anyone else have gmail?

Archer · 06-13-2004, 05:01 PM

Just curious. I got an invite last night, just wondering if anyone had any experience yet.

smoothmoniker · 06-13-2004, 11:59 PM

is it live? I signed up to be notified when it went online for the public, and haven't heard anything yet.

-sm

Archer · 06-14-2004, 11:06 AM

no it's not live, but there invitations flying around all over the place

just curious if anyone had any experiences yet

just fyi, I set mine up Sunday morning, and it's already 26% full

glatt · 06-14-2004, 11:12 AM

so if YOU have gmail, can you invite others to join? Like, maybe people on the cellar?

Carbonated_Brains · 06-14-2004, 11:14 AM

Google sends the only invitations, the best you can do is attempt to trade or buy someone else's gmail account.

Archer · 06-14-2004, 11:41 AM

while google is the one officially sending out the invites, they give them to individual users to invite people

I've gotten a couple of invites to give out so far, it seems the more the account is used the more invites you get to send out.

Undertoad · 06-14-2004, 09:15 PM

Just got the invite myself... probably for being an adwords buyer on our behalf. You could figure out what I put at gmail dot com. My main motivation was to preserve the username (undertoad). I dunno how much I'll remember to check it though...

xoxoxoBruce · 06-14-2004, 09:45 PM

Could you copyright it or something, UT?

elSicomoro · 06-14-2004, 09:54 PM

This is the mail service that is going to show ads based on what your messages contain, right?

smoothmoniker · 06-14-2004, 10:25 PM

yup. as previously vetted.

-sm

jaguar · 06-15-2004, 01:14 AM

Am I the only one tht has zero interest in this?
I've got about 6 invites for Orkut but there is no way in hell I'm filling out a profile of me that detailed linked to my name for no particular benifit.

Troubleshooter · 06-15-2004, 10:06 AM

Yahoo is playing catch up now. They just boosted their mail account size to 100 MB on free accounts.

hot_pastrami · 06-15-2004, 10:42 AM

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Originally posted by Troubleshooter
Yahoo is playing catch up now. They just boosted their mail account size to 100 MB on free accounts.

...and my Yahoo Plus account went up to 2GB. But of course, it's not free... $20/year.

wolf · 06-15-2004, 11:01 PM

Maybe it's just shakedown cruise issues, but I'm finding the new, improved, huge mailbox YahooMail to be grindingly slow.

breakingnews · 06-21-2004, 10:20 AM

I'm really a huge fan of gmail. I love the thread-style messaging, and it's got all sorts of pretty colors.

I'm hesistant about switching all my addresses over though, because I like using Yahoo's addy book and calendar.

*Sigh* I guess it's been overloading though, because none of google's sites are working this morning.

Fucking internet ...

06-13-2004, 05:01 PM	#1
Archer off target Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 93	anyone else have gmail? Just curious. I got an invite last night, just wondering if anyone had any experience yet.

06-14-2004, 09:45 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Could you copyright it or something, UT? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-15-2004, 01:14 AM	#11
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Am I the only one tht has zero interest in this? I've got about 6 invites for Orkut but there is no way in hell I'm filling out a profile of me that detailed linked to my name for no particular benifit. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-15-2004, 10:06 AM	#12
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Yahoo is playing catch up now. They just boosted their mail account size to 100 MB on free accounts. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

06-15-2004, 11:01 PM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Maybe it's just shakedown cruise issues, but I'm finding the new, improved, huge mailbox YahooMail to be grindingly slow. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-13-2004, 11:59 PM	#2
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	is it live? I signed up to be notified when it went online for the public, and haven't heard anything yet. -sm

06-14-2004, 11:06 AM	#3
Archer off target Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 93	no it's not live, but there invitations flying around all over the place just curious if anyone had any experiences yet just fyi, I set mine up Sunday morning, and it's already 26% full

06-14-2004, 11:12 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	so if YOU have gmail, can you invite others to join? Like, maybe people on the cellar?

06-14-2004, 11:14 AM	#5
Carbonated_Brains Does it show up here when I type? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Between the smoky layers of a prosciutto sandwich! Posts: 355	Google sends the only invitations, the best you can do is attempt to trade or buy someone else's gmail account.

06-14-2004, 11:41 AM	#6
Archer off target Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 93	while google is the one officially sending out the invites, they give them to individual users to invite people I've gotten a couple of invites to give out so far, it seems the more the account is used the more invites you get to send out.

06-14-2004, 09:15 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Just got the invite myself... probably for being an adwords buyer on our behalf. You could figure out what I put at gmail dot com. My main motivation was to preserve the username (undertoad). I dunno how much I'll remember to check it though...

06-14-2004, 09:54 PM	#9
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	This is the mail service that is going to show ads based on what your messages contain, right?

06-14-2004, 10:25 PM	#10
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	yup. as previously vetted. -sm

06-21-2004, 10:20 AM	#15
breakingnews Q_Q Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 995	I'm really a huge fan of gmail. I love the thread-style messaging, and it's got all sorts of pretty colors. I'm hesistant about switching all my addresses over though, because I like using Yahoo's addy book and calendar. Sigh I guess it's been overloading though, because none of google's sites are working this morning. Fucking internet ...

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