Spymac has been the same way for a while, they just recently upped the quota to 1GB.Originally posted by Conscript
They are copycat if they offer an IDENTICAL service.
I mean, yeah, there are a lot of free e-mail places, but they're all different from features to size of the e-mail box, etc. But its obvious these people just took the google press release and implemented every single thing they found in it.
I don't doubt that.Originally posted by Conscript
Gee, I wonder what inspired them to up their quota to 1GB
Originally posted by Epgs
Wow, I can't believe they blatently stole that idea so quickly.
I can already envision dozens of people sending themselves 1Gb of mail just to test Google's limits :biggrin2:Originally posted by Conscript
My opinion is that this 1GB thing is just a marketing ploy. People will sign up for all the free space but only like 1 out of 1,000 people will actually use a significant portion of that space. It's just like the hosting scam of "unlimited" space. I bet once you start nearing your 1GB quota or using too much space and bandwidth on their e-mail servers, they'll find a way to can your account, just like many "unlimited" hosting people find ways to can people's accounts that are a drain on the resources that they are supposed to be entitled to by subscribing.
Funny you should say that.Originally posted by CareBear
I can already envision dozens of people sending themselves 1Gb of mail just to test Google's limits :biggrin2:
Gmail is Google's answer to finding a way to tie people to their search engine and brand name. The 1Gb is most definitly a marketing ploy; it would be a nightmare to manage even a thousand emails through a webbased interface.
I doubt they'll kick anyone out for using up their entire quota though, it would create too much negative publicity. Gmail doesn't have to be profitable, it just has to keep people from looking at other search alternatives in the future.
These parts specifically:Originally posted by stabme
in an article they wrote they attacked google, though... about their adsense service reading email. how the heck is it an invasion of privacy? no one reads the damn emails, and information isnt stored. even the privacy policy states that. but morons, idiots, and aholes find it SO HARD to understand that things can be done automatedly with scripts and programs--why?
This part apparantly goes against European privacy laws which supposidly state that a consumer should have full control over their personal communication, that no copy should remain after it's been deleted by the user and that you should have full control over whether or not you want your email scanned in any form.residual copies of email may remain on our systems for some time, even after you have deleted messages from your mailbox or after the termination of your account.
Even if your email is long gone, there would be a record of which ads were displayed to you in response to which words that were in your email and whether or not you actually clicked on the ad.We also may collect information about the use of your account, such as how much storage you are using, how often you log in and other information related to your registration and use of Gmail. Information displayed or clicked on in your Gmail account (including UI elements, ads, links, and other information) is also recorded.
Meaning that they could use a cookie to link your email account or identity to any searches you perform on google itself.Google may share cookie information among its other services for the purpose of providing you a better experience.
i think the purpose of collecting this is merely for survey. to see what a public opinion might be, etc. as google is a service starting from stanford, they might be also collecting information and sending it to stanford or to a db for research info. (plus theres many researchers working for google)Information displayed or clicked on in your Gmail account (including UI elements, ads, links, and other information) is also recorded.