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| starsearcher |
Ok well I don't know if anyone posted this yet but I didn't see...here is what I found in the Gmail info and FAQs...
| quote: | 2. How much does Gmail cost?
Gmail is a free service and includes 1,000 megabytes of storage with each account. However, Gmail is still in preview mode as we test it to work out the kinks. So for now, it's not generally available.
3. How do I sign up? When can I get a Gmail account?
We're currently only offering Gmail as part of a preview release and limited test. We don't have details on when Gmail will be made more widely available, as that depends in part on the results of the test. If you're interested in receiving updates on Gmail, submit your email address using the form at the bottom of this page.
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| maxtuh |
| can anyone send me a invite please, i promoise not to spam ya:D |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by Durafei
Please support this statement with a proof, specifically "profiling purposes". |
Well let's see, here's from Google's very own gmail web page:
Now how would you say this is possible if they aren't profiling you?
Here's another little tidbit from their privacy policy - I wonder if any of you bothered to read it:
| quote: | Email contents and usage. The contents of your Gmail account also are stored and maintained on Google servers in order to provide the service. Google's computers process the information in your email for various purposes, including formatting and displaying the information to you, delivering targeted related information (such as advertisements and related links), preventing unsolicited bulk email (spam), backing up your email, and other purposes relating to offering you Gmail. Because we keep back-up copies of data for the purposes of recovery from errors or system failure, residual copies of email may remain on our systems for some time, even after you have deleted messages from your mailbox or after the termination of your account. Google employees do not access the content of any mailboxes unless you specifically request them to do so (for example, if you are having technical difficulties accessing your account) or if required by law, to maintain our system, or to protect Google or the public.
We also may collect information about the use of your account, such as how much storage you are using, how often you log in and other information related to your registration and use of Gmail. Information displayed or clicked on in your Gmail account (including UI elements, ads, links, and other information) is also recorded. We use this information internally to deliver the best possible service to you, such as improving the Gmail user interface, preventing fraud within our advertising system, and better targeting related information. |
So let's see here:
- They scan your messages
- They keep track of what you click on
- They keep information even after you have deleted it
- They make it explicitly clear that your e-mail is scanned for advertising purposes.
You can take everything they say at face value if you want, but to do that you'd have to be either very naive or just extremely inexperienced with legal boilerplate. There are always loopholes in any privacy policy that Google can exploit if they deem it profitable. They certainly managed to pull off this kind of corporate whoring with their search engine without anyone even noticing for several months.
Come on, do you honestly think that Google staff are offering this out of the goodness of their hearts? They're a profit-driven company like any other!
I'm not expecting to convince anyone here not to use gmail, but I sure as hell am never going to go near it. I get 50 free mailboxes or forwarding addresses with my webhosting package that I can also access through their web portal, and those suit me just fine. Anybody can get high-quality, ad-free e-mail for just a couple of bucks per year - it's really amazing what people will do to save such a petty sum of money while simultaneously wasting ten times as much on cheap thrills, overpriced drinks and gimmicky gadgets. |
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| loconet |
And now you can get notified when a new e-mail arrives. Just like on msn/yahoo : http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/
There have been other gmail notifiers but this one is from google itself, it's still beta but should be good in the future.
Hey Durafei, where should I send you my feature request list... :D |
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| starsearcher |
| *PARAPA PA PAAAAAA...I'M LOVING IT* :p |
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| discojoe |
| email for homies |
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| starsearcher |
Hey what gives...
I'm trying to send a zip file to my gmail account and it tells me that i'm sending an illegal attachment?!?! :conf:
Anyone knows what's this all about?
*EDIT*
Nevermind I know why it bounced it back - it saw something it didn't like inside the zipped file...wow how smart, I'm impressed. Although it's a little disappointing cause I can't send those type of files TO my gmail account. |
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| Durafei |
| quote: | Originally posted by starsearcher
Nevermind I know why it bounced it back - it saw something it didn't like inside the zipped file...wow how smart, I'm impressed. Although it's a little disappointing cause I can't send those type of files TO my gmail account. |
What were you trying to send ? |
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by Durafei
What were you trying to send ? |
A part of a zipped project that was containing some ASP.NET files and other vb files and maybe some executables that (after i read some documentation) I realized google doesn't accept. |
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| Durafei |
| quote: | Originally posted by starsearcher
A part of a zipped project that was containing some ASP.NET files and other vb files and maybe some executables that (after i read some documentation) I realized google doesn't accept. |
Ok.. I was worried for a second that it doesn't accept MP3s. |
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