g-mail

[sacajaweeda]

Everybody I sent e-mail to using my g-mail account had to go dig it out of their trash folder because most ISPs filter it as junk mail so I just said to ******* hell with g-mail and gave it up.

It seemed cool at first though. Before I discovered how sucky it was, that is. Then it was just, well, sucky.

[jimmalenko]

I *still* think it's the best of the free ones.

[Guest]

what are the largest attachments u can receive?

[jimmalenko]

For GMailFS the limit is 10MB chunks, so I'd assume the file receive limit is that too.

[yoda313]

Hello,


6 gmail invites

Just pm me for them

I probably had them sooner but I haven't really used my gmail account yet....

Kevin

[jimmalenko]

6 gmail invites

Ditto. PM me with your email address if you want one

[shelbyGT]

i've got 6 as well..... when are they just gonna open it up to public sign up?

[Faustus]

Invites flow like water at this point. Pretty much anyone who wants in and isn't totally internet anti social can get it. Heck I got in a goodly while back and I know very few people online (other then here of course)

[jimmalenko]

UPDATE:

5 left

[aanaravs]

6 left.

[ChrisX]

Getting a Gmail account is an invitation for heaps of spam. This is true and too much of it.

It the worse since I first got a Hotmail account years ago.

Currently, I am unable login into two of my Gmail accounts and now as useless.

I have contacted Gmail of this problem as I can't even send any messages to the Gmail addresses either.

ChrisX

[shelbyGT]

ChrisX:

I get MAYBE 1 spam a day in my gmail account and it goes straight to the spam folder. I am sorry you have had problems, but your account is not reflective of the whole.

[shoozleboy]

ChrisX:

I get MAYBE 1 spam a day in my gmail account and it goes straight to the spam folder. I am sorry you have had problems, but your account is not reflective of the whole.

Ditto here... I get very little spam at all... a lot less than my home email addy and I don't even use that one for any signups or anything, so I don't know how I get so much on that one.

But yeah, my Gmail account has had very little spam at all, and when it does get it, it has been 100% on with putting it in the Spam folder...

[ChrisX]

ChrisX:

I get MAYBE 1 spam a day in my gmail account and it goes straight to the spam folder. I am sorry you have had problems, but your account is not reflective of the whole.

I get heaps of spams in a couple of Gmail addresses and couple more I am unable to access due to some kind of server error.

I can't access email or send a message into at all. Too bad, Gmail not all good. I have contacted Gmail to complain and yet to hear from them.

Looks as though I will need to delete the offending Gmail addresses by NYE.

Gmail doesn't have a really good spam filter as far as email forwarding your messages goes into where you want to go into.

It collects the spams with it. Yes, it does email forward and deliver all messages including the spams to your other address.

This makes no difference as in the spam folder and I can still receive the junk at the email forwarding address.

This is like an infection from another email address.

My Yahoo email address does detect as spam from Gmail too.

It goes straight into the Bulk folder as junk.

This is why I am using Hotmail to block the spams and for Gmail to trash automatically after receiving and before getting to me.

Gmail is as problems to me.

The best advice is to use an unknown or hard to guess alias when creating a new Gmail address.

Otherwise the spams can track your email address by harvesting or scanning on the Internet.

For an alias in the address, best not to use a word in the dictionary, a common name and best to include a number or two into @gmail.com or whatever.

I have found using ‘John’ as a magnet for spams and this one as an example of getting problems.

Even having dot into the address doesn't stop the spams from getting to me. This makes no difference.

Anyway, the one good about Gmail is free to have at no cost.

I just created another one to replace the problem Gmail addresses.

ChrisX

[slimmx]

Invites flow like water at this point. Pretty much anyone who wants in and isn't totally internet anti social can get it. Heck I got in a goodly while back and I know very few people online (other then here of course)

I bought mine on ebay a couple of months ago for a buck.

I still have 5 invites left. PM me if you want one.

[Heywould3]

BTW i have 6 invites left also.. funny thing is.. i havent used my gmail once yet but i have 45 spam in my box lol.. atleast it filters it for ya.

anyway.. PM if you would like one gmail not spam :P

[bazooka]

I have yet to use my g-mail box.

[Guest]

I originally set up my yahoo account for spam.I used it exclucively for years now.I like the web based format. Still have your mail if you get a meltdown.I like gmail even better and am slowly crossing over.I love the 10mb attachment feature.

[slimmx]

I use my nyc.rr.com (road runner) account for all my important mail and I have not recieved one spam email once yet in 4 years.