> 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. > _________________________________________________ > > For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on > > http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html > > Our Archives can be viewed at > > //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo > > Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: > > http://muglo.on.ca/ Thanks Eric - for your detailed feedback for consideration Ilbert _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html Our Archives can be viewed at //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/