Donate Gmail Invite - Request Here

[Evo]

I guess I just don't get why anyone would want this or need it.

Do you not know how to store important e-mail? I store on CD any e-mail that I really want to keep a copy of. I have a couple of e-mails from 1994. Those were copied to a floppy.

When do you need to send a 1Gb e-mail? Even CAD files aren't that big.

I guess G-mail is attractive to the technically challenged?

This whole "invite" thing is a publicity stunt. People, please tell me you haven't fallen prey to the hype!

"shakes head"

 

[Monique]

Well, I need that kind of space to easily transport presentations and manuscripts around or large sequence files.. the thing they need to do with these email accounts is have batch load-ups so I can use it to view research articles from home.

I had a 25 Mb mail account and server space already, but it constantly would clog up with large files :S

 

[Evo]

Well, I need that kind of space to easily transport presentations and manuscripts around or large sequence files.. the thing they need to do with these email accounts is have batch load-ups so I can use it to view research articles from home.

I had a 25 Mb mail account and server space already, but it constantly would clog up with large files :S

You actually have a legitimate need. Most people don't.

Your employer should be providing this kind of capacity though. Of course, they are probably too stingy. The company I work for now actually deletes mail off the server after 60 days, I have to move anything I want to keep to my harddrive or save to disc.

Since I work from home a lot and have a slow connection because I live in a rural area, I set up my work e-mail to hold it on the server so I can read my e-mail without waiting to download it. But the rat bastads will only hold 30 meg for me.

 

[Tigers2B1]

I would like to publicly thank Steven Brown of this board for the donation of a Gmail invite. Mr. Brown’s liberality has resulted in one Tigers2B1, also of this board, obtaining a Gmail account as of 8:20 this morning. At the risk of over doing it a little I’ll just add my many thanks to this kind, loving, sincere, humane, kind, sincere, and humane person. Oh, and loving.

 

[Monique]

So where do these gmail invites come from? There seems to be a link on the top of my email but it is in red font and not active?

 

[KLscilevothma]

I regret that I abandon my hotmail account few years ago.

 

[Shahil]

How come EVERYONE else gets an invite and I don't? This is like seriously uncool you know!

Anyway, Evo, my present mail system is a 10MB system and it limits itself to 4MB attachments. Yeah I know Hotmail etc. got more space but the one I'm currently using is VERY user friendly and Hotmail etc. attract a lot of spam. As with Monique, files DO get big and having a tiny liccle account like this is seriously uncool.

 

[The Bob]

What is a Gmail?

The Bob (2004 ©)

 

[Gokul43201]

How do you get to have giant Hotmail accounts ? Mine is a pathetic 1 MB account, and never seems to get any bigger...

 

[Monique]

I already had some extra storage, and they just sent me an email

As a valued MSN Hotmail Extra Storage subscriber, we will be upgrading your storage capacity to a massive 2GB with 20MB attachment size at no extra cost to you!

I'm sure they found a loophole to lure people into paying massive charges without knowing it but for now I can enjoy it :)

 

[aychamo]

Ok guys, I have two more invites. The next two people to post their e-mail I can send an invite to. Please don't PM me :)

 

[dduardo]

Yippy, <old email address was here>

Thanky you aychamo for your generosity. You don't know how long I've waited to get an account :surprise:

 

[Gokul43201]

aychamo,

I shall be indebted...

My email : gokul@mps.ohio-state. edu without the space before 'edu'.

Thanks !

 

[aychamo]

Ok guys! I sent the invites! I hope yall like gmail!

 

[dduardo]

Just signed up. Works great!

Thanks aychamo

 

[Moonbear]

Oy, I'm always the uncool, technologically backward one. Still don't want or need Gmail :-) Monique, I have server limits on my work accounts too, but I just move important email off the server...all it takes is one server failure in the wrong place, and *poof* no more important emails. The last university I worked at made it a policy to NOT back-up email servers. They didn't want the responsibility or expense of dredging through years and years and years of back-ups in case the files were subpoenaed for some reason. On the other hand, we do get a fairly large web server space to upload files for sharing...not huge, but large enough that the stuff I can't email can be put where someone can download it. Though someone got into our servers one night and deleted almost everyone's files (we also have spaces for sharing files internally, and that's what they got to)...took about a week to restore everything from the back-ups.

 

[Monique]

Ahhh, backups..

Doing analysis on my work, everything accidentally got deleted (programming languages :S) and the work needed to be reloaded from a backup of which there were several. But.. the wrong backup got loaded, the wrong backup file overwrote the good file on the backup so I was left with only backups of old work :S

It took me a week to reenter all the data into the database from notebooks :O (and I'm a well organized person). Luckily it wasn't me who deleted and later overwrote the good file :P

 

[Gokul43201]

Aychamo,

Thanks a gazillion. Have just gotten back from dinner (and a few) and found your invite.

Thanks again !

 

[The Bob]

WHAT IS A GMAIL?

The Bob (2004 ©)

 

[futb0l]

GMail.com

Hehe, I still have a few invites, talk to me on MSN if you want it ;)
(futb0l@bigfoot.com)

 

[The Bob]

GMail.com

Hehe, I still have a few invites, talk to me on MSN if you want it ;)
(futb0l@bigfoot.com)

Cheers

 

[The_Professional]

Dear Santa,

I have been a good boy this year. I drink my milk everynight. Can I have a g-mail invite?


The_Professional

 

[Chi Meson]

THis is a sad, sad thread. Full of people slobbering and fretting over something that will be outmoded in a year. I haven't read such childish yabbering since I forsook the TD sub-forum two months ago. I'm disappointed.

Um. THere aren't any other invites there, are there? No?

Stupid gmail.

Wouldn't want it even if you begged me.

Stupid, stupid gmail.

 

[Shahil]

futbol PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZ!

I've been dying for an invite! pm me or email shahil@webmail.co.za

Dankie if you do gimme one! (Dankie means thank you - Afrikaans!)

 

[faust9]

TTT. Anyone want a Gmail invite? I have three to give. If there are any takers, PM me with your e-mail address.

Thanks

 

[cronxeh]

I've got 5 gmail invites to give out.. pm me as well

 

[cronxeh]

Ok i donno why the hell i can't edit my own messages anymore.. but here is the latest update: I've given out 4 invites.. and have one left.

so if you are planning to pm me - pm me your email address

 

[faust9]

Still have three. It seems like GMail is sending these things out like mad. Any takers out there please PM me and I'll send an invite your way pronto.

Enjoy.

 

[faust9]

Sent, sent and waiting on e-mail address to send. I've none left.

Enjoy.

 

[check]

Thanks a lot faust9!