<OT> yet more Gmail invites

[Tim Wunder]

I'm sorry, anybody who hasn't ALREADY had an opportunity to get a gmail 
account simply doesn't have internet access. Neither one of them.

On Friday 18 February 2005 5:09 pm, someone claiming to be Alma J Wetzker 
wrote:
> 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
>
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