[meteorite-list] gmails

[Jim Strope]

I usually don't give a crap about these off topic arguments but this time I 
thought I would familiarize myself with gmail by looking at the links John 
Birdsell provided.  I suggest anyone considering googles free email read 
these before signing up.  It is NOT like Yahoo mail or Hotmail.  Check out 
just one quote I lifted from John's informative links:

>>>>>"Google may have to rethink its new free email service Gmail, announced 
>>>>>a week ago. The company is offering a whopping 1Gb of free storage, but 
>>>>>scans the content of incoming email and seeds it with targeted ads.

This is forbidden, under German privacy laws, Andreas Hermann of the German 
Federal Data Protection Commission told a Hanover newspaper yesterday. In 
Germany, email, fax and phone conversations are considered to be 
confidential. Snooping on email is permitted only when substantial criminal 
activity is suspected."

>>>>>>>>>>

Jim Strope
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Glen Dale, WV  26038

http://www.catchafallingstar.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Birdsell" <birdsell at email.arizona.edu>
To: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter at comcast.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] gmails


> It is really beyond me why anyone would be trying to pawn off "Free" Gmail 
> accounts on behalf of Google. First of all nothing is "Free".  If someone 
> tells you otherwise they are lying.  Secondly, why would anyone waste 
> their time trying to promote Google unless they were a Google employee and 
> were paid to do so? I wouldn't! Thirdly, as Mike pointed out,  this is a 
> meteorite list and not a forum for promoting Google freebies. Finally, if 
> anyone bothers to take the time to perform even a perfunctory search on 
> Gmail you will find numerous reasons Not to sign up for a "Gmail" account. 
> Stop and ask yourself why Google would be offering this service for 
> "free". For instance:
>
> http://forums.techguy.org/t219388.html
>
>
> -John
>
>
>
>
> Michael Farmer wrote:
>
>> What the hell are you talking about? I am not an AOL user.
>> I am sick of reading about stupid free email accounts. This is a 
>> meteorite list.
>> If someone wants GMAIL account, let them find it themselves. I have a 
>> pile of free pet food samples to give away. Want some?
>> Michael Farmer
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Hirschmann" <jh at hirschmann.net>
>> To: <entropydave at ntlworld.com>
>> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:12 AM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] gmails
>>
>>
>>> Mike, I have also some to give away, you as a aol user stay in the aol
>>> world........    Ha, never mind.
>>>
>>>
>>> Joachim
>>>
>>>> and anyway, YOU might not want to, but there are others  who had asked
>>>> me to advise when I had more.
>>>> Just delete Mike, just delete.
>>>>
>>>> -------Original Message-------
>>>>
>>>> From: Michael Farmer
>>>> Date: 01/05/05 17:03:25
>>>> To: Dave Harris; metlist
>>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] gmails
>>>>
>>>> Why do you people keep advertising that crap.
>>>> everyone here seems to have an email account, so please, I don't want
>>>> to
>>>
>>> hear about GMAIL again.
>>>
>>>> Mike Farmer
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Dave Harris" <entropydave at ntlworld.com>
>>>> To: "metlist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:01 AM
>>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] gmails
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I suspect that you are probably all gmailed out but... I have another
>>>>> 4
>>>>
>>> gmail accts to give away!
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 1st come &c.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> best!
>>>>>
>>>>> dave
>>>>> Sec.BIMS
>>>>> IMCA #0092
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