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    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

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    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

OT: Anyone want Gmail?

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I know it's off topic, but I figured I'd offer it to my friends, so here you are. If anyone wants a Gmail account, let me know. I'll send the invite right away.

Take care
 
Manhattan Herps said:
Rob, what exactly is "Gmail"? lol
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Thats the new free e-mail that the google guys started, to compete with hotmail, yahoo, etc., right now I guess it's still in the "invite only" stage, for testing, I guess. I heard when it was coming out that they actually scan the contents of the e-mail, so that they can send you "pertinent" advertisements. Haven't tried it myself, don't know how invasive it is.
 
Oh, I'm sorry....

Gmail is Google's somewhat-new free email service. It's much like hotmail, yahoo mail, or any of the others, but I (and many others) believe it's better. They give you 1GB of storage, which is more than most or all of the others, and the interface is very nice and well thought out. It is invitation only, because it's still in 'beta', but seems to be pretty near completion.

I'll just need your email address for anyone who wants to sign up.

You can read more here - Gmail Info
 
reptilebreeder said:
I heard when it was coming out that they actually scan the contents of the e-mail, so that they can send you "pertinent" advertisements. Haven't tried it myself, don't know how invasive it is.
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All of the email services are scanned by their host companies. Gmail simply puts a few targeted text ads on the right side of the screen while you're looking at your emails. It's not as annoying as a flashing banner on the top or sides of the screen as on the other services. It's about as bad as when you do a search for 'leopard gecko' on google and two text ads, ebay and reptilecaremagazine.com are displayed on the right side of the screen.

As far as invasiveness, your email is scanned all over the place, for viruses, spam, and content....and it's all done with computers, not some geek behind a screen reading your email. If you've got issues with any person or system seeing what you're doing, you're probably not using a browser-based free email service in the first place.

Here's their privacy policy.
 
Rob,
Thanks for answering about the advertising issue, I knew it wasn't some geek checking every e-mail :laugh: , just didn't know how "intrusive" it was, sounds no worse than any of the others, maybe even a bit more tolerable than the big banner ads. I'd like to give it a try
imsilentjohn "at" aol.com
Thanks
John
 
Anyone Else?

There's been an awful lot of negativity on this forum lately. Here's something we all like - FREE stuff. Most people know what Gmail is, but if not, check this out.

If you're interested, I still have a seemingly endless supply of invites in my gmail account. Simply post your email address on here or PM me with it and I'll send the invite as soon as I get it.

Now, someone try to start an argument over this one :raspberry
 
Herpcam said:
Now, someone try to start an argument over this one :raspberry
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Okay. I find it rather rude that you would offer this opportunity only here on the leopard gecko discussion forum. Seems a little biased to me. Maybe you could have posted it on the computers forum or somewhere not species-specific. Geez...

lol... just kidding :raspberry I'd definitely be interested in checking it out, especially since hotmail has been such a jerk lately. (maybe that's why I'm a little edgy..)

yukondenali AT hotmail.com
 
so Gmail is a free service where they keep track of all the emails ever composed or sent to a Gmail account? why would you want to make your private emails available to the public? what about account confirmation emails and password recovery emails?
 
If he runs out of invites, you can get them on eBay for a few cents (.01-.20). That's where I got mine. Just search "gmail." I never use it, but it is pretty neat.
 
diablohogs said:
so Gmail is a free service where they keep track of all the emails ever composed or sent to a Gmail account? why would you want to make your private emails available to the public? what about account confirmation emails and password recovery emails?
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Not quite. Yes it's free, just like Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, MyOwnEmail, etc. Yes, there is not a need for you to delete any emails, because you have 2GB storage and you can archive, assign keywords, and search (with Google, the best search engine around) your email. However, you can delete them if you wish. As you may (or may not) know, you can never guarantee your email is completely deleted, no matter which service you use, assuming you use a web-based email service. There is always a chance (or likelihood) that there is a record on a server somewhere, so don't use your real-name account to do illegal stuff, or cheat on your significant other, etc. Law enforcement can always get into computer and internet records if they have probable cause and a search warrant.

Gmail does scan your email for keywords, though, which is how they target for keyword ads, as you find on Google search results on the right side. This is a machine doing this, so don't worry about Geeky VonSchmidt over at google reading your email about incontinence and hand-coding Depends ads onto your screen. This is a subject of much discussion across the net, because many people say its an invasion of privacy. Well, if you're using a web-based email client, and actually sending unencrypted email over the net in general, you can't be too concerned with privacy in the first place.

As far as your email being available to the public - this couldn't be farther from the truth. The google search capabilities are in my email account only, not something anyone can go into at www.google.com and check out my email.

Bottom line for me is it's a lot less cluttered with banner ads than my Hotmail account, provides more storage than I'll probably ever need, and has a great interface that is being constantly improved.
 
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