Re: Bruce, gmail
- From: Bruce Toews <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:42:08 -0600 (CST)
Thanks. Someone very correctly pointed out recently that I have been using
a lot of cryptic one-line responses lately. I looked at my sent-mail
folder, realized she was quite correct, and have made an effort to change
this ... not always with complete success.
Bruce
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 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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