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Hi Kalyanaraman, I request u 2 plz invite me to open an account on Gmail... name:Rakesh Jaiswal email ID:rakesh_mmmec@yahoo.co.in plz help me... Thanx
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I am surprised we haven't had a thread about this here until now. When gmail first came out, remember how everyone was madly pursuing getting an invitation? And now, everyone has an account, some have 2-3 accounts and everyone has lots of invites So a gmail invite is not a big deal any longer. I am also pretty sure that only a very low percentage of people who signed up actually use it regularly. Of course, there are the few people who are still die-hard gmail evangelists. But for the rest of us, gmail's interface is unnatural for regular email usage. That threaded discussion view might be nice the first time, but it's hard to efficiently sort your mail using that sort of an interface. I bet gmail marketing is thinking hard how to solve the issue. My guess at the % of gmail account holders who actively use it would be 10-15%, not much more than that. Nish
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When I found the forwarding options in gmail I thought "great - I can give out my gmail address as a public address, and be safe in the knowledge that google will filter out all the spam" Sadly it seems that email gets forwarded before the spam filter is applied, so it just ended up me getting lots of forwarded spam I don't think I've advertised my gmail account anywhere, and it's already getting spam, so looks like the spammers are already bombarding every combination of letters and numbers to find valid gmail addresses -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Phoenix Paint - back from DPaint's ashes!
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When I found the forwarding options in gmail I thought "great - I can give out my gmail address as a public address, and be safe in the knowledge that google will filter out all the spam" Sadly it seems that email gets forwarded before the spam filter is applied, so it just ended up me getting lots of forwarded spam I don't think I've advertised my gmail account anywhere, and it's already getting spam, so looks like the spammers are already bombarding every combination of letters and numbers to find valid gmail addresses -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Phoenix Paint - back from DPaint's ashes!
benjymous wrote: I don't think I've advertised my gmail account anywhere, and it's already getting spam, so looks like the spammers are already bombarding every combination of letters and numbers to find valid gmail addresses Same here. I've not given my gmail address out publically, but over the last couple of weeks, the spam has started creeping in.
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I am surprised we haven't had a thread about this here until now. When gmail first came out, remember how everyone was madly pursuing getting an invitation? And now, everyone has an account, some have 2-3 accounts and everyone has lots of invites So a gmail invite is not a big deal any longer. I am also pretty sure that only a very low percentage of people who signed up actually use it regularly. Of course, there are the few people who are still die-hard gmail evangelists. But for the rest of us, gmail's interface is unnatural for regular email usage. That threaded discussion view might be nice the first time, but it's hard to efficiently sort your mail using that sort of an interface. I bet gmail marketing is thinking hard how to solve the issue. My guess at the % of gmail account holders who actively use it would be 10-15%, not much more than that. Nish
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Speak for yourself - I use gmail on a daily basis and it is leaps and bounds ahead of any other web mailer I have used. I love threading and the labels works great - I was suspicious of them at first, but once you have created a few rules, they are very useful. I don't see anything unnatural about the UI whatsoever - I like how it groups replies and it is, IMHO, a killer feature.
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I am surprised we haven't had a thread about this here until now. When gmail first came out, remember how everyone was madly pursuing getting an invitation? And now, everyone has an account, some have 2-3 accounts and everyone has lots of invites So a gmail invite is not a big deal any longer. I am also pretty sure that only a very low percentage of people who signed up actually use it regularly. Of course, there are the few people who are still die-hard gmail evangelists. But for the rest of us, gmail's interface is unnatural for regular email usage. That threaded discussion view might be nice the first time, but it's hard to efficiently sort your mail using that sort of an interface. I bet gmail marketing is thinking hard how to solve the issue. My guess at the % of gmail account holders who actively use it would be 10-15%, not much more than that. Nish
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Nishant S wrote: When gmail first came out, remember how everyone was madly pursuing getting an invitation? And now, everyone has an account, some have 2-3 accounts and everyone has lots of invites So a gmail invite is not a big deal any longer. But that's the point. Six degrees. Everyone you know that wanted one has one, and the mystique of giving out free accounts no longer exists. Does that mean gmail is somehow less popular now? No, it just means that the gmail craze has passed through the circle of people that you hang out with. Nishant S wrote: I am also pretty sure that only a very low percentage of people who signed up actually use it regularly. Is this intuition, from what your friends say, or what? Nishant S wrote: But for the rest of us, gmail's interface is unnatural for regular email usage. Speak for yourself. I think the UI is easy to use. Nishant S wrote: but it's hard to efficiently sort your mail using that sort of an interface. Huh. I think it's great. Nishant S wrote: My guess at the % of gmail account holders who actively use it would be 10-15% Regardless of percentages, my guess is that the actual number of gmail users is probably quite high. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing
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[edit] Well, apparently you have to log in in order to view help. Anyway, you can check your Gmail messages with POP. Look under the Help section for settings. [/edit]
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I am surprised we haven't had a thread about this here until now. When gmail first came out, remember how everyone was madly pursuing getting an invitation? And now, everyone has an account, some have 2-3 accounts and everyone has lots of invites So a gmail invite is not a big deal any longer. I am also pretty sure that only a very low percentage of people who signed up actually use it regularly. Of course, there are the few people who are still die-hard gmail evangelists. But for the rest of us, gmail's interface is unnatural for regular email usage. That threaded discussion view might be nice the first time, but it's hard to efficiently sort your mail using that sort of an interface. I bet gmail marketing is thinking hard how to solve the issue. My guess at the % of gmail account holders who actively use it would be 10-15%, not much more than that. Nish
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I don't use it, but why would gmail marketing care to solve the problem? All the hoopla about the service did it's job, by getting more people thinking about Google beyond search engines. Why would they care if their free service was better someone elses free service? Just curious. Do they sell ad space through gmail somehow, or otherwise get revenue? BW
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Speak for yourself - I use gmail on a daily basis and it is leaps and bounds ahead of any other web mailer I have used. I love threading and the labels works great - I was suspicious of them at first, but once you have created a few rules, they are very useful. I don't see anything unnatural about the UI whatsoever - I like how it groups replies and it is, IMHO, a killer feature.
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Hi Jon, I would like to have an account on Gmail as I'm interested in this new way of free email stuff... I request you to plz invite me for the same... Name:Rakesh Jaiswal e-mail ID:rakesh_mmmec@yahoo.co.in Thanks & Regards, Rakesh
Hi Rakesh, Do you still need one?
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Speak for yourself - I use gmail on a daily basis and it is leaps and bounds ahead of any other web mailer I have used. I love threading and the labels works great - I was suspicious of them at first, but once you have created a few rules, they are very useful. I don't see anything unnatural about the UI whatsoever - I like how it groups replies and it is, IMHO, a killer feature.
I use mine to get Yahoo group email messages. It keeps them nice and threaded for me and I don't have to worry about deleting them. I know that they are all on the Yahoo servers too but sometimes its nicer to have them in a different system. Steve Maier, MCSD MCAD
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Speak for yourself - I use gmail on a daily basis and it is leaps and bounds ahead of any other web mailer I have used. I love threading and the labels works great - I was suspicious of them at first, but once you have created a few rules, they are very useful. I don't see anything unnatural about the UI whatsoever - I like how it groups replies and it is, IMHO, a killer feature.
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