Re: GMAIL Invites..!
On 11 Sep 2004 09:17:51 -0700
Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> wrote:
> Johann Koenig <explosive@hvc.rr.com> writes:
>
> > On Saturday September 11 at 09:43am
> > kernel <kernel.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > GMail
> >
> > Google is very clever, they get other people to send out their SPAM
>
> I suggest that we start a new debian list called
> debian-spam-gmail_invites.
>
> I am amazed that so many people are actually begging to sign up with a
> company that plans to scan all incoming mail and sell the information
> to advertisers. Quite a contrast with the usual security viewpoint
> of the others on this list.
>
> Did it occur to anybody that the previous problems with gmail delays
> might have been deliberate? This mailing list won't be of any
> interest to their advertisers, so it would be in their best
> (financial) interest to discourage these kinds of mailing lists.
> --
I agree 100%. It's a gimmick. Why do I need 1 GB of email space?
I've got hundreds of GBs right here on my PC and on the family mail
server using SSL Google search is good for open source, but that doesn't
mean I'm falling for Gmail.
Craig Jackson
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