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On Gmail

June 9th, Jeremy wrote: I know I’m about a month behind, but hey, as long as I get one right? Hum.

So, a month and a half late, I finally got a Gmail account!

Gmail mini-contests have become a true hype — it’s even getting meme-ish. At PmNet only, there were two (one, two) in the past week, each giving away 5 accounts. Ten account giveaways in one week, for one user! As Patrick says:

It appears that Google is trying to crash the Gmail market by flooding it with invitations. Every time I login to my account, it seems I have more and more invitations at my disposal, and I’m starting to run out of people who would be interested in receiving them. I’m guessing that within a month, everyone who wants an account will have one, while those who really could care less will sign up once the service comes out of beta.

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Even if the bragging rights of owning a Gmail account is slowly losing its luster, it doesn’t mean I’m going to let my invitations go to waste.

Well anyway, I’m glad I finally got my hands on one. I can’t wait to check it out… (Don’t you just hate messages like Gmail is temporarily unavailable. Cross your fingers and try again in a few minutes. We’re sorry for the inconvenience?)

Update: It works! You can start spamming me now :) mathibus@gmail.com is the place. If you have a Gmail account yourself, please leave your address in the comments (email obfuscator).

Filed under Google · June 17th, 2004

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  1. flump:
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    you lucky **** :P

    is it any good?

    Comment posted on June 17th, 2004 @ 11:50 pm
  2. Jeremy S.:
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    I still have invites, and I imagine I’ll be getting more. So if anyone wants, let me know, and you’ll be on the list. :)

    Comment posted on June 18th, 2004 @ 12:20 am
  3. flump:
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    ooh add me to that list please J :)

    Comment posted on June 18th, 2004 @ 12:33 am
  4. Vitaliy:
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    I too got a Gmail account just a few days ago! :D

    Comment posted on June 18th, 2004 @ 3:00 am
  5. logtar:
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    I WANT Gmail… some day it will happen.

    Comment posted on June 18th, 2004 @ 7:08 pm
  6. Mathias:
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    flump (and anyone else who might be interested): I haven’t got any invites yet, but as soon as I have, I’ll surely give them away. Patience is a virtue. :P

    Vitaliy: Could I have your Gmail address (hey, that sounds good)?

    Comment posted on June 19th, 2004 @ 3:27 pm
  7. Simon:
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    simonclark@gmail.com

    Comment posted on June 19th, 2004 @ 5:59 pm
  8. flump:
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    thanks mathibus :P

    Comment posted on June 19th, 2004 @ 7:19 pm
  9. Lily:
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    whoa
    so did we all get the gmail accounts at about the same time?
    it’s a CONSPIRACY!
    i shouldn’t use it!

    Comment posted on June 20th, 2004 @ 8:14 am
  10. tbone2584:
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    I searched for sites on google for people giving GMail invites away. I found this site and would LOVE to get an invite. You see, I grew up in a poor neighbourhood in Canada where I had to wear the same Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles track pants to school everyday. Just last year (senior year of high school) my parents gave me a pair of jeans from the Salvation Army to me for my 25th birthday. I can only get free services online because of my low income. I currently have a hotmail account but since my computer is so low on memory (Windows 95 was given from relative) I have to store much of my work on an online source like my hotmail account. As we all know, hotmail does not have much room so I was wondering if I could get something larger, and that is when I stumbled across Gmail and just knew that it would be my savior so if you have an invite, please help a poor man in need.

    — Timmy O’Toole

    (please help me, hopefully I have made you laugh with my misfortunes)

    Comment posted on June 20th, 2004 @ 9:20 pm
  11. Lily:
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    yahoo mail has 100mb now
    hotmail sucks…

    Comment posted on June 20th, 2004 @ 10:03 pm
  12. Stuart:
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    A friend of mine offered me an account a week or so ago. She had 3 to give away. I turned her down, with thanks of course.

    Comment posted on June 20th, 2004 @ 10:35 pm
  13. Luke:
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    Gmail is sweet.

    Comment posted on June 21st, 2004 @ 6:11 am
  14. Mathias:
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    Timmy: That’s a sad story. I hope it’s not real (:???:)… But as I said in comment #6: I haven’t got any invites yet, but as soon as I have, I’ll surely give them away. If you’re really interested, keep an eye on this site.

    Lily: Hotmail sucks indeed. 2 megs only? Puh!

    Comment posted on June 21st, 2004 @ 2:39 pm
  15. Max Thrane:
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    I hate Gmail… :roll:

    Comment posted on June 22nd, 2004 @ 12:40 am
  16. flump:
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    i’ve actually got a gmail account now. and after having my pop accounts for so long, i find web mail very boring.

    also i don’t like being forced to allow google to put cookies on my system, so they can track my searches, emails etc. :/

    Comment posted on June 22nd, 2004 @ 3:29 pm
  17. ederic:
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    i got gmail, too! :)

    btw, i found your site on my friend markku’s. :)

    Comment posted on June 22nd, 2004 @ 4:52 pm
  18. Mathias:
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    flump: I find it very hard to imagine anyone hating Gmail. I mean, 1 fookin’ gigabyte! I don’t care about the privacy thing. And yes, Gmail is web mail, but it is fast as hell.

    Comment posted on June 22nd, 2004 @ 7:36 pm
  19. jiGAR:
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    hey Timmy O’Toole i am jigar
    if u desperately want a larger space and think only gmail offers u so
    open your horizons take a look at the world
    there are shitload of sites ofering 1 GB accounts
    for eg:- spymac.com rediff.com . etc,

    if anyone else reads this and is interested in signing u or needs any other information please comntact me on my e mail address

    luv
    jigar shah

    (and also if anyone has gmail invitations left please give me one too u can also contact me on jiggershah@hotmail.com )

    Comment posted on September 23rd, 2004 @ 5:47 am

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