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What's so great about G-mail???
I don't understand all these "free G-mail invites". The mail I have
works just fine and I have the PRIVACY of archiving stuff on my own computer! Why on earth would I want Google to have access to my private e-mail archives? I just don't get it........ -- K. Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... As we go through life thinking heavy thoughts, thought particles tend to get caught between the ears causing truth decay- so be sure to use mental floss twice a day. -- Swami Beyondanada >,,<Cat's Haven Hobby Farm>,,<Katraatcenturyteldotnet>,,< http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:46:44 -0600, Katra wrote:
> I don't understand all these "free G-mail invites". The mail I have > works just fine and I have the PRIVACY of archiving stuff on my own > computer! Why on earth would I want Google to have access to my private > e-mail archives? One of the initial selling points wasn't that you could archive the emails with Google but that you could use Google's superior search technology to search those archives. -- -Jeff B. zoomie at fastmail dot fm |
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Yeff > wrote: > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:46:44 -0600, Katra wrote: > > > I don't understand all these "free G-mail invites". The mail I have > > works just fine and I have the PRIVACY of archiving stuff on my own > > computer! Why on earth would I want Google to have access to my private > > e-mail archives? > > One of the initial selling points wasn't that you could archive the emails > with Google but that you could use Google's superior search technology to > search those archives. Bleah. I can use my own "technology" to find whatever I need... ;-) I can search by subject, sender or date. I also have separate folders for separate categories. If I need long term storage of specific e-mails, I have Hard drive folders for those. And it keeps it all private! I just don't like the idea of Google archiving all of my PRIVATE e-mails!!! I'ts none of their friggin business and no-one can tell me it's truly secure! I'm not doing anything I need to hide, it's just the principle of the thing. What if I do cybersex with my boyfriend? I don't want anyone to have access to those mails! It's bad enough that the server has temporary access to them until I remove them. :-P -- K. Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... As we go through life thinking heavy thoughts, thought particles tend to get caught between the ears causing truth decay- so be sure to use mental floss twice a day. -- Swami Beyondanada >,,<Cat's Haven Hobby Farm>,,<Katraatcenturyteldotnet>,,< http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:02:36 -0600, Katra wrote:
> I just don't like the idea of Google archiving all of my PRIVATE > e-mails!!! I'ts none of their friggin business and no-one can tell me > it's truly secure! Unless you're encrypting all of your emails before you send them, your emails aren't private at all. You're simply trusting that someone isn't reading them along the multiple points from your computer to your recipient. I'll also bet that your email program sends your password in the clear to your ISP when you check your mail... Privacy on the Internet? You can't assume it's there - you kinda have to work at it. -- -Jeff B. zoomie at fastmail dot fm |
Katra wrote: > I'm not doing anything I need to hide, it's just the principle of the > thing. What if I do cybersex with my boyfriend? Don't worry Katra - Sheldon is not a "kiss and tell" type of bloke ;---p -- Best Greg |
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Yeff > wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:02:36 -0600, Katra wrote: > > > I just don't like the idea of Google archiving all of my PRIVATE > > e-mails!!! I'ts none of their friggin business and no-one can tell me > > it's truly secure! > > Unless you're encrypting all of your emails before you send them, your > emails aren't private at all. You're simply trusting that someone isn't > reading them along the multiple points from your computer to your > recipient. > > I'll also bet that your email program sends your password in the clear to > your ISP when you check your mail... > > Privacy on the Internet? You can't assume it's there - you kinda have to > work at it. Well, I accept that as part of the whole internet thing... :-) If you are doing something illegal or immoral, you will probably eventually get tagged. It's the "archiving" thing I have a problem with! It's bad enough that google ate Deja News so you can search usenet posts back for many years. :-P Some of us are kinda stupid when we first get on the internet ya know! <lol> It's embarassing when someone uncovers 10 year old posts when you made an ass out of yourself! Kat -- K. Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... As we go through life thinking heavy thoughts, thought particles tend to get caught between the ears causing truth decay- so be sure to use mental floss twice a day. -- Swami Beyondanada >,,<Cat's Haven Hobby Farm>,,<Katraatcenturyteldotnet>,,< http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
Dog3 wrote: > "Gregory Morrow" > <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote in > nk.net: > > > > > Katra wrote: > > > >> I'm not doing anything I need to hide, it's just the principle of the > >> thing. What if I do cybersex with my boyfriend? > > > > > > Don't worry Katra - Sheldon is not a "kiss and tell" type of bloke ;---p > > > > And how do you know this Greg ;) > > Michael ///// running away very quickly lest I be bludgeoned with a beer > bottle I don't drink beer Michael - will a 1.75 litre wodka bottle do...??? ;-p -- Best Greg |
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"Gregory Morrow" <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote: > Katra wrote: > > > I'm not doing anything I need to hide, it's just the principle of the > > thing. What if I do cybersex with my boyfriend? > > > Don't worry Katra - Sheldon is not a "kiss and tell" type of bloke ;---p <giggles> In his dreams maybe... ;-D -- K. Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... As we go through life thinking heavy thoughts, thought particles tend to get caught between the ears causing truth decay- so be sure to use mental floss twice a day. -- Swami Beyondanada >,,<Cat's Haven Hobby Farm>,,<Katraatcenturyteldotnet>,,< http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:22:58 -0600, Katra > wrote:
>In article >, > Yeff > wrote: > >> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:02:36 -0600, Katra wrote: >> >> > I just don't like the idea of Google archiving all of my PRIVATE >> > e-mails!!! I'ts none of their friggin business and no-one can tell me >> > it's truly secure! >> >> Unless you're encrypting all of your emails before you send them, your >> emails aren't private at all. You're simply trusting that someone isn't >> reading them along the multiple points from your computer to your >> recipient. >> >> I'll also bet that your email program sends your password in the clear to >> your ISP when you check your mail... >> >> Privacy on the Internet? You can't assume it's there - you kinda have to >> work at it. > >Well, I accept that as part of the whole internet thing... :-) >If you are doing something illegal or immoral, you will probably >eventually get tagged. > >It's the "archiving" thing I have a problem with! There's nothing stopping you from deleting email from your Gmail account that you don't want "archived" That said, I do think that Gmail is overhyped. But I can also say that as a heavy e-mail user for over 10 years, I am completely sold on Gmail, and am now using it exclusively for all my personal mail. I subscribe to many mailing lists, and Gmail is utterly fantastic for managing them and instantly searching through hundreds of megabytes of information. And being that I am rarely home, and travel between many different physical locations every day, Gmail is much more convinient than installing an IMAP (or heavens forbid, POP3) aware mail client at each location to check and send email. I suppose if you only do your email tasks at home, though, a service like Gmail won't hold much appeal. Gmail's interface is lightning fast (magnitudes superior to any other mainstream webmail service--it even has keyboard shortcuts, which is a fantastic feature) and unencumbered by banner ads and other useless "features" (I used to be a big fan of Yahoo! mail, but the service has become needlessly bloated over the past few years) As far as privacy is concerned, your paranoia is understandable, but overblown. Read this critique by Tim O'Reilly (founder of the geek-friendly, Open Source publishing juggernaut, O'Reilly and Associates) and you might gain some new perspectives on the service: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4707 Aloha, mel |
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"Yeff" > wrote in message ... > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:46:44 -0600, Katra wrote: > > > I don't understand all these "free G-mail invites". The mail I have > > works just fine and I have the PRIVACY of archiving stuff on my own > > computer! Why on earth would I want Google to have access to my private > > e-mail archives? > > One of the initial selling points wasn't that you could archive the emails > with Google but that you could use Google's superior search technology to > search those archives. So now you can use Google's superior technology to locate the particular G-spot. |
What?? Works for Jeopardy.
> wrote in message ... > Katra > wrote: > > >I don't understand all these "free G-mail invites". The mail I have > >works just fine and I have the PRIVACY of archiving stuff on my own > >computer! Why on earth would I want Google to have access to my private > >e-mail archives? > > > >I just don't get it........ > Guess you don't. This subject has what to do with cooking?????? > > > -- > A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting. > Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)? > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? |
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:23:23 GMT, zuuum wrote:
> "Yeff" > wrote in message > ... >> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:46:44 -0600, Katra wrote: >> >>> I don't understand all these "free G-mail invites". The mail I have >>> works just fine and I have the PRIVACY of archiving stuff on my own >>> computer! Why on earth would I want Google to have access to my private >>> e-mail archives? >> >> One of the initial selling points wasn't that you could archive the emails >> with Google but that you could use Google's superior search technology to >> search those archives. > > So now you can use Google's superior technology to locate the particular > G-spot. G-spot? What's in it for me? -- -Jeff B. (who doesn't understand why girls never call him back) zoomie at fastmail dot fm |
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:46:44 -0600, Katra
> wrote: > I don't understand all these "free G-mail invites". It's just Mark Ferrante posing as other pathetic individuals. LOL! What a loser. sf |
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sf > wrote: > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:46:44 -0600, Katra > > wrote: > > > I don't understand all these "free G-mail invites". > > It's just Mark Ferrante posing as other pathetic > individuals. > > LOL! > What a loser. > > > sf Thank you!!! :-) -- K. Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... As we go through life thinking heavy thoughts, thought particles tend to get caught between the ears causing truth decay- so be sure to use mental floss twice a day. -- Swami Beyondanada >,,<Cat's Haven Hobby Farm>,,<Katraatcenturyteldotnet>,,< http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
> gibbers: > Katra > wrote: > > >I don't understand all these "free G-mail invites". The mail I have > >works just fine and I have the PRIVACY of archiving stuff on my own > >computer! Why on earth would I want Google to have access to my private > >e-mail archives? > > > >I just don't get it........ > Guess you don't. This subject has what to do with cooking?????? > Scram NOOOBIE puke... -- Best Greg |
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"zuuum" > wrote in message
news:m2sQd.21591$uc.20044@trnddc08... > What?? Works for Jeopardy. > > wrote in message > ... >> Katra > wrote: >> >> >I don't understand all these "free G-mail invites". The mail I have >> >works just fine and I have the PRIVACY of archiving stuff on my own >> >computer! Why on earth would I want Google to have access to my private >> >e-mail archives? >> > >> >I just don't get it........ >> Guess you don't. This subject has what to do with cooking?????? >> >> >> -- >> A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting. >> Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)? >> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? *pssst* Dude...wrong thread... ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:32:30 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote: > I don't drink beer Michael Root Beer, perhaps? > - will a 1.75 litre wodka bottle do...??? Yep, it will pack quite a whallop. sf |
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:51:26 GMT, Dog3
> wrote: > "Gregory Morrow" > <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote in > nk.net: > > > > > Dog3 wrote: > >> And how do you know this Greg ;) > >> > >> Michael ///// running away very quickly lest I be bludgeoned with a > >> beer bottle > > > > > > I don't drink beer Michael - will a 1.75 litre wodka bottle do...??? > > > > ;-p > > > > As long as we share the vodka beforehand ;) > Hmmm. It seems you don't really want to feel any pain! :) sf |
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:02:36 -0600, Katra
> wrote: >In article >, > Yeff > wrote: > >> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:46:44 -0600, Katra wrote: >> >> > I don't understand all these "free G-mail invites". The mail I have >> > works just fine and I have the PRIVACY of archiving stuff on my own >> > computer! Why on earth would I want Google to have access to my private >> > e-mail archives? >> >> One of the initial selling points wasn't that you could archive the emails >> with Google but that you could use Google's superior search technology to >> search those archives. > >Bleah. > >I can use my own "technology" to find whatever I need... ;-) >I can search by subject, sender or date. >I also have separate folders for separate categories. > >If I need long term storage of specific e-mails, I have Hard drive >folders for those. > >And it keeps it all private! > >I just don't like the idea of Google archiving all of my PRIVATE >e-mails!!! I'ts none of their friggin business and no-one can tell me >it's truly secure! > >I'm not doing anything I need to hide, it's just the principle of the >thing. What if I do cybersex with my boyfriend? I don't want anyone to >have access to those mails! It's bad enough that the server has >temporary access to them until I remove them. :-P |
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