on 10-8-04 4:25 PM, Michelle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK, still on the line of "no question too stupid"... now that GMail has > been explained (I too wondered what the heck it was!) - why would one have > to be "invited" to use it?
Last time I looked (I'm sure someone will CMIIW on this), the gmail homepage indicated that gmail was still in the Beta testing stage. I don't think it's been released to the Great Unwashed yet. When someone "invites" you to join, they're basically just sending you a link that allows you to sign up, that's all. >Is there some limited number of addresses/accounts? I doubt it. That being said, I must say that I admire Google's marketing cleverness. I mean, the fact that you have to have an invite to join *does* create a scarcity of a sort. > I'm not interested personally in GMail (now at least) You know what? I said the same thing. Then someone on the swap list sent a link that led to a forum (fark.com) where people were furnishing direct links to the invites. I thought, "hey, I'll just click on a link and sign up! Why not?" So I clicked on link after link...only to find out that the invites they led to had already been taken. To make a long story short, an hour or two went by while I hunted for something that I could easily have gotten with an email to a pal. Damn, I felt stupid. The Crushing Irony was that when I tried to use my WaMcom Mozilla 1.3.1 to get in, g-mail screetched at me that my (admittedly old) browser wasn't supported. When I click on the "go ahead anyway" link, it tells me I need to configure my browser to accept cookies. Um, it *is* configured to do that. Well, Doom On You, Google, if you think I'm going to upgrade my browser just to use your mail service. I know that someone else on one of the lists mentioned that they were indeed using Mozilla 1.3.1 in conjunction with g-mail, but to tell the truth, I just kinda lost my motivation when I realized I'd been played for a total dope. That, of course, had *never* happened before! ¬_¬ Best, James Fraser -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
