[TriLUG] OT: When did GMail prostitution get so popular?

[Rob Huffstedtler]

Answers to 3 -

The don't intersperse their comments into the mail - they keyword ads on
the side, just like with Google searches.  I generally don't even notice
they are there (hardly a ringing endorsement of their advertising plan,
eh?)

The thing I like most about it is the ability to apply multiple labels
to a mail rather than sorting them into folders. 


On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 12:49:11PM -0400, Matt Pusateri wrote:
> > I don't know, but I'll offer a free gmail invite to whoever comes up
> > with the best answer. ;-)
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:15:48AM -0400, bp wrote:
> >> "Explain the meaning of life to me and I'll send you a Gmail invite."
> >>
> >> When did pimping out Gmail invites get so popular?  Every day i check
> >> the
> >> list I see another person asking a question with a dangling
> >> gmail-invite for the best answer.
> 
> 
> I was going to leave this thread alone, but as my Grandma likes to tell me
> "You hate peace"
> 
> 1. First if I offend anyone I am sorry
> 
> 2. I think the gmail invites have spurred some good discusions (although
> most way over my head)
> 
> 3. Maybe someone with a Gmail account can weigh in here, but I don't see
> why I would want one?  I don't want google analyzing every email I send
> and then inserting their own content (ie ads, etc) into my mail.  If they
> aren't doing this then I have misunderstood.  Also I don't know if I like
> the we will keep your email forever even if you delete it?  Again if I
> have misunderstood let me know.  I don't think I need 1G of email of
> course it is nice that I got 100M from my throw away yahoo account because
> of it.  But maybe I just don't get it because I am lucky enough for my
> employer to let me have a server on their IP space, and thus just run my
> own mail server.
> 
> 4. If I would get a Gmail account from someone who is pimping one, would
> that make me their Gmail Ho?
> 
> 
> Matt Pusateri
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