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06-22-2004, 12:28 AM | #16 |
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Well, I just got an invite to GMail. I am a special boy. They don't allow underscores in their usernames, though, so I had to settle for hot.pastrami@gmail.com.
First impressions... clean interface, snappy response time. I like the reply box being at the bottom of a received message, and I like the conversation view. It seems a bit short on customization options, but they are in Beta, so maybe there are more on the way. And I don't see any way to import mail or consolidate mailboxes as Yahoo Plus allows, so GMail won't be my primary contact address, barring any upcoming changes in that direction. So overall, it has lots of nifty new ideas, and a lot of potential. Here's hoping... the guys at Google are clever sons of bitches.
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06-22-2004, 09:10 AM | #17 |
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Mine is ptireland@gmail.com and I've only had it for a few minutes, but it seems ok. I use a lot of web based email addresses so I think I'll be able to judge the features pretty well. I like the "label" system so far. Most other web-based mail systems will allow you to format your messages (font, color, background, etc.) but this seems to be plain text only which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but the flexibility to do such formatting is nice to have.
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06-22-2004, 09:15 AM | #18 |
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I only have a Yahoo account b/c of My Yahoo and YIM. Earthlink has web-based e-mail, so I haven't had a need for a web-based account in 5 years.
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06-22-2004, 02:13 PM | #19 |
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06-24-2004, 11:13 AM | #20 |
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Anyone want an account?
I have a million invites to send, and no nerdy friends to whom I can send.
If you want a gmail invite, pls email me at chris.wang220 (@) gmail.com. |
06-24-2004, 12:03 PM | #21 |
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My cousin needs one. I still haven't gotten invites to give out. His email address is plastik_lazee@hotmail.com
Thanks again.
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06-24-2004, 12:23 PM | #22 |
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Radar - I'd mask that email address if I were you. put brackets around the @ or spell out "at".
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06-24-2004, 12:32 PM | #23 |
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Hey Breaking news, thanks. (He just sent me an invite.)
Now I've got Gmail. And the username I hoped for. |
06-24-2004, 12:32 PM | #24 |
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Thanks Chris!
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06-26-2004, 03:29 AM | #25 |
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I'd like having gmail. If somebody still has an invitation : pmajerus (@) internet.lu
Thx
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06-28-2004, 11:48 AM | #26 |
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I just found out that thousands of people are selling invitations to Gmail on E-Bay. They are going for about $1 each, when they are selling at all.
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07-05-2004, 08:17 PM | #27 |
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A friend on another message board kindly gave me an invite, but my husbnad would like on as well, if anyone has one to give. His email address is mdolfan67@yahoo.com. Didn't want to pester anyone with a mail from me in case you've gotten thousands of requests already.
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07-05-2004, 09:24 PM | #28 |
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I must say that I don't get the desire for the invites ... it's just another free email address, right? And one that has some security/privacy issues attached.
What's the big deal?
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07-05-2004, 10:04 PM | #29 |
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I went to sign up for one (what the heck - if nothing else, its a gig of free backup space for files I might want to retrieve from elsewhere). So I started to register with all my bogus info and when I'm all done, it tells me that my security settings are too high (not too high for yahoo mail, netscape mail and a few other accounts, tho) - apparently, it couldn't dig deep enough into my computer and told me to lower the bar.
The stuff from gmailIsWeird.com started getting to me and I thought man is this an email signup or an anal probe and ditched the whole idea.
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07-06-2004, 06:16 PM | #30 | |
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