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06/21/2004 11:48:18 PM · #26 |
My brother hooked me up with a gmail invite last week. Webmail is kind of silly for me though since I POP3 and Outlook beat any web mail interface.
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06/21/2004 11:51:19 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by langdon:
My brother hooked me up with a gmail invite last week. Webmail is kind of silly for me though since I POP3 and Outlook beat any web mail interface. |
We have to use Outlook Express here at home, we have Outlook installed, but it doesn't work with our cable provider. -_- *shrugs* We all (my parents & I) use Yahoo! because we travel often enough that it's not worth it to have to have a laptop or something to get to our e-mail.
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06/21/2004 11:56:20 PM · #28 |
| I was talking about the sign-in page which has zero adds. But obviously you signed in to a Yahoo e-mail account. I see one or two ads on some pages, mostly none, because of Hosts file. There are just spaces with the familiar "This page cannot be found notice" or an empty box with the word "advertisement" in it. |
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06/21/2004 11:58:04 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by coolhar:
I was talking about the sign-in page which has zero adds. But obviously you signed in to a Yahoo e-mail account. I see one or two ads on some pages, mostly none, because of Hosts file. There are just spaces with the familiar "This page cannot be found notice" or an empty box with the word "advertisement" in it. |
*nods* I know you were, but Gordon wasn't. What's "Hosts file"? I usually only get that if I'm at school and the firewall stops ads from showing up.
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06/22/2004 12:10:28 AM · #30 |
Hosts file is a way to block ads using Windows own features instead of downloading an ad blocking program. Very easy and works great. You can read about it here: Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
I use a little freeware program called Hosts Editor from MyDesktopHelp.Com |
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06/23/2004 06:04:35 PM · #31 |
| Got an e-mail asking me to bump this thread. And yes, it does work with Win XP, at least with my Home Ed. |
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06/23/2004 06:25:16 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by bestagents:
If this was done to your phone conversations or regular mail we'd all be screaming. |
//www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4656.shtml |
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06/25/2004 06:03:02 AM · #33 |
Its more hype than it is functionality. Just another marketing scheme.
But in a way I'm glad google decided to do it. At least it raises the bar on what 'free' stands for on the internet. I wonder how providers like hotmail (2mb limit) will react to this.
In the meantime, I'll be enjoying my more-than-enough 100mb webmail with Yahoo!
~S
PS: Here's a good laugh: //www.gmailswap.com/ |
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06/25/2004 06:21:46 AM · #34 |
I don't get it. It's a friggin email account! I get the best of both world, I have a IMAP server at home. But then I am a geek.
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06/25/2004 06:50:51 AM · #35 |
I'm a slave to the hype.
I just bought three invitations to Gmail on ebay for $3.
Someone please give me a favor and take my wallet away from me and slap me in the head with it...
Edit: mis-spell. (its 4 am here!)
Message edited by author 2004-06-25 06:52:10. |
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06/25/2004 10:14:34 AM · #36 |
Originally posted by Salar:
At least it raises the bar on what 'free' stands for on the internet. I wonder how providers like hotmail (2mb limit) will react to this.
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Hotmail upped their base limit to 250Mb now.
The google interface is pretty clean, certainly more pleasing than yahoo or hotmail, which is in keeping with the rest of the google site.
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