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Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: Catfish_Man on 10 Mar 2006, 17:05: I was reading one of the other topics, and to my amazement I discovered that some people here don't have gmail ;)

I've got 98 invites left iirc, so who wants some?
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: Kai on 10 Mar 2006, 18:03: I have 100.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: ozphactor on 10 Mar 2006, 23:33: I have approximately one jazillion.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: AlkalineJoe on 11 Mar 2006, 08:18: I have 100 too, I never send them :p
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: Catfish_Man on 11 Mar 2006, 10:02: Hm, well I guess everyone who wanted one got one in the other thread. Oh well...
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: nihilist on 11 Mar 2006, 11:49: Eh. I'm tempted to just spawn a whole bunch of the accounts and use them to store files. Stick that up your ass, Google!
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: Kai on 11 Mar 2006, 12:06: I thought about doing that, but It's too much work.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: Rubby on 11 Mar 2006, 14:37: I was one of the people that wanted one. I got one but thanks anyways.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: Catfish_Man on 11 Mar 2006, 16:02: Quote from: nihilist
Eh. I'm tempted to just spawn a whole bunch of the accounts and use them to store files. Stick that up your ass, Google!

Google has stated that they're fine with this.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: Oli on 11 Mar 2006, 16:38: Whats so great about gmail anyways?!?
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Post by: Rubby on 11 Mar 2006, 17:13: You just get so much bloody space.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: Jenno on 11 Mar 2006, 18:05: GmailFS does actually work pretty well nihilist.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: Catfish_Man on 11 Mar 2006, 18:08: Quote from: Nolaw_Nocrime
Whats so great about gmail anyways?!?

Well, let's see... free webmail with tons of space, linked jabber messaging, and ad-free pop access? Sounds good to me...
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: nihilist on 11 Mar 2006, 20:20: Well, I dislike the fact that they archive things for you, and target ads based on the content. Scary.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: nescience on 12 Mar 2006, 02:37: Oh boo-hoo. Be more scared that when faced with legal action over the results of their searches (as in the American Blinds (http://battellemedia.com/archives/001378.php) case), Google has in the past allegedly "fixed" their searches in the local area of the courtroom and the presiding judge's office to make it temporarily appear as if they have done no wrong.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: Oli on 12 Mar 2006, 08:39: Quote from: Catfish_Man
Quote from: Nolaw_Nocrime
Whats so great about gmail anyways?!?

Well, let's see... free webmail with tons of space, linked jabber messaging, and ad-free pop access? Sounds good to me...

But hotmails free and it's got 250MB of space. Which I'm thinking is enough for emails. I've got 1456 emails and I'm using less than 10% of the space.

:-) Ahwell, I guess I'll manage without gmail.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: jhocking on 12 Mar 2006, 08:46: What's great about gmail is it's the hip thing to do, man. Everybody who's anybody has a gmail account!
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: SteinFromTheJewishMafia on 12 Mar 2006, 14:52: i have a lot of invites for whoever.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: ozphactor on 12 Mar 2006, 21:07: Quote from: Nolaw_Nocrime
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Whats so great about gmail anyways?!?

Well, let's see... free webmail with tons of space, linked jabber messaging, and ad-free pop access? Sounds good to me...

But hotmails free and it's got 250MB of space. Which I'm thinking is enough for emails. I've got 1456 emails and I'm using less than 10% of the space.

You're forgetting one important fact: Hotmail sucks ass.

You're welcome.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: McTaggart on 13 Mar 2006, 03:13: The thing I hate about hotmail is the way it nerfs firefox's most useful feature. If I middle click a link it means I want it to open in a new fucking tab. What the hell makes you think stopping this is a good thing?

Also, pop access is very nice and I really like the way it sorts emails into conversations.
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: nihilist on 13 Mar 2006, 05:45: Hrm. My Hotmail has 1GB or so. And the new Windows Mail interface. It's okay. At the end of the day, though, it's not Outlook, so I really don't care for it.

That, and hosting your own mailserver is just better.
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Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 13 Mar 2006, 16:38: email is so outdated. everyone knows the cool new thing is carrier pidgeons.
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Post by: Luke on 13 Mar 2006, 16:50: I like GMail because I get a quick-contacts list, lots of space, filters & labels, and the spam blocking is just plain spiffy. Also the conversation-view is handy.

I have 100 invites, and I've sent out a total of around ten, I think. I think the number self-increments every so often (per day?), so you'd have to be sending them out pretty consistently to run your number down to zero.
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Post by: mrtuesday42 on 15 Mar 2006, 12:55: yeah...i like teh gmail wholesale...the targeted ads a lil scary but the whole convo saved thingie is sooo sweet...and yes i have 100 invites left...great...
Title: Who wants gmail?
Post by: Kirbo on 15 Mar 2006, 13:19: I use my gmail accounts (with many many invites to spare) as back up for my back ups. It's fun, but annoying. I only put the really important sutff on it.