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Harry and Ginny _ General discussion _ Anyone Want A Gmail Account?

Posted by: Elenarda Sep 5 2004, 04:19 PM

I've got some up for grabs - I need a name and an email address and I'll send you an invite if you want one.

Imogen

Posted by: bart Sep 5 2004, 05:07 PM

And when Imogen runs out....

I have 6 to give away!

Posted by: Goatman Sep 5 2004, 05:30 PM

what's gmail????

i hope im not just ignorant

Posted by: bart Sep 5 2004, 05:42 PM

take a look http://www.gmail.com.

Posted by: QuickHare Sep 5 2004, 05:46 PM

A helpful guide to http://gmail.google.com can be found http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/about.html.

It's basically a new service from Google which has 1000Mb (1Gb) of storage space and no ads. The main difference between this service and others is that messages are not shown as you'd expect, they are grouped and you search for them as if they were web searches. Google believes you shouldn't have to delete old emails, just archive. That way, you never lose a piece of mail.
At the moment, it's being Beta'd, meaning it's being tested by the public. As they work things out, new features become available, but it's not yet ready for full use by the public. That means they can't let just anyone sign up, so they let users to invite other people. This lets Gmail to limit the numbers of users.

Currently they are being sold on http://www.ebay.com for a high price by existing users, so Imogen's offer is a great one.

Edited to add: Prices seem to be $9.99 for one invite!

Posted by: Elenarda Sep 5 2004, 07:16 PM

That's two of mine gone thus far. Any more takers? 4 more here for anyone who wants them

Imogen

Posted by: hockeygod Sep 6 2004, 01:25 AM

If I ask really nicely and behave myself, can I have one?

Posted by: bart Sep 6 2004, 03:48 PM

yours is on the way HG

Darren

Posted by: hershey Sep 6 2004, 05:10 PM

If there are any left I would like one please.

Hershey

Posted by: bart Sep 6 2004, 05:19 PM

Just PM me your current email and what you would like before the @gmail.com bit and it shall be yours!

Posted by: QuickHare Sep 6 2004, 05:22 PM

I don't know how popular these invites are, but I have a constant supply to give away. If anyone wants one, PM/email me your first name, last name and email address to send your invite to.

Posted by: Drie Sep 7 2004, 03:57 PM

Thanks, QH. Very cool!

Posted by: SparkyNJ76 Sep 8 2004, 11:31 PM

Can I also ask for one of the available Gmails? SOunds like a great service, and you guys are awesome for offering them Thanks

Sparky

Posted by: QuickHare Sep 9 2004, 12:12 PM

Sparky:
I know you joined about 9 or 10 months ago, but this seems to be your first post. Feel free to join in on any discussion and you're always welcome here. If you need further help, you may wish to contact myself, Imogen, Bart or any other regular here and we'll help you out. We're nice like that. Everyone at Elenarda is. But from reading around, you've probably guessed that...

And by now you've probably spotted your Private Message (PM)! If not, you can http://www.elenarda.com/forum/index.php?act=Msg&CODE=01 to maybe get them or click the "1 new message" at the top of the screen to go to your Inbox. Within the message is a question about what I need to send you an invite.

Posted by: SparkyNJ76 Sep 9 2004, 10:52 PM

It's true that I've not posted anything previously. I basically had joined and then forgotten about signing up, untill recently Oops. I've seen the Check in topic, and will be leaving a quick word there, also.

Thanks again, you're all great

Sparky

Posted by: Elenarda Sep 10 2004, 04:26 PM

I've still got 6 up for grabs. I got rid of the last lot and they've given me more

Posted by: hockeygod Mar 25 2006, 07:31 PM

And I have 99 to give away, so there is no shortage of G-mail invites, if anyone wants or needs one. By the way, it is now 2 gigs of storage.

Posted by: Willow Apr 14 2006, 02:11 PM

Just dropped in to say thanks for this thread because it's made me realise i have 41 unread messages on my gmail account
Hmph, looks like im going to have to wade through them all. Although i think half of them will be myspace comments, because yes. I have a myspace.