!!

photog2323@yahoo.com

[leftcoastphotog]

hey sean
i did send you an invite, did you not get it?
to your photog2323@yahoo.com acct.
lcp

[ShootThis]

I never got it.

[Anton Saur]

Originally posted by ShootThis:
I never got it. I sent you one too. I cut and pasted your address, so it should be there.

[Lense_Cap]

Did you guys see that gmail just added another GIG+ to their accounts? I got invites if anyone else wants em. They're talking about adding more space later on too!

[SandRat]

50 invites here if anyone wants...

[canuckcam]

My Gmail account is up to 2GB....

On the subject of Google... if you don't use it yet, check out http://maps.google.com/ .... if you're in a big city, click "satelite." Once you've got that down and you have a mobile Internet connection, check out http://gmap.glenmurphy.com/ for a little hack.

That being said I have 40 Gmail invites left.

[kito]

Check this out if you want to see where google is headed.
http://www.dailyrundown.com/epic.swf