[muglo] Re: Gmail?


> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:40:21 -0500, Ilbert Walker <walker> wrote:
> 
>> Anybody out there who is using gMail yet ?
> 
> Yep
> 
>> How are you finding it ?
> 
> Excellent, after you get used to the slightly different way of
> thinking about e-mail.
> 
>> Problems with Spam, viruses, ?
> 
> No spam. Viruses only affect Windows users dumb enough to download
> them anyway ;).
> 
>> Ads are annoying ?
> 
> Ads are EXCELLENT. I can't say this enough but the "ads" are a "value
> added" feature. The paid for ones (bold) are a hit-n-miss proposition
> -- I don't usually find them overly information/helpful but the
> "freebies" (non-bold) are often excellent. I regularly learn about new
> things that way and oftentimes find that I've heard about something
> the moment it hits the web.
> 
>> Privacy issues -  Homeland Security - Big Brother tracking what's in your
>> emails?
> 
> Homeland Security will have access to anything that passes through a
> US server/relay which means pretty much anything that is international
> in nature will inevitably pass through the US, and, quite often you'll
> find that accessing domestic sites/e-mail/etc. will require a trip
> into the US and back rather than Canada-Canada.
> 
> Privacy issues are a red herring. There was a lot of hoopla early on
> about how Google was going to be spying on your e-mail and it was
> going to be placed on the web for everyone to see. This was empty
> scarmongering, probably fueled by Microsoft's Hotmail or Yahoo's Mail
> services (pure speculation). GMail has as strong a, if not a stronger
> privacy policy regarding the use and storage of e-mail than the other
> "free" and "not-so-free" web e-mail services.
> 
> FYI E-mail is actually the property of your mail server as long as
> it's stored on their hardware.
> 
> Eric.
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Thanks Eric  - for your detailed feedback  for consideration

Ilbert 


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