GE> Hei, GE> Tony Boom wrote:
>> And the reason it's "that simple" is because they inform you of that fact >> beforehand, they don't wait for you to sign up and start using and then >> let you "Notice the adverts" for your self. GE> Maybe a little clarification here for understanding the other one's GE> position. In Germany, there was a large discussion about Gmail being GE> illegal according to German constitution [1], because one is not allowed GE> to read other one's mails. It doesn't matter if a machines reads that or a GE> human being. The problem is, that even if YOU accept Gmail's condition of GE> scanning your mail for stopwords and using it for advertising (in the web GE> frontend), the sender of a mail (that you receive with Gmail) maybe didn't GE> accept the conditions. That's why the German freemail providers don't scan GE> mails, but you normally have to give them an individual profile (which GE> maybe real or not ;-)) so they can show you appropriate advertising - I GE> think Opera does the same in the free browser. BTW: gmx offers 1 GB of GE> mail data, but I can't remember it being announced here in an extra GE> thread. S/MIME your mail! Let them scan that! :) Best regards, Goncalo Farias -- Oxymoron: Thorough Briefer. ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.7 Rush | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
