Re: [Thinkpad] G-Mail accounts

there is no free lunch..
and gmail is similarly not really free..
for the priviledge of being invited to "join" you give up your privacy so
that gmail may examine your email and based on the content, attach an
advertisment to your email..

how long, i wonder, before email addresses as well as content is gathered
and stored for future use..
by whom, to what end..?

thanks, but please do not "invite" me into that club.. :-)

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From: "Lee Stewart" <lee.stewart@attglobal.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] G-Mail accounts

> Ahhh... Very illuminating... Thanks...
> Lee
>
> At 08:14 PM 1/3/2005, you wrote:
> >A Gmail acount is an email account run by www.google.com that offers a
> >gigabyte of email storage. it has POP support (for using an email client
> >program), and a usefull "archive" feature. Archive lets you save a
> >message, but not to a perticular folder. it can then be accessed by using
> >a mail search feature. Gmail is by invitation only, so therefore you need
> >a Gmail user with available "invites" to sign you up.
> >
> >Gmail Rules! 8-)
> >
> >Ben
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >OK, I'll bite... What's a G-Mail account, why would I want one and what
> >does it have to do with Thankpads? (No complaint, just in the dark
here.)
> >Lee
> >
> >At 07:26 PM 1/3/2005, you wrote:
> >
> >>Oh Yeah?? I have ten! :)
> >>
> >>I offered out invites to members of various mailing lists and IRC
> >>channels I'm on. There must be 50-60 people using gmail thanks to my
> >>invites...Whenever I use invites, I get them back quickly, too. The
> >>last round of invites, I had 6 again before I finished sending the
> >>last one.
> >>
> >>I've had 10 available for several weeks now but most people I know
> >>that want gmail have it.
> >>
> >>
> >>On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:41:00 -0500, Pat deCampos <decampos@gmail.com>
wrote:
> >> > Same here. Feel free to ask. I have 6.
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 10:42:38 -0500, Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS)
> >> > <rosenr@mail.nih.gov> wrote:
> >> > > Following Nonny Mouse's example, I have some G-Mail invites. If
you
> >> want a
> >> > > G-Mail account, drop me a line. First come, first served.
> >>
> >>
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