<OT> yet more Gmail invites

[Alma J Wetzker]

I guess that means that everyone on the planet who doesn't have a gmail 
account will now get a chance.  I hear that they were both waiting patiently 
for this day.

     -- Alma

Net Llama! wrote:
> In other gmail news, seems like Gmail is about to open up to the general
> public very soon.  Everyone who submitted their email to be notified when
> gmail is going 'live' started getting notifications today.
> 
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> 
> 
>>I love gmail for the use I put it to -- which is mailing lists only.
>>This builds a personal archive of the lists that I deem most likely to help,
>>and I can do searches on it as required.
>>
>>I don't direct any personal mail there at all, because I'm a bit leery
>>of Google's privacy policies.
>>
>>Oh, and on the original topic, I also have 50 invites, and nobody to send
>>them to.
>>
>>++ kevin
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:08:06 -0700, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:34:21 -0500, Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I happen to be VERY proud of the fact that I have 0 gmail invites. That would
>>>>mean I DON'T have a gmail account...
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Tim (who fails to see the attraction of a gmail account)
>>>>
>>>
>>>Not to kindle any flame wars, but the attractions IMHO are:
>>>
>>>1. I am relieved of the need to tinker with any sort of POP3 or IMAP
>>>software on my system.
>>>2. Like with IMAP, I can get to my mail from anywhere that runs a
>>>supported browser.
>>>3. Also, I don't need to tinker with any SPAM software on my system.
>>>Gmail does an excellent job of isolating spam to a folder where I can
>>>review and whack it. There are damn few misses (it learns quickly when
>>>I report a missed spam) and even fewer false hits.
>>>
>>>The drawbacks are:
>>>
>>>1. Gmail is not always smart enough to generate a reply to the list in
>>>every case. Depending on the headers, I may get list, both list and
>>>sender, or sender only, but most of the time it works.
>>>
>>>Enjoy,
>>>--
>>> Collins