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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 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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If you don't log into your account for 9 months you lose it apparantly. I don't think google is really worried, as gmail is still in "beta" :-) Regardz Colin J Davies Attention: It's finally arrived, The worlds first DSP.
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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'm inclined to agree. Personally, I don't see much value in the product other than the lack of any need ever to delete an email. It offers nothing new, is a bit of a PITA to use, and is bound to eventually attract spammers who use random character generators on a domain to flood our accounts with trash. One thing I haven't yet discovered, though, is whether there is an interface to collect POP3 mails automatically using the standard email clients most of us use. Having to actually visit the site to check mail makes it fairly useless to me. I probably should look into that in greater depth, but somehow I never get around to it. "If it's Snowbird season, why can't we shoot them?" - Overheard in a bar in Bullhead City
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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 got one and never used it. I don't really care about deleted messages and using outlook is just much easier. It's frustrating being a genius and living the life of a moron!!!
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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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Well, I am one from the opposite camp. I use gmail regularly and I like most of the features they provide. Especially labels, archiving and threaded-discussions. I know it might be only me who likes these things but the truth is that I am practically shifting from my YahooMail(which was my commonly used web email) and Hotmail(which I have only kept for MSN Messenger) to GMail. Threaded discussions, to me, do provide a very easy way to track all the things related to a particular message etc. Still Alone in this beautiful world :( My Articles
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I'm inclined to agree. Personally, I don't see much value in the product other than the lack of any need ever to delete an email. It offers nothing new, is a bit of a PITA to use, and is bound to eventually attract spammers who use random character generators on a domain to flood our accounts with trash. One thing I haven't yet discovered, though, is whether there is an interface to collect POP3 mails automatically using the standard email clients most of us use. Having to actually visit the site to check mail makes it fairly useless to me. I probably should look into that in greater depth, but somehow I never get around to it. "If it's Snowbird season, why can't we shoot them?" - Overheard in a bar in Bullhead City
[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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Well, I am one from the opposite camp. I use gmail regularly and I like most of the features they provide. Especially labels, archiving and threaded-discussions. I know it might be only me who likes these things but the truth is that I am practically shifting from my YahooMail(which was my commonly used web email) and Hotmail(which I have only kept for MSN Messenger) to GMail. Threaded discussions, to me, do provide a very easy way to track all the things related to a particular message etc. Still Alone in this beautiful world :( My Articles
Like you I'm a fan of GMail. I moved from Outlook to it. Quite simply it is better. Regardz Colin J Davies Attention: It's finally arrived, The worlds first DSP.
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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 agree with you on this. May be its a mind set people who are introduced to email the gmail way would probably find it more intutive, but after using other mail clients for so many years, I'm finding it difficult. Anyway, I use my pop account to get stuff and read it happily in outlook :-), I guess I'm still using it 'cause its a bit faster and hassle free than others.
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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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My ArticlesHi 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
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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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My ArticlesHey, Can u plz invite me to open the account as i'm having profound interest in Gmail. Name:Rakesh Jaiswal email-ID:rakesh_mmmec@yahoo.co.in 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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I use gmail and like it. I think google has the resources to make gmail into a general standard, to something everybody uses. Already now I think it is easier for me to remember peoples email when I only need to add gmail.com to their name. jhaga --------------------------------- Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854
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I agree with you on this. May be its a mind set people who are introduced to email the gmail way would probably find it more intutive, but after using other mail clients for so many years, I'm finding it difficult. Anyway, I use my pop account to get stuff and read it happily in outlook :-), I guess I'm still using it 'cause its a bit faster and hassle free than others.
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 use gmail and like it. I think google has the resources to make gmail into a general standard, to something everybody uses. Already now I think it is easier for me to remember peoples email when I only need to add gmail.com to their name. jhaga --------------------------------- Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854
Yeah, I think gmail is the evolution of email. :-) I wonder what happened to fmail though. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies Attention: It's finally arrived, The worlds first DSP.
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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
There is a forum for this kind of request so that the other forums don't get polluted with requests for gmail accounts: http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?forumid=100063[^]
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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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Like you I'm a fan of GMail. I moved from Outlook to it. Quite simply it is better. Regardz Colin J Davies Attention: It's finally arrived, The worlds first DSP.
ColinDavies wrote: Like you I'm a fan of GMail. Me too. I like it because I use several computers so it makes it easy for me to check my mail wherever I am.
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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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My ArticlesNice! The auto-configuration tool works great.:-D Thanks, Jon. "If it's Snowbird season, why can't we shoot them?" - Overheard in a bar in Bullhead City