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04-23-2004, 07:08 PM
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v7n Mentor
Join Date: 10-15-03
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Gmail
I found out just now that Google invites people who own a blogger. com blog to test their (beta) email service. I opened an account and it looks like this :
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04-23-2004, 07:22 PM
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Individualist
Join Date: 09-27-03
Location: Japan, mostly
Posts: 42,521
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Pretty.
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04-23-2004, 07:27 PM
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v7n Mentor
Join Date: 02-18-04
Location: We Are Penn State!
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not all bloggers got that...just some
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04-23-2004, 07:51 PM
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I was really impressed with what I'd heard of Gmail until I read some disturbing stuff regarding Gmail (& Google in general) recently here --> http://www.google-watch.org/ - but maybe some of the content is over-paranoid, a certain amount is based on speculation. Interesting reading though especially if you're a conspiracy theorist. |
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04-23-2004, 07:59 PM
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v7n Mentor
Join Date: 10-13-03
Location: Central Ohio (Dublin)
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If you don't like then don't use it. I mean unless you're doing something illegal or terribly important there's nothing to fear.
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04-23-2004, 08:31 PM
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v7n Mentor
Join Date: 10-15-03
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Yeah, I have been reading those conspiracy things also, but I was curious and have nothing to hide anyway and I'm sure not putting any private information on any server. I guess they still have some work to do to make it all a little more user friendly, right now, for excample, I didn't find an editor for html messages. no colored text and such, but it does receive html email. (did some testing.)
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04-24-2004, 09:35 AM
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Inactive
Join Date: 10-13-03
Location: Lebanon
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nice
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04-24-2004, 02:30 PM
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Banned
Join Date: 01-23-04
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How large of files can an email hold?
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04-24-2004, 04:40 PM
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v7n Mentor
Join Date: 10-15-03
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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I have not read anything about limitations on files. I guess it's within reason, I'll check it out and will send an mp3 to the account, see what happenes.
just did, 5.39MB mp3 file, sending now.
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04-24-2004, 05:30 PM
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v7n Mentor
Join Date: 10-15-03
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It had no problems with that file and I guess they can even be bigger.
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04-24-2004, 06:50 PM
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*Prepares 800Mb Site backups for mailing to one of the other admins on my site.. hehe, doubt it.
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04-25-2004, 07:08 AM
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*Prepares 800Mb Site backups for mailing to one of the other admins on my site.. hehe, doubt it.
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04-26-2004, 12:23 PM
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Contributing Member
Join Date: 10-13-03
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Originally Posted by Ferre
It had no problems with that file and I guess they can even be bigger.
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Try sending a CD image, like Half-life.iso and see what happens.
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04-27-2004, 05:15 AM
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v7n Mentor
Join Date: 10-15-03
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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I'm afraid I don't have any, could you maybe send one? the address is in top of the gmail screenshot. (I don't want to type it here, for obvious reasons)
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04-27-2004, 05:24 AM
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v7n Mentor
Join Date: 10-15-03
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Btw, when I opened that account you can see there's a zero PR ranking. I just had a look at my inbox again and it has a PR 9/10 now, fast upgrade in a couple of days. 
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04-27-2004, 05:38 AM
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Join Date: 03-26-04
Location: Chester, England
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Modify the homepage and add your links quick 
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04-27-2004, 09:14 AM
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v7n Mentor
Join Date: 10-15-03
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Originally Posted by ncsuk
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04-27-2004, 09:25 AM
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 - yup ... imagine getting free PR9 Links |
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05-01-2004, 03:43 PM
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Membership of Google Gmail has some pretty damning privacy, interoperability and third party ramifications, regardless of whether you consider yourself involved in illegal or quasi-illegal activities or not. The statement "if you're not doing anything wrong, there's nothing to fear" really doesn't cover all bases. I would personally avoid this service with a bargepole, even though i have access to it.
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05-04-2004, 02:45 AM
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v7n Mentor
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It’s amazing what miss information or spin that journalists provide are believed by members of the public. Especially if they are computer related.
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