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Snag
Sarge
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posted 04-01-2004 08:29 PM

Gmail is an experiment in a new kind of webmail, built on the idea that you should never have to delete mail and you should always be able to find the message you want. The key features are:

Search, don't sort.
Use Google search to find the exact message you want, no matter when it was sent or received.

Don't throw anything away.
1000 megabytes of free storage so you'll never need to delete another message.

Keep it all in context.
Each message is grouped with all its replies and displayed as a conversation.

No pop-up ads. No banners.
You see only relevant text ads and links to related web pages of interest.

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Acid
Sarge
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posted 04-01-2004 11:34 PM

I'm saying this is a hoax.

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Cyborg6
Sarge
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posted 04-01-2004 11:41 PM

hoax for sure, that would be illegal.

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MadHatter
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posted 04-02-2004 12:32 AM

it might be a hoax.. but google keeps saying its real..

i wonder what they will say tomorrow.

and why would it be illegal? i can set up an email account with 1 gig of space if i wanted.

[ 04-02-2004: Message edited by: MadHatter ]

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Flux
Sarge
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posted 04-02-2004 12:40 AM

Its Cyborg. Nobody takes him seriously.

I'd jump on it. I would trust that they would set up a good spam blocking system, and am sick of having different email addresses.

I wonder how long till they get their chat client services up and running. If they're smart, they'll welcome developers like Trillian and keep their network open to other clients.

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Sarge
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posted 04-02-2004 01:52 AM

www.gmail.com

I first saw the article in a major news site yesterday (Wed night)

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posted 04-02-2004 01:55 AM

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Advertisements. As consideration for using the Service, you agree and understand that Google will display ads and other information adjacent to and related to the content of your email. Gmail serves relevant ads using a completely automated process that enables Google to effectively target dynamically changing content, such as email. No human will read the content of your email in order to target such advertisements or other information without your consent, and no email content or other personally identifiable information will be provided to advertisers as part of the Service.

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posted 04-02-2004 01:58 AM

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/about.html

Pretty elaborate if it turns out to be a joke. But I think that this one is real.

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MadHatter
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