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#251527 - 12/03/2005 15:54 G-mail accounts?
burdell1
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 931
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
Where can I get a G-mail acct? I know you have to get an invite, but not sure where I can get one...i used to have an invite,but i didn't realize they expire so i never got to use it....

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#251528 - 12/03/2005 16:44 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: burdell1]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Invite on it's way
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#251529 - 12/03/2005 16:45 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: frog51]
burdell1
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 931
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
Thanks a lot, Rory!!!!!

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#251530 - 12/03/2005 19:06 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: burdell1]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12341
Loc: Sterling, VA
Can anyone explain why they're running invites anymore? I can't believe there's more people wanting invites than people who have them. I still have the fifty they gave every member recently. Anyone want some?
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#251531 - 12/03/2005 19:20 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: Dignan]
g_attrill
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Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 1172
Loc: Hants, UK
They've got 471,820 here:

http://isnoop.net/gmail/

Not sure how long they last in their system though.

Gareth

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#251532 - 12/03/2005 19:55 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: Dignan]
SE_Sport_Driver
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Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
I just got an account a few weeks ago, but don't see any way to give anyone an invite.

That being said, if I had known you could get Pop3 access on this (and the huge attachment sizes they offer) I would have begged someone for one a long time ago! 10MB isn't exactly huge, but my hosting company for my web site limits me to 5mb.


Edited by SE_Sport_Driver (12/03/2005 19:56)
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#251533 - 13/03/2005 00:09 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: burdell1]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
You could have just told me you wanted one.
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#251534 - 13/03/2005 05:43 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12341
Loc: Sterling, VA
Quote:
I just got an account a few weeks ago, but don't see any way to give anyone an invite.

Really? It should be right on the main page there. There's a little blue box on mine that says "Invite a Friend."

I'm going to check out that POP3 thing. What do you mean by POP3 access?
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#251535 - 13/03/2005 06:08 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: Dignan]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
Pop3 access would mean you can check the messages from something like outlook or another stand alone email program. I remember reading in the message when they started pop3 that you would have to pay for it after the beta is over so I never started using it.
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#251536 - 13/03/2005 06:25 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: msaeger]
ricin
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Registered: 19/06/2000
Posts: 1495
Loc: US: CA
It says this in the Help:

"POP access is free for all Gmail users and we have no plans to charge for it in the future."
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#251537 - 13/03/2005 06:49 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: ricin]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
Well they must have changed their minds
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#251538 - 13/03/2005 13:40 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: ricin]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
So.. do they stuff email messages with adverts? Or how are they generating revenue from it with POP3 allowed??

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#251539 - 13/03/2005 13:55 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: mlord]
Attack
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Registered: 01/03/2002
Posts: 599
Loc: Florida
I see no ads in my Gmail email that I have recieved thru Pop3.

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#251540 - 13/03/2005 19:25 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: Attack]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
And 'cos my phone is a PITA when connecting to gmail, I use pop to forward it to my phone. works great.

p.s. I have 49 more invites - if anyone is desperate:-)
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#251541 - 14/03/2005 03:53 Re: G-mail accounts? [Re: frog51]
Dignan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12341
Loc: Sterling, VA
I swear I would pay for GMail if I could check my POP3 email with it. I just can't limit myself to one email address. With my own domain, I have as addresses at my domain as I want. I would switch over to GMail right now if I could check my POP3 mail with it, and if I could import my current mail into it (I hear you can do that, but it didn't sound very fool-proof or elegant to me).
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