The Web: What's the appeal of free e-mail?

United Press International ^ | June 8, 2005 | Gene Koprowski

[Baraonda]

"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.

[BullDog108]

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

[Terpfen]

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

[TheOtherOne]

http://isnoop.net/gmail/

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

[CasearianDaoist]

I sent it to the wrong guy. sorry.

[Baraonda]

"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?

[streetpreacher]

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?

[GreenAccord]

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

[BullDog108]

Either one.

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

[Baraonda]

Done and thanks.

What happens next?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

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.

[BullDog108]

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.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"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.

[RS]

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.

[Baraonda]

Got it!

Thanks oh so much.

[BullDog108]

:^)

[PAR35]

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.

[rdb3]

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.

[icemaniceman]

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.

[umbagi]

...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