So, I have a gmail account...

[Novembers Paul]

I was sent an invite, and I set up a gmail account. Other then the 1 gig of storage, im not sure why all the hype. If it's just for 1 gig of email storage, hell, spymac.com gives away free email accounts with 1 gig of storage for a few months now.

Anyone else have a gmail account, and what do you think?

 

[lizard]

haven't used it enough yet...but this invite thing is a stroke of genuis right before the IPO...

 

[avi]

it's okay. the threaded grouping of emails is both good and bad, so I'm undecided. I like folders, so hopefully they'll incorporate that later.

 

[chupe666]

yahoo just went up to 100 megs for free, and i didn't have to change addresses.
that'll suit me fine until i fill it.

 

[xfer]

i dumped yahoo and got my own damn webspace.

 

[FalseTodd]

i love the threaded conversations, it actually encourages me to write more email, which is an awesome thing cause I'm usually so lazy about it. I give it a thumbs up.

 

[AndICried]

Are none of you concerned about the privacy issues with gmail? I know some people may be taking too cynical a stance, but I think it's an issue that one should take into serious consideration.

 

[xfer]

Did we already have this discussio here, or am I thinking about other boards?

I don't see a single privacy issue with gmail that doesn't exist with every other mail place.

 

[AndICried]

I can't remember where it was that I first read about gmail; it may have been here.

I acknowledge that the majority of information I've received has been quite one sided, but do you know to what extent Microsoft and other free mail service companies build "profiles" for your IP address, and how long they store gathered information in comparison to google?

 

[xfer]

I can't specifically compare, but if Hotmail stores gathered information for a year and G-mail for 18 months, is there really a difference?

The salient issue involves google's "scanning" of e-mails, which is actually done by Hotmail and Yahoo and everyone else--Google just uses the information to feed you different ads. If there were a worse reason, I think that it would have been cited/uncovered by Microsoft when they launched their panicked anti-G-mail campaign. and yet they just cited the "scanning" thing, knowing that most Internet users would not realise it's not significantly different from what Hotmail does.