Re: Bruce, gmail
- From: <ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:10:51 -0500
Awesome response.
I reallya ppreciate people takingthetime to explain what they mean rather
than the brief vague stuff.
Well done, Bruce.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: Bruce, gmail
> I've gotta stop writing cryptic messages that don't explain themselves.
> <GRIN> What I mean is that what Google does is have bots searching through
> the contents of your e-mail for key words and so on, and then the
> advertising it gives you is targetted based on the results of those
> searches. They say no human will ever read these messages, but just to be
> on the safe side, I wouldn't use it for sensitive e-mail. On the other
> hand, if something is truly private and confidential, what with e-mail
> being what it is, I wouldn't use e-mail for it anyway. Hope this helps.
>
> Bruce
>
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> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, TerriLynne wrote:
>
> > Hi Bruce,
> > Will you please tell me, what is search-and-spam e-mail? And,
specifically,
> > to what are you referring when you say non-sensitive e-mail? I have an
> > invitation for a GMail account, and your message raises doubts in my
mind.
> >
> > Thanks much,
> >
> > TerriLynne
> >
> >
> >
> > Bruce Toews wrote:
> > It's the free ad-supported search-and-spam e-mail from Google that
> > everyone's talking about, with a gig of space offered per account. A
great
> > idea for non-sensitive e-mail.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
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