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Rizon
08-30-2005, 01:30 PM
I'm tired of hotmail wanting to install 474,000 spyware cookies when I visit, plus I've had too many problems with disapearing and delayed emails plus "the server is fucked up" errors. I haven't used Yahoo in about 6 years and never plan to again.

What other free email services are out there?
FrogMan
08-30-2005, 01:31 PM
I take it you've never heard of gmail, right? pm me an email addy and I'll send you an invite...

FM
Hurst2112
08-30-2005, 01:32 PM
gmail rocks. i have been getting quite a bit of spam as of late, but that's probably my own fault.

I have about 50 invites for you...hehe. let me know if you need any.
FrogMan
08-30-2005, 01:33 PM
gmail rocks. i have been getting quite a bit of spam as of late, but that's probably my own fault.

I have about 50 invites for you...hehe. let me know if you need any.
I agree, it does rock and I found that it's been good so far in picking up the spam and putting it away...

I also have 50 invites (who doesn't? ;))

FM
jeff061
08-30-2005, 01:34 PM
All about the gmail. When the hell are they going to go final with it? Seems pretty crazy that they still require an invite with pretty much an infinite amount of invites out there.
JonInMiddleGA
08-30-2005, 01:35 PM
What other free email services are out there?

http://www.myway.com

The only email account that I've ever had to never receive a single piece of spam {knock on wood}.
ThunderingHERD
08-30-2005, 01:36 PM
I haven't received any spam lately. I have, however, had the most excellent luck with random African gentlemen sending me business propositions.
ThunderingHERD
08-30-2005, 01:38 PM
All about the gmail. When the hell are they going to go final with it? Seems pretty crazy that they still require an invite with pretty much an infinite amount of invites out there.

Invites were just a marketing ploy to make all the nerds feel l33t anyway.
jeff061
08-30-2005, 01:39 PM
But..... I got mine when the invites were limited. I'm not l33t? :(
Hurst2112
08-30-2005, 01:40 PM
All about the gmail. When the hell are they going to go final with it? Seems pretty crazy that they still require an invite with pretty much an infinite amount of invites out there.

i agree. i have set up about 3 of my own email names (for safe keeping) and even they have invites now. I have sent out a couple dozen invites. Some people have heard about the ads in the right hand column and got freaked out, thinking they were going to get spam instead of the google add column. sucks for them. i don't even notice them anymore.

i am guessing that they will release it to the public after they are finished with all the new features. though, those are becoming fewer and fewer.
ThunderingHERD
08-30-2005, 01:52 PM
But..... I got mine when the invites were limited. I'm not l33t? :(

I don't know... we'd have to compare sign-up dates before I could answer that.
Hurst2112
08-30-2005, 02:24 PM
I don't know... we'd have to compare sign-up dates before I could answer that.

something dirty about dudes comparing things.
Rizon
08-30-2005, 02:41 PM
[email protected]

Please send me many gmail invites so I can be a l33t /\/\@|L0r
jeff061
08-30-2005, 02:42 PM
One of many sent, I'm sure.
Kodos
08-30-2005, 02:44 PM
The trick is to have a spam account set up that you use to sign up for whatever. Then have another account that you only correspond with friends on. My yahoo has remained spam-free for years. :)
daedalus
08-30-2005, 03:41 PM
What the alien said.

Although I agree with the love for gmail as well. :)
weinstein7
08-30-2005, 05:24 PM
You can also register without an invite using a cell phone. I think the way it works is they SMS you a password to prevent automated thingies (technical term) from flooding the system.

For an alternative to gmail, I was a loyal fastmail.fm user for a long time. I only switched to gmail because I needed the space for my FOF MP files (fastmail has a monthly bandwith allotment of 10MB or so).
mhass
08-30-2005, 07:05 PM
Hey all you that have invites. Any of you that could spare one, I'd love one.

michaelh A T valleyconstruction D O T com

Many thanks.
terpkristin
08-30-2005, 07:11 PM
Done, mhass.
/tk
thesloppy
08-30-2005, 10:02 PM
If you're a privacy freak hushmail.com is a great service, if not then it ain't worth the bother.
mhass
08-31-2005, 11:02 AM
Done, mhass.
/tk
Many thanks.
daedalus
08-31-2005, 07:40 PM
For an alternative to gmail, I was a loyal fastmail.fm user for a long time. I only switched to gmail because I needed the space for my FOF MP files (fastmail has a monthly bandwith allotment of 10MB or so).I. Heart. Fastmail.

The interface is utterly boring and plain . . . just the way I LOVE it. We were impressed with them enough to have gone the pay route with them. Then they added file hosting, which I really love. Can't say enough great things about them.
GoldenEagle
09-07-2005, 03:23 PM
Can someone send a gmail invite to timbrice14 AT yahoo DOT com. Thanks.
wade moore
09-07-2005, 03:26 PM
Can someone send a gmail invite to timbrice14 AT yahoo DOT com. Thanks.
done and done.
cthomer5000
09-07-2005, 03:27 PM
yeah, i sent it as well... wasted invite!
GoldenEagle
09-07-2005, 03:28 PM
Thank you, sirs.
wade moore
09-07-2005, 03:45 PM
Tim Brice has accepted your invitation to Gmail...
I win!

thbbbbtttt!!
pennywisesb
09-07-2005, 04:13 PM
Can someone send me a gmail invite? I'm getting pretty tired of hotmail as well. The email addy is pennywisesb at hotmail dot com . Thanks.
scarface132
09-07-2005, 04:16 PM
I have tons of gmail invites too and love it. If you need an invite pm me here or email me at [email protected]
Yellow5
09-07-2005, 04:43 PM
Same here, I have 100 invites, just send me a PM and I will toss an invite your way.