 | | From: | JonC | | Subject: | Gmail | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:42:48 -0000 |
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 | Anybody want an invite ?
Mail me, two left.
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| | From: | Vanguard | | Subject: | Re: Gmail | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:05:56 -0600 |
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| "JonC" wrote in message
news:41f42771$0$45189$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
> Anybody want an invite ?
> Mail me, two left.
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So, just send the invites to http://isnoop.net/gmailomatic.php if you
were really interested in disbursing your invites rather then possibly
being a spammer phishing for valid e-mail addresses. Then you don't
have to wait for someone to e-mail you asking for an invite.
For signees, and even when asking isnoop for an invite, and if you are
concerned about an unknown party getting your true e-mail address, use
an e-mail alias to get the invite. I use Sneakemail.com for e-mail
aliases (the freebie account has lowered quotas but they are still high
enough for personal use).
I only got a Gmail account because of its purported POP3 access to my
e-mails. However, Google hasn't fixed their POP3 access yet and it
still has some severe problems. See
http://www.gmailforums.com/index.php?showtopic=8066. By using POP3
access, I would never have to see the ads (and is why I use YahooPOPs
for POP3-like access to freebie Yahoo mail accounts). The only time I
see any ads (that my firewall's web content filtering doesn't eliminate)
is when I have to use their webmail interface to add or change rules.
Oh, now that I mention rules, Gmail sucks for rules and another reason I
won't be using my Gmail accounts until they get a decent set of rules.
Plus you can NOT disable Gmail's spam filter if you decide that you
don't care for their level of false positives and would prefer to employ
your own anti-spam solution.
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| | From: | Blinky the Shark | | Subject: | Re: Gmail | | Date: | 23 Jan 2005 23:56:26 GMT |
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| JonC wrote:
> Anybody want an invite ?
Nah. I get enough spam without signing up for more with Google.
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Blinky Linux Registered User 297263
Upgrading From IE http://blinkynet.net/comp/upgrade.html
Mozilla Firefox http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
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| | From: | Nick | | Subject: | Re: Gmail | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:47:16 GMT |
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"JonC" wrote in message
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> Anybody want an invite ?
> Mail me, two left.
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Na, keep ya spyware.
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| | From: | JB | | Subject: | Re: Gmail | | Date: | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:40:01 -0000 |
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"Nick" wrote in message
news:8IWId.1618$w65.133@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
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> "JonC" wrote in message
> news:41f42771$0$45189$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
>> Anybody want an invite ?
>> Mail me, two left.
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> Na, keep ya spyware.
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How can a web page be spyware? I guess you mean the "context sensitive"
ads. It never occurred to me that other web mail providers didn't do that
sort of thing.
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| | From: | Blinky the Shark | | Subject: | Re: Gmail | | Date: | 24 Jan 2005 04:02:36 GMT |
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| JB wrote:
> "Nick" wrote in message
> news:8IWId.1618$w65.133@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
>> "JonC" wrote in message
>> news:41f42771$0$45189$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
>>> Anybody want an invite ?
>>> Mail me, two left.
>> Na, keep ya spyware.
> How can a web page be spyware? I guess you mean the "context sensitive"
> ads. It never occurred to me that other web mail providers didn't do that
> sort of thing.
What other ones place spam inside the email? (Or am I mistaken about
Gmail doing this?)
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Blinky Linux Registered User 297263
Upgrading From IE http://blinkynet.net/comp/upgrade.html
Mozilla Firefox http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
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| | From: | JB | | Subject: | Re: Gmail | | Date: | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 05:36:14 -0000 |
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"Blinky the Shark" wrote in message
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> JB wrote:
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>> "Nick" wrote in message
>> news:8IWId.1618$w65.133@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
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>>> "JonC" wrote in message
>>> news:41f42771$0$45189$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
>>>> Anybody want an invite ?
>>>> Mail me, two left.
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>>> Na, keep ya spyware.
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>> How can a web page be spyware? I guess you mean the "context sensitive"
>> ads. It never occurred to me that other web mail providers didn't do
>> that
>> sort of thing.
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> What other ones place spam inside the email? (Or am I mistaken about
> Gmail doing this?)
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What I meant was that it never occurred to me other free web mail services
didn't "aggregate" data. Maybe they don't, but if you want privacy PGP is
your friend anything else is just more or less trust.
Having said that, Yahoo certainly target ads accordingly. "Automobile"
mailing lists get ads for car parts, etc.
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| | From: | Gloria Goitre | | Subject: | Re: Gmail | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:45:35 -0000 |
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| "JonC" wrote in message
news:41f42771$0$45189$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
> Anybody want an invite ?
> Mail me, two left.
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Just fuckin' well mail it to the address you see, you dumb cunt.
Then you can fuck orf and die!
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Glorious Goitre
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