Answers to 3 - The don't intersperse their comments into the mail - they keyword ads on the side, just like with Google searches. I generally don't even notice they are there (hardly a ringing endorsement of their advertising plan, eh?)
The thing I like most about it is the ability to apply multiple labels to a mail rather than sorting them into folders. On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 12:49:11PM -0400, Matt Pusateri wrote: > > I don't know, but I'll offer a free gmail invite to whoever comes up > > with the best answer. ;-) > > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:15:48AM -0400, bp wrote: > >> "Explain the meaning of life to me and I'll send you a Gmail invite." > >> > >> When did pimping out Gmail invites get so popular? Every day i check > >> the > >> list I see another person asking a question with a dangling > >> gmail-invite for the best answer. > > > I was going to leave this thread alone, but as my Grandma likes to tell me > "You hate peace" > > 1. First if I offend anyone I am sorry > > 2. I think the gmail invites have spurred some good discusions (although > most way over my head) > > 3. Maybe someone with a Gmail account can weigh in here, but I don't see > why I would want one? I don't want google analyzing every email I send > and then inserting their own content (ie ads, etc) into my mail. If they > aren't doing this then I have misunderstood. Also I don't know if I like > the we will keep your email forever even if you delete it? Again if I > have misunderstood let me know. I don't think I need 1G of email of > course it is nice that I got 100M from my throw away yahoo account because > of it. But maybe I just don't get it because I am lucky enough for my > employer to let me have a server on their IP space, and thus just run my > own mail server. > > 4. If I would get a Gmail account from someone who is pimping one, would > that make me their Gmail Ho? > > > Matt Pusateri > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
