Gmail invite

Posted by: Phoenix42

Gmail invite - 19/08/2004 10:53

As I got my invite and some others from here, I am retruning the favour.
PM me an e-mail address.

Posted by: lectric

Re: Gmail invite - 19/08/2004 22:12

I will say that I find it odd that I got 1 invite a month ago, and none else.

Posted by: RobotCaleb

Re: Gmail invite - 19/08/2004 22:42

heh. im sitting on about 8

Posted by: loren

Re: Gmail invite - 19/08/2004 23:52

ditto. can't give em away!

Posted by: Attack

Re: Gmail invite - 20/08/2004 00:46

well since everyone is in a giving mood, [email protected]

Thanks in advance

Posted by: lectric

Re: Gmail invite - 20/08/2004 01:00

Then can someone send one to jamie(at)kenner.la.us? He's a cow-orker that would appreciate it. And so would I, it'd get him off my back.

Posted by: bonzi

Re: Gmail invite - 23/08/2004 10:12

Actually, I think one would come handy after all, if you still have any left (bonzi[at]email[dot]htnet[dot]hr). Thanks!

BTW, hi, everybody, long time no see <waves>!

Posted by: Phoenix42

Re: Gmail invite - 23/08/2004 22:33

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-195dba1178-01d3a59f56-ac9e4c17d8

Posted by: lectric

Re: Gmail invite - 23/08/2004 22:48

How do you get the link without sending to someone?
I have 3 to post, but Dunno how.

Posted by: tman

Re: Gmail invite - 23/08/2004 22:50

You send it to yourself

Posted by: lectric

Re: Gmail invite - 23/08/2004 23:12

Hmm I thought that would screw up the name. I guess not. Back in a few....

Posted by: lectric

Re: Gmail invite - 23/08/2004 23:13

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-71f0e134cf-44557ee5f3-e51fc9f9a0
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-71f0e134cf-72db66c9d4-2f294b2314
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-71f0e134cf-6537c18a9f-333c7b29be

Posted by: tman

Re: Gmail invite - 23/08/2004 23:14

They get to choose their own name. The name you type in when you create the invite is just used as a default.

Posted by: lectric

Re: Gmail invite - 23/08/2004 23:22

Cool. Just didn't want to screw it up by trying something when I wasn't sure how it would do.

Posted by: gbeer

Three invites available - 23/08/2004 23:22

invite 1
invite 2
invite 3

Posted by: FireFox31

Re: Three invites available - 23/08/2004 23:36

I'm just shocked at how EVERY possible version of my name was taken on GMail when I used an invite I received. I mean, full first and last name with a . in between. That doesn't seem *so* common, yet every variation was taken. How long has GMail been up that they could all be gone? Or did it get hit by spammers harvesting invites and generating their own in order to create more seemingly legitimate spam accounts? And do I have any hope of getting the name I like back (besides trying it every week to see if the "owner" has gone into inactivity and the account has lapsed (... which my account probably has...))?

Posted by: lectric

Re: Three invites available - 24/08/2004 11:25

Keep in mind that it takes 9 months of activity for a gmail account to lapse.

Posted by: bonzi

Re: Gmail invite - 24/08/2004 11:47

Thanks!

Posted by: davec

Re: Three invites available - 24/08/2004 13:29

I've got one available

Posted by: gbeer

Re: Three invites available - 25/08/2004 00:13

Looks like invites 2 and 3 are taken. Assuming my bookeeping is right. I reposted the link in case I had it wrong.

invite 1 again

Posted by: Phoenix42

Re: Gmail invite - 25/08/2004 11:00

Your welcome bonzi.

Here are a few more:
ALL GONE

Posted by: gbeer

Re: Three invites available - 26/08/2004 00:29

Quote:
Looks like invites 2 and 3 are taken. Assuming my bookeeping is right. I reposted the link in case I had it wrong.

invite 1 again

Taken but here are three more

invite 4
invite 5
invite 6

Posted by: msaeger

Re: Three invites available - 26/08/2004 02:28

Here's one Link

I think there strategy is to keep going with the invitations for a while instead of just opening it up to prevent an initial flood or subscribers.

Posted by: image

Re: Three invites available - 26/08/2004 16:32

staggered deployment. IT Depts. use it all the time.

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-bd47de973a-deaa8ca455-2ef5b6e8a2
https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-bd47de973a-4a5d39da2c-32152f885d
https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-bd47de973a-d32a3ee030-0bcb46962b
https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-bd47de973a-2fb3fe4817-37eb75780d
https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-497ff82594-cd7a967628-9aba8e8d21
https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-5b48a5567f-b2cee5dbdf-77a34f9717

enjoy

Posted by: Attack

Re: Three invites available - 30/08/2004 18:26

Last 6 posted have been used so here are three more:

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-488c5afd79-2930d98826-495a01186d
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-488c5afd79-837de83fbf-4ef2350338
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-488c5afd79-1c258b2598-11f210419c

Posted by: gbeer

Re: Three invites available - 01/09/2004 00:12

Quote:

invite 4
invite 5
invite 6

all taken

I have more. gmail keeps filling the pot. This time pm me. Cause unless I miss my guess outsiders are raiding the links. At least from the names chosen it seems so.

Posted by: ricin

Re: Gmail invite - 01/09/2004 00:22

Speaking of GMail, Kevin Rose is going to be giving away a bunch of invites on Friday.

Posted by: Phoenix42

Re: Gmail invite - 03/09/2004 11:07

Anyone still in need?
Six more in my inbox this morning.

Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: Gmail invite - 03/09/2004 11:09

I am still wondering what the big deal is. Granted, I get spam like everyone else. But I really only use one personal email and one office email address. I usually download mail to my local machine, so I rarely run out of inbound space. Am I missing a major clue somewhere?

Posted by: Phoenix42

Re: Gmail invite - 03/09/2004 11:22

Well you could always snag one and see for your self.

Posted by: The Central Guy

Re: Gmail invite - 04/09/2004 04:23

I have some if any bbs members want one....Send me a PM and I'll hook you up until they're gone....Randy

Posted by: lectric

Re: Gmail invite - 04/09/2004 13:10

To me it's just handy to have an auto-filtering email account anywhere I go. The implementation of filters and labels is really nice.

Posted by: davec

Not all messages received? - 04/09/2004 15:04

Anyone ever not receive emails they know were sent to their gmail address? I've had two now that I know for sure were sent and not received. One was sent by me from a non-gmail account and another was someone I was conversing with thru email and it suddenly stopped. He said he had replied answering my question already...

Posted by: tfabris

Re: Not all messages received? - 04/09/2004 15:33

checked your spam folder?

Posted by: wfaulk

Re: Not all messages received? - 04/09/2004 15:33

I've heard reports of gmail's spam filters being overzealous.

Posted by: davec

Re: Not all messages received? - 04/09/2004 17:20

Yeah I looked in the spam folder, nothing... I had received previous emails from that person, and it would have been a reply which would have fallen under the same "conversation" in the Gmail inbox that has 7 messages in it now...
The other was a mesage from me to a mailing list, which I do have set to receive my own postings from,...
Maybe they'll show up in 40 years like those old letters through the post office do sometimes...

Posted by: bonzi

Re: Not all messages received? - 04/09/2004 17:59

Quote:
I've heard reports of gmail's spam filters being overzealous.

Slightly, perhaps 0.5% false-positive rate for me, and that for messages that do look somewhat like spam (mostly newsletters in HTML). Still, makes checking spam folder necessary. Then again, I am yet to see a spam filter where it is not. For example, well-trained K9 has perhaps 0.1% false-positive rate (which you pay for with at least 10% false-negative), and PopFile both in 1% range, in my experience. Depends on how consistent one's perception of spam is, too, of course.

Posted by: tanstaafl.

Re: Not all messages received? - 05/09/2004 03:56

Still, makes checking spam folder necessary

Which completely negates the advantages of having a spam filter at all.

You still have to plow through all your emails, except now it's a bit harder because you have to look through multiple folders.

Sigh...

tanstaafl.

Posted by: bonzi

Re: Not all messages received? - 05/09/2004 07:33

Quote:
Still, makes checking spam folder necessary

Which completely negates the advantages of having a spam filter at all.

You still have to plow through all your emails, except now it's a bit harder because you have to look through multiple folders.

I don't know, you should be right, but I somehow feel this to be more convenient, especially with a line or so of the message displayed along with subject and sender, as Gmail does. Even with a 'normal' POP3 client (e.g. OE) and decent Bayesian (sp?) filter (I switched from POPFile to K9) it seems to me faster to glance once or twice a day at spam folder and, unless I spot something familiar, delete everything in one go than to delete messages from my inbox one by one. Besides, false-positives are never 'normal' textual messages that one cares for the most, but usually HTML-formatted newsletters (e.g. the one from Java Developer's Journal I found among spam another day) which will not be missed terribly if deleted by accident.

Posted by: image

Re: Gmail invite - 10/09/2004 16:59

Posted by: image

Re: Gmail invite - 11/09/2004 07:36

geez, how many versions of acidfantasy do you need? =) not one of my friends, i'm pretty sure.

Posted by: image

Re: Gmail invite - 11/09/2004 07:44

Posted by: The Central Guy

Re: Gmail invite - 11/09/2004 12:07

Posted by: image

Re: Gmail invite - 11/09/2004 23:52

wow, looks like someone posted the links to a spanish site =)

Posted by: image

Re: Gmail invite - 14/09/2004 05:29

Posted by: ricin

Re: Gmail invite - 22/09/2004 04:11

For anyone who is still looking for invites, or looking to get rid of invites, check out the Gmail Invite Spooler.

Posted by: Phoenix42

Re: Gmail invite - 22/09/2004 11:09

Cool link Donato.