G-mail?

[Ponine]

Did I see that people had gmail invites at one point? Is that still something thats out there?
I need to get an email far far away from any of my existing ones if anyone has an invite, or knows of a rather ambiguous email server.

[libraryvixen]

I have tons of invites left!

If anyone needs one, feel free to PM me your current email addy and I'll shoot one over to ya!

[CrazyLegs]

I have tons too. :)

[libraryvixen]

I have tons too. :)

They keep multiplying!! lol

[Prudence]

I also have an alarming number of invites.

[CrazyLegs]

LOL they keep giving them to us what are they thinking at gmail??? Jk I wonder when the email will go public.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Is gmail really all that? I hear about people having invites, but I never hear anyone talking about whether they like it or not--or did you have to agree not to discuss your exclusive swank email account with us civilians?

[Prudence]

I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Is gmail really all that? I hear about people having invites, but I never hear anyone talking about whether they like it or not--or did you have to agree not to discuss your exclusive swank email account with us civilians?I don't have one but I know of one specific instance where gmail is fantastic. Mousepod has a gmail account that he announces on his podcast. Since gmail has a huge amount of server space, people can email him audio clips for his show without worrying about overloading it.

[Prudence]

In any other "throw-away" account I've had -- hotmail, yahoo, etc. -- I've made the account and before even giving the address to any actual people -- say within the hour or so -- I've had a box full of spam. No spam yet in my gmail box. Not that I'll never get any, but so far it's an improvement.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Hmmmm...

[Ponine]

Thank you thank you thank you to the many people who provided me with invites to gmail. I appreaciate it!

I havent seen any spam as yet, and even my cox in box has tons.
Leave it to the lounge to help people go undercover

[jdramj]

I love my g-mail accounts. I'll have to check on how many invites I have now. I just don't look at that very often.

I like the fact that a yahoo group I belong to doesn't get bounce backs from gmail like it did with my non free e-mail account. I have never run out of space and now that I have seen it mentioned, I don't get any spam what so ever!

[Prudence]

I have my own theory on the non-spam factor.

It's my totally unsupported by fact opinion that most free accounts sell subscriber email info to marketers. Which would explain how I can create an account and have spam in it before even telling anyone the address.

It is likewise my totally unsupported by fact opinion that gmail acts as a middle man advertising filter. Rather than sell your address blindly, they mine your email for relevant content and match that up with advertising on their end -- and bill the advertisers. Or some variation.

So you get marketed to either way, but one way is targeted (benefits advertisers) and doesn't involve selling your account address (benefits customers.)

Again, I have no facts to support these theories. And I recall reading an article where some hotmail exec swore they didn't sell addresses. But I don't believe them for a second.

[Kevy Baby]

I signed up for a G-Mail account when it first came out.

I got a message the other day saying "you signed up but aren't using it - how come?"

I have a hard enough time with the G Spot to worry about G Mail