Re: Want a no-strings-attached Gmail invitation?

From: shane (smbiorn_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: 18 Sep 2004 13:58:39 -0700

I would desparately like to get my hands on an invitation to
participate in gmail. I need the space. hotmails 2mb is not even
enough for one day most of the time let alone a week. if you have any
left pls let me know, or tell me how to find another one

"Bellatrix Lestrange" <bellatrix.lestrange.cmt@gmail.com> wrote in message news:<cif65o$kge@odbk17.prod.google.com>...
> Yes, Gmail is currently invitation-only for the beta.
>
> Why would you want it? I'm playing with it right now to see what I
> think.
>
> Here's the official gmail line on why you want it:
>
> http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/about.html
>
> For me, the main benefit is that it organizes my emails into
> "conversations" -- just like threaded discussions on Usenet and
> displays them in a way that makes it very easy to follow along. Maybe
> you don't run into the problem I do, but since I've started my forum
> and participating heavily in the various productivity discussions among
> MTs, I find I write to so many people each day that I can't always
> remember what I've said to whom. I'm always running to my Sent Items
> folder on Outlook Express. That's the biggest advantage I personally
> see to gmail. The other thing is instead of filing emails in various
> folders, I attach labels to them and stick them in the archive. One
> email can have as many different labels as I want -- I guess you could
> somehow copy an email into a bunch of different folders, but again you
> only have that one email, not the entire chain of the discussion. It
> makes sense to me in the context of handling my forum questions. I
> don't choose at this time to email family or close friends via gmail as
> I don't necessarily want those emails archived on someone else's server
> forever, but I honestly haven't educated myself thoroughly, and for all
> I know I'm taking exactly the same risks when I use my ISP for email.
> Some say Google is only making explicit what other email providers do,
> and that the other providers simply bury the details in their privacy
> policies.
>
> I guess I have to say something about "no strings attached" (sigh).
> When I first got my gmail invite from a person on a cable ISP forum
> (thanks ed chait for the link to that site), I wanted to give something
> to him in return, so I sent him 2 of my all-time favorite links. He
> wrote back thanking me, saying it was a nice gesture. I also figured I
> might as well use this opportunity to see whether there are any good
> medical sites that I don't know about; so far the links I've received
> are all ones I knew about already. Perhaps I should have made it
> optional? Or perhaps the criticism implied in this thread is just a
> bit on the overreaction side? Take your pick. I only asked for a
> link, for heaven's sake, something very easy to share with others --
> it's not like I'm selling my invites on eBay <g>, although last time I
> looked a ton of people were.
>
> I'm still open to handing out invites -- my daughter just got her
> allotment and has no one in mind to invite, so she said she wouldn't
> mind giving them to some MTs.

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