Gmail Goes Public

An anonymous reader writes "Google has apparently given the green light for Google's e-mail (Gmail) to be open to the general public." From the registration page: "As we make room for more Gmail users, we want to first extend invitations to Google users. We're still working to make Gmail better, so for now, we're just inviting a small number at random. Looks like that's you! We're really excited to share Gmail with you and we hope you like it." Observed at the P-I Buzzworthy Blog as well.

Comments

Thanks, but no thanks...

[lucabrasi999]

we want to first extend invitations to Google users

Thanks, but I've already received about 1,000 invitations.

Open to everyone? Great

[filmmaker]

There goes my best pick up line.

Re:Open to everyone? Great

[mekkab]

I dunno about that. I tried to brag to my wife about my gmail account when they were semi-rare and she said "GAY-mail? You have a GAY-mail account? HAHAHA!"*

*Yes, my wife has a Catholic school girl's sense of humor and is down with poop jokes. Its quite endearing.

Re:Open to everyone? Great

[KarmaPolice]

I dunno about that. I tried to brag to my wife about my gmail account when they were semi-rare and she said "GAY-mail? You have a GAY-mail account? HAHAHA!"*

I believe that would be a hotMALE.com account...

Re:Open to everyone? Great

[coolfrood]

Homophobia is so gay!

Re:why not sooner?

[lucabrasi999]

Rock solid, score one for google.

Yeah, they really made huge advances in e-mail technology and turned it into something special.

BTW. Can anyone tell me how do I turn off my sarcasm tag?

Re:SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

[antifoidulus]

Now if only we could turn "Ask Slashdot" into "Ask Google" we would be set!

Re:I can't even

[lucabrasi999]

why should I switch from my own POP3/Imap/Webmail server?

Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe that I have found and anti-Google Blashphemer in our midst!

Re:You can always get an invite

[Anonymous Coward]

LOL, each time you post this message in a reply to a post in this story, it's modded +5 ;-)
see how many you can get!!

Re:Google: Fix the top post reply method

[CanSpice]

Yes it is.

Bottom posting is for grizzled usenet hippies.

Re:Just refresh...

[snuf23]

Or just send me your email address and let me finally use up my 100 mojillion invites that nobody wants.
I promise your email address will not become inundated with pornographic spam.

Maybe just penis enlargement ones.

Top-Posting, Email Heresy

[Catiline]

YES!!! > Is it really all that irritating? >> It reverses the flow of conversation and makes relating >> parts of the message to the reply difficult. >>> Why? Outlook and most other email clients top post. >>>> Top posting. >>>>> What is the biggest email sin/heresy/faux pas?

Re:Google: Fix the top post reply method

[Catiline]

Actually, the joke goes:

YES!!!
> Is it really that irritating?
>> It reverses the flow of conversation and makes relating
>> reponses to their originating comments difficult.
>>> Why? Outlook and so many other clients default to that.
>>>> Top posting; it's absolute email heresy.
>>>>> What is the worst faux pas to commit in email?

Re:the googlenet

[panck]

yes, indeed.

as i posted on my blog after Google Maps came out, here's my Google world takeover timeline:

• present: images.google.com, local.google.com, gmail.google.com, maps.google.com, news.google.com, blogger.com, et al

• 2006-2007: dating.google.com, jobs.google.com, groceries.google.com, voice.google.com, tv.google.com

• 2008-2009: dna.google.com, wherearemykeys.google.com, INeedToPerformAnEmergencyTracheotomyOnMyselfHowDoI DoThat.google.com

• 2010-2011: brain.google.com, LSD-over-IP.google.com, RealPhysicalSexSomehowContainedEntirelyInAURL.goog le.com, peaceOnEarth.google.com

• 2012-END: maps.hyperspace.google.com, quarks.google.com, beamMeUp.google.com, tomorrow.news.google.com, singularity.google.com