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Gmail in the News
roadies writes "Despite all the negativity and privacy concerns that surround Gmail, it has still gained cult-like status where net-d0rks feel self validated by having a gmail address and will do anything to get one. Services like the Gmail Machine, a randomized Gmail lotto that has people hitting refresh until they get carpel-tunnel in the index finger, reports over 7 million pageviews (though, definitely not uniques) in 3 days and 55 invites given away. They just added 222 more through donators who have given up invites in exchange for a text link on the high-traffic site. GmailSwap (covered recently on /.) has given away everything from cameras to good vibes. Good news for hardpressed geeks: The invites are becoming more and more available and mainstream. Ebay once had gmail invites going for a couple hundred dollars. Now, nobody is bidding on them anymore, so you can purchase one the old-fashioned eBay way for a dollar or two." Reader marklyon writes "Third party developers have stepped in with utilities that enhance and improve GMail. One utility, Mbox
& Maildir to Gmail Loader allows users to upload their existing email to
their GMail account. Another, POP
Goes the GMail, offers the ability to access your GMail account with any POP
mail reader, giving users the ability to permanently archive messages. GTray
lives in your taskbar and alerts you to incoming messages. Other, more
general programs, allow you to forward your Hotmail
or Yahoo! Mail messages to your
new GMail account. The question that remains, however, is whether Google will
work with or against third party developers in GMail's future."
I have one invite left. First to email me for one gets it.
If you could be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you could be told what to say or think - BoC
You SimpleSimons that are playing down any kind of foul play by google are really fucking clueless you know that?
A) Do you really think Google is just giving you a gig of storage because they want to be your friend?
(If you answer YES, go to question B)
B) Do you really think that Google does not give a fuck about the content of your email?
(If you answer YES, go to question C)
C) Do you enter your real name and address on subscription websites ?
(If you answer YES, go to question D)
D) Do you ever wonder why telemarketers call you all the time?
(If you answer NO, go to question E)
E) Do you know the difference between a blowjob and and ice cream cone?
(If you answer NO go to question F)
F) Meet me for Ice Cream Saturday at the Baskin Robbins on the corner. I'll buy.
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