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The Web: What's the appeal of free e-mail?
United Press International ^ | June 8, 2005 | Gene Koprowski

Posted on 06/08/2005 4:26:39 PM PDT by Writer1

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To: Xenophobic Alien

"I am still waiting to get a gmail account. /sigh"

Same here, and I was among the first ones to apply for an account. Applied a total of 3 times, but it was all in vain. They never responded.


21 posted on 06/08/2005 4:56:49 PM PDT by Baraonda (Demographic is destiny. Don't hire 3rd world illegal aliens nor support businesses that hire them.)
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To: Baraonda

It is invitation only. FReepmail me your email address and I'll send you an invitation.


22 posted on 06/08/2005 4:58:56 PM PDT by BullDog108 ("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
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To: CasearianDaoist

Don't have anything in my FR inbox. Should I?


23 posted on 06/08/2005 5:00:03 PM PDT by Terpfen (New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
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To: Xenophobic Alien

http://isnoop.net/gmail/

You are ONE DAY late. They have been giving away free invites. I have posted it many times. Sorry.


24 posted on 06/08/2005 5:00:31 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: Terpfen

I sent it to the wrong guy. sorry.


25 posted on 06/08/2005 5:06:26 PM PDT by CasearianDaoist
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To: BullDog108

"It is invitation only. FReepmail me your email address and I'll send you an invitation."

Which one? My Yahoo one or my ISP's?


26 posted on 06/08/2005 5:07:40 PM PDT by Baraonda (Demographic is destiny. Don't hire 3rd world illegal aliens nor support businesses that hire them.)
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To: weegee

Yahoo gives a gig of storage now as well, but you can't download messages to a program like Outlook. Can you do this with G-Mail?


27 posted on 06/08/2005 5:08:43 PM PDT by streetpreacher (God DOES exist; He's just not into you!)
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To: weegee

Actually, it's up to 2.2 GB and counting per account. I'm thinking of storing all my music files there.


28 posted on 06/08/2005 5:10:24 PM PDT by GreenAccord (Democrats are a dying breed)
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To: Baraonda

Either one.

If anyone wants an invite, FReepmail me including an address to send the invitation to.


29 posted on 06/08/2005 5:12:24 PM PDT by BullDog108 ("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
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To: BullDog108

Done and thanks.

What happens next?


30 posted on 06/08/2005 5:16:12 PM PDT by Baraonda (Demographic is destiny. Don't hire 3rd world illegal aliens nor support businesses that hire them.)
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To: Writer1
This article reminds me of the movie "Shattered Glass" about Stephen Glass who was fired for fabricating numerous stories while writing for New Republic magazine.

At one point, in an attempt to cover his ass, he turns in an email address for his source at a major electronics firm in California called Jukt Electronics. The email address is an "aol.com" domain. It is at this point that people start smelling a serious problem. I laughed my butt off it was so funny.

31 posted on 06/08/2005 5:18:36 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("It's a 'dog eat dog' world out there and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear.")
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To: Baraonda

You will click on a link in the email I just sent, and your registration process begins. Take your time going thru the steps, and you can always change the suggested name that Gmail assigns. Gmail likes to default to the same name as the email address the invitation is going to if it is available.


32 posted on 06/08/2005 5:19:35 PM PDT by BullDog108 ("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
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To: Writer1
"Coca-Cola does not do business with a free e-mail account, and neither do most small businesses," said Mike Neumeier, a spokesman for Interland, a Web-hosting company in Atlanta.

Hogwash.

33 posted on 06/08/2005 5:26:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws spawned the runaway federal health care monopoly and fund terrorism.)
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To: Writer1

Isn't this a no-brainer ?

My job changed, my ISP changed, my phone numbers changed, my address changed, but Hotmail has followed me wherever I am, and gotten even more usefull over the years.


34 posted on 06/08/2005 5:33:59 PM PDT by RS (Just because they are out to get him, it doesn't mean he's not guilty.)
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To: BullDog108

Got it!

Thanks oh so much.


35 posted on 06/08/2005 5:34:42 PM PDT by Baraonda (Demographic is destiny. Don't hire 3rd world illegal aliens nor support businesses that hire them.)
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To: Baraonda

:^)


36 posted on 06/08/2005 5:40:11 PM PDT by BullDog108 ("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
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To: Writer1
with most preferring to use e-mail provided by commercial services or their own companies.

Since my ISP is very stingy with both total storage and size of file, I need either my GMail account or my other free account for large files.

37 posted on 06/08/2005 5:47:32 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Xenophobic Alien
I am still waiting to get a gmail account. /sigh

I have a lot of invites left for GMail. Get at me through FReepmail if you want one.


38 posted on 06/08/2005 5:50:59 PM PDT by rdb3 (Say it loud! I'm white and I'm proud! Don't look at me like that. Ask Howard Dean.)
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To: rdb3

i use gmail and like it, it supports POP and i extract the mail to my MS Entourage (Outlook for Mac) and it works well

for signing up for stuff

i use spamgourmet.net

i have used this service for years and it is terrific.
it is an expiring email tied to your real email in which you set the number of emails you would like to receive.
between 1 and 20. i love it
i can give my email out to machines with confidence that i will just get what i want.


39 posted on 06/08/2005 6:15:51 PM PDT by icemaniceman
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To: streetpreacher
...download messages to a program like Outlook. Can you do this with G-Mail?

Yes, if you know how to set up Outlook (or any POP client) to use a non-standard port (Gmail uses 995, instead of 110).

I've got some invites, too, so anyonea few of you who want one can FReepMail me your email address. Confidential, of course, and please, no brand-new FReepers (not that there's anything wrong with being a noob, but, well, think about it...)

u

40 posted on 06/08/2005 6:16:38 PM PDT by umbagi (Monthly donor [entry level])
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