I am wondering who has else has an account with G mail.

Nope, not me. :)

Wow. That was the fastest response to a thread I have ever seen. :eek:

What do I need a gmail for? My hotmail suits me just fine. :p

Hotmail can only offer 250MB for Free. G Mail can offer 1GB for free. :P

Me! *waves fanatically*

need................ gmail account................ must have..............

I've got one. But I guess you already knew that MC...

It's pretty nice, but the arrangement takes a little bit of getting used to. I still prefer the easier to use interface of Yahoo but I suppose google will grow on me too.

I have a Gmail account although so far I am still using hotmail for most emails because it would be too much hassle to change...

I haven't got one, and I don't think I'll ever need one. I never really was into webmails, I prefer local webclients

I do. A friend of mine sent out an email informing that he had a new email address, so I took the oppurtunity to ask him if he had any invites and I got one. Now if only gmail would work in opera I would be very happy.

i dont have one all though i want one

Don't have one, neither do I need one. I can get all those emails through my mail program so server space is not a matter. :)


If I start getting spam or something, I'll get a gmail account for that..

need................ gmail account................ must have..............

Give me your e mail adress. I still have 1 invites Left.

I don't have a Gmail account, but if anyone has an extra invite, feel free to send it to me... :)

I don't really see why I would need it!

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If I ever find myself needing a gigabyte of space on my e-mail I'll go and have a lie down and a long think about spending less time online :D

I think the joke is on us.Most people want gmail accounts because of the gigabyte of space, yet nobody will ever need that much space.

Exactly. I don't need 1gb, I never even got near hotmails 10mb limit. (Or whatever it was. 2mb? I dunno.)

You'd need a lot of spam to fill it up. I bet half the people getting it are going to use it as a spam email.

Google is being pretty smart. You don't actually get 1gb free. You only get memory ad you need it.

Got one from another CFC member, actually.

I got mine through Blogger.

I think the joke is on us.Most people want gmail accounts because of the gigabyte of space, yet nobody will ever need that much space.

It would be possible to use 1gb very quickly it just depends on how large atachments can be...

Yeah, you could attach something like all your files to be there...

1 film would pretty much use up all the space...

I think the attachmet Limit is 5MB. As on Tv I was watching a show and they had a Gmail acount called "Fillmybox". Guess what the purpose was. :D and they asked for 5MB attachments. :lol:

Well 5 mb is a song... I wonder what they would do if lots of people started uploading songs to their accounts...

Who needs Gmail when I have 2 gigs free at Spliff. (powered by The Dodo)

It would be possible to use 1gb very quickly it just depends on how large atachments can be...You could fill it up quickly if you used it as an extension to your hard drive ;)

@Geze
Spliff?:confused:

You could fill it up quickly if you used it as an extension to your hard drive ;)

The problem would be whether 1gb is really enough? I guess I might store backup files on Gmail but I would prefer to use my university account which I trust far more to work regularily.

I got one, paid for it (on another message board's currency). I'm mad that I've only gotten one invite out of the three weeks I have had my account.

I got one, paid for it (on another message board's currency). I'm mad that I've only gotten one invite out of the three weeks I have had my account.

Sorry have to do this. :p Within the first few days of having one I got 6 invites. :D :p And got mine for free. :D :p And I still have one left :p

Mine account seems to have problems working... Whenever I try to do anything it comes up with a message saying that I should wait till later...

Server busy?

It still doesn't work now and I have tried several times at a range of different times over the last few days. The only thing I can do is sign in and sign out.

Hmm... maybe your ISP has something to do with it?

Oddly it finally worked just now...

Who needs Gmail when I have 2 gigs free at Spliff. (powered by The Dodo)

What is it was one terabyte of email space? :D
Google ups the email storage ante - again


Stephen Shankland
CNET News.com
May 19, 2004, 09:25 BST


Tell us your opinion

The battle of the gigabytes continues - for some email users, Gmail is now offering a terabyte of storage






Google just escalated the email storage arms race by a factor of 1,000.


Several users of the search engine's Gmail Web-based email service noticed on Tuesday that their storage limits had quietly been raised to one million megabytes, or one terabyte. That's four times the typical capacity of a new high-end PC's hard drive.


The Gmail service still is in testing, and it wasn't immediately clear how widely Google will offer the higher storage limit, under what conditions, or to which users.


Google didn't respond for requests for comment late on Tuesday.


Detroit resident Rajiv Vyas, who has been using Gmail for about a month, was wowed by the change. "It's great. Although I am not sure what I will do will all this memory," he said. "In the long run, it would help me store not only photos but every file on my desktop. This is 10 times more [storage space] than what I have on my office or home PC."


Others who spotted the change posted notices to Web logs and Web sites.


Google triggered a rush to offer more storage space for Web-based email services with the April announcement of 1GB of capacity. The move pressured the dominant Web-based email service providers, Yahoo and Microsoft's Hotmail, which currently charge subscribers $10 to $50 per year for a much smaller amount of email storage space.


Yahoo responded to Gmail with a plan for 100MB of space. Lycos began offering 1GB for a fee. And the Macintosh-focused competitor Spymac offers 1GB for free.


Gmail's liberal storage limits may be popular, but the service's terms triggered privacy concerns because of Google's plan scan the content of email messages in order to serve up targeted advertisements.

If its a terabyte of space now, I could use that for an extension to my hard drive! :)

If its a terabyte of space now, I could use that for an extension to my hard drive! :)

For most people it's still 1GB. But according to the article a small number of people got 1TB, I myself stil have 1GB. Hopefully those I gave invites to also still have 1GB.. :p

For most people it's still 1GB. But according to the article a small number of people got 1TB, I myself stil have 1GB. Hopefully those I gave invites to also still have 1GB.. :p
I'll just use my Yahoo account as an extension then! :p :crazyeye: ;)

I'll just use my Yahoo account as an extension then! :p :crazyeye: ;)

If Gmail offered 1TB you would use it as your HD. ;)

More Gmail news:

Gmailers can now import address books stored by other email services into their email account

Google has quietly added a feature to its free email service that lets people import their address book contacts from rivals Yahoo, Microsoft and America Online.

Since the weekend, Google's free email service, called Gmail, has been letting its users transfer their address book contacts from Yahoo Mail, Microsoft's Hotmail and AOL Mail. Yahoo allows immediate exporting of its contact lists onto other clients such as Gmail, but for Hotmail and AOL in particular, people have to build their special files through a spreadsheet, which means the process would normally involve more steps.

Gmail's software also lets people add contacts from Microsoft's Outlook email client, a feature supported by Yahoo and Hotmail as well.

A Google spokesman confirmed that the tool, and other new features, launched over the weekend. He declined to comment further, citing the company's quiet period before it goes public later this year.

The launch of the feature illustrates the rising tide of one-upmanship surrounding free email. Google in April began offering a test version of Gmail that included 1GB of free storage. The launch altered the free email landscape, dominated by Yahoo and Hotmail, and caused Yahoo to increase its own free storage limit from 4MB to 100MB. Hotmail then raised its storage limit from 2MB to 250MB.

While Yahoo and Hotmail have the advantage of many years of service and millions of users, Google's entry could shift the balance of power. In fact, Google has launched a number of properties, such as its Orkut social networking site and Google News, that have put it in closer competition against the Web portal giants.

Yahoo spokeswoman Mary Osako said the new tool doesn't change the competitive balance among the services. "Yahoo Mail users have enjoyed the ability to both import and export address book information for years, and we hope that others in the industry will share our commitment to providing consumers with a highly useful and convenient service," she said.

Microsoft did not immediately comment on the new features. The Gmail updates were first reported by Microsoft Watch.

In addition to its contact import tool, Gmail now gives users the option of including a signature at the bottom of messages. Gmail also began supporting Apple Computer's Mac OS X's Safari Web browsers, for versions 1.2.1 and newer.

Google also last week began promoting on its home page a link to Picasa, an online photo site that the company acquired last week, the spokesman confirmed.


And the worst news yet :cry:

Google has altered its Gmail membership policy to stop people making money from the sale of popular email addresses

Google changed its Gmail membership policy this week to prevent people from profiting from the sale of popular email names.

According to Google's new policy, altered on Monday, the Web search company prohibits Gmail subscribers from selling, trading or transferring the free email accounts "for any unauthorised commercial purpose." It also bars people from setting up multiple accounts in violation of the policy.

The changes are designed to deter people from creating multiple email accounts with the purpose of reselling or trading them, according to a source at the company. The policy alterations do not target people trying to barter Gmail invitations, which allow people to sign up for a new membership.

The search company was probably responding to instances of individuals and commercial ventures attempting to profit from the popular, yet not widely available, service. For example, an eBay auction for Gmail account names "Bush04@gmail.com" or "Kerry04@gmail.com" -- for the respective campaigns of the top Republican and Democratic presidential candidates -- could violate the rule.

Google began publicly testing Gmail in late March, in a move that rattled rival email providers with promises of vast improvements to free Web-based email. Gmail, for example, offers users a whopping 1 gigabyte of storage and lets people search unlimited archives of conversations. At first, Google let only select family and friends open accounts, yet it has slowly opened up membership more broadly to friends of those already holding accounts.

Yet the clublike demand for accounts has inspired entrepreneurs. Online auction site eBay has as many as 2,000 listings for Gmail invitations for sale, ranging from 1 cent to as much as $30 for 10 accounts. Web operations such as Gmail Swap have cropped up to help people exchange invitations for goods and services. And the Institute for Spam and Public Policy recently started a Web site and campaign called Gmail 4 Troops to encourage people to share their Gmail invitations with military fighting in the Iraqi war.

Potentially more concerning, however, could be people who sign up for Gmail accounts with a common or company-trademarked name with a profit motive. The practice is similar to parties who purchase potentially lucrative, trademarked domain names and attempt to sell them to the owner, a practice called domain squatting.

Google's Gmail also has sparked criticism from privacy advocates because it involves scanning the contents of email and delivering related ads. The California Senate passed a Gmail bill that seeks to limit companies' ability to survey email for advertising purposes.

One TB? Now that MUST be a joke...! :wow:

So MC you really missed the chance to sell all those invites...

So MC you really missed the chance to sell all those invites...

Yeah I did. <sigh> so long $40. :cry: :cry: :p ;)

One TB? Now that MUST be a joke...! :wow:

Doubt it. But I would't expect it to be anything less then for a paid membership.;) 1GB isn't all that large, but 1TB is huge. No hardrive could match that. :eek:

Even for a paid account 1TB is simply enormous. You'd have to get quite a lot of spam to fill that...

Even for a paid account 1TB is simply enormous. You'd have to get quite a lot of spam to fill that...

Which makes me wonder as to the point of raising it. I suppose they were testing it. HELLO! I don't see any text ads on the sides of E mails. :confused:

According to an article on slashdot.org, the sudden appearance of a terabyte of storage in some of the Gmail accounts was actually a glitch in the system.

HELLO! I don't see any text ads on the sides of E mails. :confused:

I'm baffled by this also. Never seen a single ad.

I'm baffled by this also. Never seen a single ad.

Oh good so it's not just me :crazyeye: Least I no longer have to look at those ads for poly :p ;)

@Chairman Meow: Would explain all but Google not commenting. :confused:

I wanted to use Ad Muncher to kill those ads, but apparently Ad Muncher doesn't work with Gmail - I can't access any buttons or links with Ad Muncher turned on. But they're not that bad because it's not my main account (although I am ready to switch over).

Hi, i know i am pretty new to this forum, but does anyone have a g-mail invite left, i would like to try it out, but on another forum the thread is like 288 pages long, i have heard some of you saying you had invites left, could anyone invite me please.

Hi, i know i am pretty new to this forum, but does anyone have a g-mail invite left, i would like to try it out, but on another forum the thread is like 288 pages long, i have heard some of you saying you had invites left, could anyone invite me please.

I have one left. But I need your current e mail adress to send the invite to. :)

@Chairman Meow: Would explain all but Google not commenting. :confused:
Apparently all Google said about it was that iit was a bug and that it would be fixed. I guess they figured since it's still in beta, there was no reason to explain further, even though considering the amount of attention it got, maybe they should have.

BTW... if anyone has an extra gmail invite, chairmanmeow(at)bolt.com :)

Apparently all Google said about it was that iit was a bug and that it would be fixed. I guess they figured since it's still in beta, there was no reason to explain further, even though considering the amount of attention it got, maybe they should have.

BTW... if anyone has an extra gmail invite, chairmanmeow(at)bolt.com :)
Wise of you to put the (at) so that spambots can't get it!

Wise of you to put the (at) so that spambots can't get it!
Actually, I don't use the bolt account for anything other than CFC stuff, so it's basically already a spam account.

thanks MarineCorps i sent you a u2u incase you didn't get it, my e-mail is ShychoG(@)hotmail.com

Thanks

Wise of you to put the (at) so that spambots can't get it!
Mark my words, spambots will eventually learn to recognize spam-disguising techniques like (@), (at), and other kinds of ways, and every disguising people did before will be rendered useless. Spambots will get those address en masse. Spammers aren't just going to sit there and wonder why they can't get addresses. They're gonna do something about it!

The odd thing is that I have posted my complete email address before yet I don't seem to get any spam...

Mark my words, spambots will eventually learn to recognize spam-disguising techniques like (@), (at), and other kinds of ways, and every disguising people did before will be rendered useless. Spambots will get those address en masse. Spammers aren't just going to sit there and wonder why they can't get addresses. They're gonna do something about it!
Solution to that can be found here (http://www.auditmypc.com/freescan/antispam.html)

Solution to that can be found here (http://www.auditmypc.com/freescan/antispam.html)
That's awesome. I'm gonna put that on my homepage and stuff and signatures.

That's awesome. I'm gonna put that on my homepage and stuff and signatures.
Yep, I'm gonna put in my sig too.

Mark my words, spambots will eventually learn to recognize spam-disguising techniques like (@), (at), and other kinds of ways, and every disguising people did before will be rendered useless. Spambots will get those address en masse. Spammers aren't just going to sit there and wonder why they can't get addresses. They're gonna do something about it!

Your paranoid IMAO. :smug: :p

Your paranoid IMAO. :smug: :p
Why do I have the sudden urge to go Google "opt-in" lists and include a certain email address in those lists? :scan: :p

Why do I have the sudden urge to go Google "opt-in" lists and include a certain email address in those lists? :scan: :p

If your saying that you would include my email adress then I have this to say: HA! You don't know my e mail adress. :p :D :D :D :D If your not, then I have no idea what your saying :D :crazyeye:

Got one - damunzy@gmail.com

If your saying that you would include my email adress then I have this to say: HA! You don't know my e mail adress. :p :D :D :D :D If your not, then I have no idea what your saying :D :crazyeye:
1. You have AOL
2. Your AIM name is in your profile

Gee, I wonder how hard it is to find out? :rolleyes:

1. You have AOL
2. Your AIM name is in your profile

Gee, I wonder how hard it is to find out? :rolleyes:

I don't have AIM. I just put that in there when I had my AOL avatar. :p :D :lol: That adress is useless :nya:

Thanks to MarineCorps for the invite to g-mail, is it me or are g-mail not handing out invites anymore.

They do. It's just that they are handed out at random. My pleasure BTW. :)

i see the aol avatar is back, anyway i thought the invites would be based on how much you use your account, but if they are random i guess i'll just have to sit back and wait for the invites

Possibly you get more invites if you use your account more...

Possibly you get more invites if you use your account more...
Nope. Someone said that he was using 349MB and he hadn't gotten an invite in a while. I got an invite a week after I made my account even though I hadn't done anything.

Nope. Someone said that he was using 349MB and he hadn't gotten an invite in a while. I got an invite a week after I made my account even though I hadn't done anything.

I got 6 the day after I signed up.:smug: :D I love bragging about that fact. :p :smug:

@Shycho: Back by popular demand :smug: :) :D

Finally got one: chairmanmeow at gmail.com :D

I have one!

I have one too!!

steviejay(a)gmail.com

And let us all thank-

A) MarineCorp for giving me an invite

and

B) Gmail for being silly enough to give him six invites at the start :D

A) MarineCorp for giving me an invite

and


Your welcome. I had no other use for it. Through I suppose I could have sold it. :mischief:






B) Gmail for being silly enough to give him six invites at the start :D

Still trying to figure that one out :lol: :hmm: :crazyeye:

I dont have a gmail account, But I would like one :).

Same here. If anyone has an invite and doesn't have anyone to give it to. Please PLEASE help a fellow gamer out. :)

I still haven't got any invites to give out and I still only have two messages...

I still haven't got any invites to give out and I still only have two messages...

I have well over two hundred messages. Through less then 10 are from actuall people :mischief: :p

Well suddenly, against my own will, I find myself with a gmail account. Don't ask. :p

So when and how do I get my invites?

You have to wait for them to be randomly assigned, apparently this has no connection to how much you use your account.

I have 5 more invites. :)

Glad I read this thread again. I didn't even notice it until right now that I have 5 invites. :) Anyone need a gmail account? PM me - don't get one from me and someone else...share the wealth. :)

MarineCorps-can I have one of your invites please, as a fellow spammer? I have looked to get Gmail, and y hotmail has just been disactivated :mad:

BTW, would I need a current email adress? Mine was disactivated :(

Yeah sure just PM me with an e mail adress I can send the invite to. :)

I've just got 3 invites, but for some reason I can't acyually click on the link to invite people :hmm:

I've just got 3 invites, but for some reason I can't acyually click on the link to invite people :hmm:

I had that problem, but it works now.

If you want an invite, PM me. Be quick, I only have so many!

Intresting how many people have invites to give out.....

steviejay, I have the same problem. It's below the inbox/all mail/sent mail, etc links, except I can't click it. It doesn't even appear to be a hyperlink! Odd..

well i was just browsing the forum noticed the thread had popped up so went and had a read noticed people were getting more invites and i have 6 its my 1st 6.

I do not see what all the fuss with gmail is about.

Why is it better than other providers?

I can chose my E-Mail address freely at GMX, 1 GB is for free, for 2,99 EUR / month I get 5 GB universal storage (an accessible data folder and e-mail combined) and virusscan plus other services like 50 free text messages and stuff.

You get 1 GB plus ads for free. This is pretty similar to GMAIL.

I finally found a use: free account for illegal activities where you do not want to register with your main email address. :)

Sooo...... who still has invites?

ME i have a few invites left

steviejay, I have the same problem. It's below the inbox/all mail/sent mail, etc links, except I can't click it. It doesn't even appear to be a hyperlink! Odd..

Really? What happened to me was I sent an invite, and it said it didn't go through. But, I now had one less invite. However, later on, the invite was accepted. Really odd.

Sooo...... who still has invites?

My guess is every one who has gmail has invites at this point. My guess is they are about to go public soon.

My guess is every one who has gmail has invites at this point. My guess is they are about to go public soon.

I Agreed.

I have invites.

Yeah I now have invites as well.

I'm still incensed that I have to use Firefox to check my gmail. For Christ sake, Opera users should not have to set up (http://www.scss.com.au/family/andrew/o7/gmail/) their Proximtrons to get Gmail to work on their browser...

I'm still incensed that I have to use Firefox to check my gmail. For Christ sake, Opera users should not have to set up (http://www.scss.com.au/family/andrew/o7/gmail/) their Proximtrons to get Gmail to work on their browser...

So do you have invites also?:D

I have been with gmail for many, many, months. They top up your invites every so often.

So do you have invites also?:D
Yeah, i got six invites with it. But better - I got Gmail in Opera!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/hbdragon88/ogmail_2.png

I've had gmail for awhile and love it.

I have 2 accounts and both got 6 invites.

;)

I got one invite a couple days ago, gave it to one of my buddies at college, and immediately, he got 10 invites, and I'm out of invites. I guess that's how it goes...

If anyone still has any invites, please let me know.

PM me your e mail adress and I'll send one off.:)

Don't worry, I already sent him one.

IRC is so much faster :p.

Don't worry, I already sent him one.

IRC is so much faster :p.

Gah! I gotta get rid of these invites. Driving me nuts having them with no one to give them to. Perhaps I will take a page out of stormbinds book...:hmm:

I got one invite a couple days ago, gave it to one of my buddies at college, and immediately, he got 10 invites, and I'm out of invites. I guess that's how it goes...
After I wrote that, they gave me six invites :D

If you really want to get rid of some invites go to this site http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=212057&hl=1750

its a post this guy has gathered up nearly 2000 invites and is going to post them on a forum all at once so everyone can get one, go read.

My ISP offers me 2GB, that said I don't really need the Gmail.

Here's a screenshot. As you can see, it looks like all the other normal invites...except I can't click it?? Any ideas...it seems just to be text, and not a hyper link. Odd.. :(

I'm starting to think that invites are a clever ploy by google to get people interested, and starting accounts, by their "exclusiveness".

If you really want to get rid of some invites go to this site http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=212057&hl=1750

its a post this guy has gathered up nearly 2000 invites and is going to post them on a forum all at once so everyone can get one, go read.

I watch that show. :) Hmm, gonna have to figure out a way to record tuesdays show. :hmm: Damn the fact that they chose the day I can no longer leave school early. :(

I'm starting to think that invites are a clever ploy by google to get people interested, and starting accounts, by their "exclusiveness".

That would be to create threads like this...

Here's a screenshot. As you can see, it looks like all the other normal invites...except I can't click it?? Any ideas...it seems just to be text, and not a hyper link. Odd.. :(

Help -> Send them feedback complaining. They'll get to you.

Gah! I gotta get rid of these invites. Driving me nuts having them with no one to give them to. Perhaps I will take a page out of stormbinds book...:hmm:

you could use one up by inviting me if you want to get rid of them :mischief:

That would be to create threads like this...
What do you mean?

you could use one up by inviting me if you want to get rid of them :mischief:

Send me a PM with your email adress and I'll send one off.

Just stole the idea for a sig from you guys ;).

i invited my friend and my brother to try out g-mail my friend has got no invites and my brother has got 6 one day after registering, and i got another 3 today.

When I click Help, I get a 404 error? :( The invites are now above the archive buttons, but below the logo, etc. This is odd..

Yup, I noticed that too. It still works me though. Odd... :(

What do you mean?

That the whole invite system has given a reason to create threads like this where everyone swaps invites...

I think the reason we can't offer invites is because they seem to be changing the layout of the page. instead of having the "you have x invites" down the left side of the screen it now seems to be a blue bar at the top of the screen. Unfortunately I still can't offer invites

I think the reason we can't offer invites is because they seem to be changing the layout of the page. instead of having the "you have x invites" down the left side of the screen it now seems to be a blue bar at the top of the screen. Unfortunately I still can't offer invites

But they still work for me.

I think the reason we can't offer invites is because they seem to be changing the layout of the page. instead of having the "you have x invites" down the left side of the screen it now seems to be a blue bar at the top of the screen. Unfortunately I still can't offer invites

Thats getting really annoying. Everytime the change it I almost have a heart attack thinking they were taken away. :crazyeye: First in the upper right corner, then in the lower left corner, and now in the center.

@Dell: Swaps? Not quite the word I would use....

@Marine: thats originally what I thought,that I'd used them and not realised, thats why the link didn't work. I didn't have any to give but they hadn't refreshed the page

Well I am down to 2 left. :) Feel good to have gotten rid of those invites. :) :D

Seom people should be thanking me for having no life at all. :D

Ah hell, Just when I get down to two invites they refill it to six invites. :cry:

That the whole invite system has given a reason to create threads like this where everyone swaps invites...


I think it's more to atttract people away from hotmail and yahoo.

I think it's more to atttract people away from hotmail and yahoo.

Nothing wrong with that. I would much rather prefer to have 1GB for free then 250 or 100MB for free. :p Gotta get rid of these invites. They could have at least waited till I got done with the ones I already had.

Ive got two extra invites if anyone would like one, just PM me your info.

Guess who has Gmail invitations?

Why is nobody PMing me asking for invites :(?

Everyone who wants one probably has one by now... Or you just don't post enough so not that many people have actually had a chance to read your sig.

Nothing wrong with that. I would much rather prefer to have 1GB for free then 250 or 100MB for free. :p Gotta get rid of these invites. They could have at least waited till I got done with the ones I already had.

People with disabilities (http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/04/10/gmail-accessibility) would rather have a working interface than more space.

I have 2 invites left, but it seems that everyone who wants a gmail account already has one. I may just give them to myself so I would have more than one account, but that's probably a no-no...

Everyone who wants one probably has one by now... Or you just don't post enough so not that many people have actually had a chance to read your sig.

i have a little over 4200 he hasover 5000 and I was down to two before the refilled my invites. :mad: So posting is out of the question.

What the **** is wrong with Gmail...

I set it to use my nickname, hbdragon88, and it keep using my real name when sending out invites It's sending emails with "(name), (my real name) has invited you to open a Google mail account" when I'm specifically telling it not to. I don't want people to know my real name. I think I'll stop sending invites if it continues to do that...

Have you looked under settings. theres something under that.

Yes, I have set it to only use my nickname, yet it continues to use my real name when sending out Gmail Invites (not for regular mail).

I have one, but never use it.

I set it so it thinksmy name is "non conformist"

I also could not offer invites but after I disabled Norton Internet Security and reloaded the page the link worked.
Oh and I should be thanking MarineCorps.

Yes, I have set it to only use my nickname, yet it continues to use my real name when sending out Gmail Invites (not for regular mail).

Well you can still use invites. Just send them to your self and copy the link and send it to them in a PM. :)

Oh and I should be thanking MarineCorps.

I should be thanking you. :) You got rid of one of my invites before the topped me off again. :mad: :gripe:

Can someone please tell me what-the-*bad word* is an 'invite'? (regarding Gmail)
Why do people want to get rid of them? What benefits you having more of them, or less of them? What do they do? :confused:

Can someone please tell me what-the-*bad word* is an 'invite'? (regarding Gmail)
Why do people want to get rid of them? What benefits you having more of them, or less of them? What do they do? :confused:
Invites allow people who have gmail accounts to invite people who don't have gmail accounts to create them (i.e. bring more people into it). They want to get rid of them because, in most cases, they've gotten so many of them that they've given one to everyone they know that would want one, and don't want the rest to go to waste.

I think maybe what Gmail may be doing now by giving so many invites away is trying to get everyone who would want an account in before they make it generally available to the public (i.e. without an invite), so that the rush is lessened when they do open it up.

Gainy - Wet get $5 every time we get rid of our invites. If we have 5 and then they fill us up back to 6, we've just lost out on a possible $30, whereas the quick person go that $30. :rolleyes:

Gainy - Wet get $5 every time we get rid of our invites. If we have 5 and then they fill us up back to 6, we've just lost out on a possible $30, whereas the quick person go that $30. :rolleyes:
Then where's my money for giving away all my invites :p

Damn. Every time I give away an invite gmail fills me back up. This is the third time. :(

i have a little over 4200 he hasover 5000 and I was down to two before the refilled my invites. :mad: So posting is out of the question.

Thats not what I meant, I was refering to the current rate of posting and where those posts are. A few posts in the same sub forum is unlikely to be read by as many people as posting lots all over the forum.

I know a guy who would like one. (No its not me)

You can send it to tomerik_87@hotmail.com

He might get spamed now since im posting his email public, but i dont care :p

[party] haha! got rid of another one. Only 5 more to go. :lol: [party]

I still have six :(. Come on people!

I still have six, but they won't let me send them..I click them and nothing happens. I just sent an email to gmail@google.com (is that the right email to contact Gmail?) telling them my problem, as clicking the "Help" link didn't work. Hopefully I can work it out...and complain how many invites I still have. :P

I have 5 :p Through knowing Gmail I'll have 6 tommorow.

@GA: Have you looked in the upper left hand corner for a link titled contact us? :mischief:

Wow, I just realised I'm using 2MB of space!

I'm using 4MB right now. Used to be using 9 but I delted a lot of them (reply notices from CFC and CDG)

I still have six :(. Come on people!
You can offer some to your posters in your forum ;).

I now need to change my vote to reflect that I have gmail ;).

I now need to change my vote to reflect that I have gmail

As do a lot of people.

You can offer some to your posters in your forum ;).

I now need to change my vote to reflect that I have gmail ;).

I should make a thread...

I know a guy who would like one. (No its not me)

You can send it to tomerik_87@hotmail.com

He might get spamed now since im posting his email public, but i dont care :p

Allright people, theres a problem.

When my friend clicks on the confirmation link in his mail, he gets a message saying that the account has already been created, wich is weird cause he havent created any gmail account. Its also says that he can log in useing his username and password at blah blah blah. Since he hasnt made any account he dosnt have a username and password.

And to create a new account he needs a new creation link. So, unless anyone of you now what happend here, i guess youl have to race eachother to be the first one to send him a new innvite.

Anyway, thanks again

Volum

Odd. I have not recived a notice that the the invite was accepted. Tell him to try again. If it odesn't work I'll contact Gmail team and ask for some help.

Yeah, i will talk to him in the morning/later today that is.

That's weird MarineCorps, I don't see a link called Contact us. I'll post a screnshot in a little bit. Btw, I use 0 mbs...but I do use the account almost everyday..

Yeah, I don't see it either MC...

oops. It was in the upper left. But only when you click on the help button. :mischief:

I used to have 6 invites, but they dispapeared a few days ago and I didn't get to use any of them. :(

Come back to me, my previous invites! :D

I used to have 6 invites, but they dispapeared a few days ago and I didn't get to use any of them. :(

Come back to me, my previous invites! :D

I now suddenly have gotten a theory where all the invites Gmail keeps giving me are coming from. :D

no g-mail
might get one in the distan future... :scan:

no g-mail
might get one in the distan future... :scan:
When you wrote that post, this point in time was in the future, though not necessarily in the distant future. Therefore, I'll send you an invitation (and also because I have too many invitations...)

TF, at least you might have been able to use them!

On the topic...I got an email back saying that gmail@google.com wasn't a valid email or something. Does anybody have a clue to help me use my invites, just so they'll fill up again and I'll get in a neverending cycle like MC? :P

Click on "help" in the upper right corner. There's a contact link in there somewhere.

When you wrote that post, this point in time was in the future, though not necessarily in the distant future. Therefore, I'll send you an invitation (and also because I have too many invitations...)
I won't need any gmail account untiil I start my politics career, and I'll only use it for hate mail :p

I told you, whenever I click help Gogf, it says a 404 error page...can I see a screenshot of what the Help link would look like?

0123456789

Oh, that looks nice. Mine's better. :rolleyes: What happens when you click "Contact Us" on that page Gogf? (An email address?)

Yeah, but youère using ie :p.

Well, you have the wrong address. Mine is totally different.

:hmm:

Damn it. Not only did Gmail fill me back up to six invites for the fourht time but my lasst to invites are not working.

Yeah, but youère using ie :p.

Doesn't matter. I use IE to check my Gmail.

http://torrez.us/archives/2004/05/23/000272.html

But, Gogf, that's the address that always appears when I click Help...it's weird because all it has is "=" and nothing more. I wish this was fixed...

@noncon: So? I'm not going to download another browser to make it work. As long as you have a firewall and antivirus and downloaded XP SP 2, why is IE an issue?

I think hotmail may be up to it's old tricks again. Two invites I sent to two hotmail accounts failed to work. I sent one to a non hotmail account and it worked.

I did get another hotmail email recently that they would be upgrading soon...

You should be damn lucky that you're only getting a 404 page when visiting some parts of the site. Unless I boot up Promixtron and enable proxy servers (it's a real pain just for one thing), I can't get into Gmail at all.

I did get another hotmail email recently that they would be upgrading soon...

What, telling you they plan to upgrade sometime before 2010? :p

I hope they update soon as I plan on saving all my gmail stock alerts(I really wish I could subscurbe using my gmail account.:( )

MarineCorps, Gogf, and everyone in this thread: Thanks for your help. Unfortunately, it didn't help. :P When I click on Help, it had this link saying "Login required, etc, etc, click here if not redirected." So I say, yeah, fine, I guess I'll see what happens when I click it. And it worked. :) I'm currently contacting Google, so I'll see if I can get my invites squared away. :)

Yipee!! From an autogenerated email by Google ( :rolleyes: ), I got my answer. I had to log in on the secure Gmail page "https". I now have six invites if anybody wants them. :)

Ah, so what I PMed you didn't help? Oh.

Marinecorps: Since you seem to get invites all the time from Gmail, can you send another one to my friend on this email adress, it isnt hotmail so hopefully it will work.

tjohnsga@online.no

He might get spam again now :p

I'll send one off in a bit. Hmm, gmail didn't give me 6 invites this time.

[QUOTE=Ginger_Ale
@noncon: So? I'm not going to download another browser to make it work. As long as you have a firewall and antivirus and downloaded XP SP 2, why is IE an issue?[/QUOTE]

It was atire because all Firefox users (though I use it) traditionally gang up on ie users.

Didn't know I was that popular. :lol:

BTW GA in case you have not seen this: http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=8774

Marine, how do you get that icon in your startup tray. I get really annoyed not being told when I get a mail in my account??

And does anyone know when I'll be able to use Gmail with Opera??

PS- Invites now working. if you want one (and Marine hasn't already given you one from his pile :) ) then PM me.

And does anyone know when I'll be able to use Gmail with Opera??


http://www.scss.com.au/family/andrew/o7/gmail/

Hold on, Opera 7.60 is coming, and it'll support Gmail. It's currently in its first beta right now.

http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=394

Now this is awesome.

Not what I use. It's called Gtray. It isn't instant notice but it is close. http://torrez.us/archives/2004/05/23/000272.html

Well this is encourging :rolleyes:

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to send us your comments and concerns. Gmail
is experiencing rapid growth, and we are working hard to keep pace with
the popularity of our service.

You are receiving this reply because information related to your message
is offered in the Gmail Help Center. Answers to frequently asked questions
can be found in our Help Center, along with steps to resolve technical
issues. The Help Center is available by clicking 'Help' at the top of any
Gmail page. You can search the Help Center by keyword, or you can browse
by topic.

Although we cannot respond to every inquiry, we read each individual
message, and thank you for taking the time to send us your comments and
suggestions. Your feedback and feature requests are important to us, and
have been forwarded to the appropriate teams.

Please find links to the most common 'Sign in or registration' issues
below.

I WANT TO CHANGE MY USERNAME
http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=8158

WHERE IS THE LINK TO INVITE FRIENDS TO JOIN GMAIL?
http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7403

I WANT MORE INVITATIONS
http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7403

I CAN'T OPEN THE 'INVITE A FRIEND TO JOIN GMAIL!' LINK
http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=8774

I SENT AN INVITE TO THE WRONG ADDRESS
http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=10297

AN INVITATION I SENT NEVER ARRIVED
http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=10297

I CAN'T ACCESS MY ACCOUNT
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If the information we have provided does not address your problem, please
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Considering the bug report was about invites....

Now we're getting there. :) Not like I need to be reissued invites. They seem to like giving them out to me. Logged in this morning to see I have 6 again. :(

Hello Michael,

Thank you for your report. We apologize for any inconvenience this issue
may have caused. We are aware of this problem, and our engineers are
working diligently to find a solution.

Unfortunately, we are unable to reissue invitations at this time. As we
make progress with our service, we continue to issue more invitations. We
appreciate your patience during this limited test, and we thank you for
taking the time to send us your feedback and concerns.

Sincerely,

The Gmail Team

I have one :) I just like labels and filters alot. Search powered by the great google is very nice too :)
And of course the space of 1 GB, not to send big emails, but to not to have to erase an email anymore, some are very important.

There are some others out there, but this is by google, so for me is the best :goodjob:

Thanks for hooking me up with GMail, MarineCorps. Appreciate it :)

Now I'll just wait for Opera 7.6 and I'm all set :D

Nobody needs invites? I got 6 again...

Gmail has come out with it's own e mail notifer. :)

Now we're getting there. :) Not like I need to be reissued invites. They seem to like giving them out to me. Logged in this morning to see I have 6 again. :(

I'm slowly collecting more CFCers' names!

I'm slowly collecting more CFCers' names!

You have suceeded in confusing the hell out of me. :confused:

Now, I'm just waiting for Opera 7.60 Final to be released...damn...then I can finally break loose of Firefox's hell and move out...

Also, did anyone like the original look? The invitations link was on a blue bar at the top? Now it's back to the annoying link on the left-hand side and FF interprets that as a popup and blocks it (even though I put gmail.google.com as an "allowed site"...sighs).

Nah. I like this look a lot better. I must say several of the features are nice to have (through the save draft gets rid of the need for my yahoo acount. :()

Some features we know you've wanted (and one we should have had all along):

Gmail Notifier
Want to know if you've got new mail? Let us do the checking so you don't have to. Find out when new messages arrive, and even see their subjects, senders and snippets, all without having to open a web browser. Learn more

Search your contacts
With the new and improved Contacts list, search for a contact as easily as you would a message in Gmail. Add notes and phone numbers. View messages directly from the Contacts list. Stay in touch with the people in your life more easily than ever before. Learn more

Automatic forwarding to another email account
We're testing a new feature that lets you forward new incoming messages to any email account you want. It's free during the test and you can set it up in seconds. Even set up filters to forward only some of your messages. It's your mail. Get it the way you want it. Learn more

And finally... Save Drafts!
For when you can't find the right words, save drafts and find them later. Learn more

http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/ The notifier is a great addition. :)

You have suceeded in confusing the hell out of me. :confused:
He means he's collecting details of CFC members by offering Gmail invites. I'm sure that's against site rules :mischief:

Actually, I meant that he posted a quote showing that his name was Michael.

hi there

if anyone has an gmail invite left would you be so kind and post it to shaon_yb@hotmail.com

Thank you

hi there

if anyone has an gmail invite left would you be so kind and post it to shaon_yb@hotmail.com

Thank you
Done.

ten character limit.

Anyone with invites? I'm at squintoid(at)yahoo.com

Sent - hope you enjoy it. :)

Is this G-Mail good?

If G-mail is better than Yahoo mail then maybe... But 100 megs should be enough for me. I'm currently using less than 1%, so I don't really need G-mail's 1 GB.

I'm using hotmail wich gives me 250 MB's..and it's too much for me, so..

Thanks Ginger Ale, I appreciate it. :)

G-Mail, unlike Hotmail I've heard, won't close your account if you don't use it for 30 days.

It's nine months with Gmail.

G-Mail, unlike Hotmail I've heard, won't close your account if you don't use it for 30 days.

Thats not really a problem for me... Currently using 5% of gmail :)

G-Mail, unlike Hotmail I've heard, won't close your account if you don't use it for 30 days.
Yahoo has a 4-month inactivity policy.

I really hate Gmail because all they have are stupid "labels" but no "folders." I like folders, but there are none...

Yahoo has a 4-month inactivity policy.

I really hate Gmail because all they have are stupid "labels" but no "folders." I like folders, but there are none...

You can create "labels". It's really the same thing. I find it odd that they call it a label though, since a label is read-only object in programming, and implies that it doesn't store any data. But, that's what they call it.

Yahoo has a 4-month inactivity policy.

I really hate Gmail because all they have are stupid "labels" but no "folders." I like folders, but there are none...

Labels are much better. :p Can have more then one label for a single e mail. :p

If they cared, they would give people the option to create folders...

If they cared, they would give people the option to create folders...

Well seeing as they are almost the same thing.....

So once they've been labeled, you can delete them off your inbox?

So once they've been labeled, you can delete them off your inbox?
Clicking the "Archive" button removes them from the inbox.

So once they've been labeled, you can delete them off your inbox?

You can archive them with or with out a label. :) Archiving removes them from your inbox but you can still acess the e mails through the all mail section. :)

Clicking the "Archive" button removes them from the inbox.
Ahh, I see now, thanks.

AM I the only one with a ridiculously large amount (50) of Gmail invites?

No .

AM I the only one with a ridiculously large amount (50) of Gmail invites?
I currently have somewhere around 60.

Still on hotmail.. though the 30 day cut off is annoying. 9 months would be good, like g-mail

I have enough trouble filling Hotmail's 250 Mb. Why do I need 1 Gb?

Its not like I am THAT popular . . .

I currently have somewhere around 60.

Damn. Thats more then me. :hmm: :( ;)

@HAND: If you want an invite just PM me for one. :)

I have 50 to, i read somewhere that they had increased it to 50, to get more people i guess. Everybody who wants can get a G-MAIL invite now, i also saw a link to a website where they had gatherd a bunch of Gmail invites that they where sending out.

When Google officially announces gmail (in the near future, most likely), they probably will say that they already got 10 million gmail users, thanks to all those invites sent. :D

You have to give their marketing team credit for the invites idea. It somehow makes gmail more desirable, just because you need an invite to get an account.

Tell me about it TF...

Please somebody send me one.
I feel left out.
:(

Tell me about it TF...

Please somebody send me one.
I feel left out.
:(
PM me your email address, and I'll send you one.

Heh, I've got one now.
Part of the hype! Yesssss!!!!!!!

Couldn't get the adress I wanted though which seems a bit odd. Really all combinations with my first and last name were taken and it's not that my name is that common, especially since I'm dutch and the name just doesn't exist outside of my tiny country...

Oh well, now my name is almost equal to my login here. ;)

G-mail doesn't work with Opera as browser.
How do other Opera users circumvent this? Is there a plug-in or a setting I need to change? I tried to identify as IE6 but then it said it required ActiveX to be turned on. I think Opera doesn't have ActiveX but I'm not sure if that's the only problem.

G-mail doesn't work with Opera as browser.
How do other Opera users circumvent this? Is there a plug-in or a setting I need to change? I tried to identify as IE6 but then it said it required ActiveX to be turned on. I think Opera doesn't have ActiveX but I'm not sure if that's the only problem.
Gmail hasn't come up with a
Gmail thing compatible with Opera, so yeah. But it should work on IE6 (or Mozilla or Firefox)
btw, your welcome :)

I found that if you have Opera identify as Mozilla, and click "sign in anyway", it will work. This is on Opera 8.0 Beta... I don't know if the same thing will work on Opera 7.54

I got a gmail account courtesy LLXerxes since my hotmail was acting all freaky and my yahoo was overwhelmed with spam.

So far the only things I miss are the white list and the Rich Text Editor. Any analogues in Gmail that I just haven't spotted yet?