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Gmail Goes Public

Posted by Zonk on from the come-and-get-it dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Wee. by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 0, Troll

    Google threw a party and only the nerds cared.

  2. Is this a paid placement? by gelfling · · Score: 1, Troll

    Seriously why is this here?

  3. Not the only ones. by howlingmoki · · Score: 0, Troll
    Until today, I hadn't bothered with trying to get a gmail account. My reasons were multiple:

    1) I'm perfectly happy with my ISP's email service. Very little spam gets *to* *me* at that address, and what little does get through the ISP's filter is usually dealt with by my email filtering rules (go Eudora!).

    2) I've got a Yahoo email address and a hotmail address. Those are used for online registration forms and whatnot. Ain't no way I use my primary email address for that stuff.

    3) I never cared about the "l33t"ness of having a gmail account during the beta. It would've gone public sooner or later, and in the meantime why waste the effort tracking down "giveaway" invites or post pathetic whining pleas for an invite? Being l33t just doesn't matter to me.

    Go ahead, take away my /. account or mod me as "troll" or "offtopic". See if I give a damn. :-)