How to get Gmail

Stelly · 8 Jun 2006 at 08:38

me too... the reason that gmail is invite only is because its officially still in beta testing

Stelly

Stelly · 8 Jun 2006 at 08:38

G-MAN2004 said:
I've got invited if anyone wants one. Only bad thing though is that the address will be '@googlemail.com' and not '@gmail.com'.

was that not something to do with genie mail? b*stardos

Stelly

Velocity · 8 Jun 2006 at 08:40

Please send invite to my trust email address!

Thanks in advanced.

Stelly · 8 Jun 2006 at 08:49

Velocity said:
Please send invite to my trust email address!

Thanks in advanced.

done

let me know that you got it please

Stelly

woodsy2k · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:05

Got loads here too. Email trust if you want one

Velocity · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:09

Stelly said:
done

let me know that you got it please

Stelly

Thanks - It's my web mail can't get to it from here will check tonight.

Kell_ee001 · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:11

Mickey_D said:
I've got 100 invites left also if anyone needs one.

I think I do too which is why it always surprises me when I realise people still ask for them

Didn't there used to be a thread for this though? :confused:

Simian · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:19

Can someone send me one!...

Please!..

Email in Trust and Sig..

Thanks!..

Stelly · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:19

Simian said:
Can someone send me one!...

Please!..

Email in Trust and Sig..

Thanks!..

DONE

let me know that you got it mate

Stelly

WotDa · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:24

G-MAN2004 said:
I've got invited if anyone wants one. Only bad thing though is that the address will be '@googlemail.com' and not '@gmail.com'.

Yea, I think some German company had a patent on that, so they got sued. Fortuantely us old time Gmailers got to keep @gmail.com.

georges · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:29

Didn't know that..

I'm an old school gmailer then ^_^

WotDa · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:31

Yea, well, I only know the basics of it now, was ages ago I was told about it and my memory is kinda poor.

Stelly · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:46

georges said:
Didn't know that..

I'm an old school gmailer then ^_^

me too

Stelly

Mobius 1 · 8 Jun 2006 at 13:01

Same here. Old skoolin it. Innit.

Alasdair · 8 Jun 2006 at 13:06

I heard that even though you're address is @googlemail.com or .co.uk, you can still send messages to @gmail.com as they auto-forward. I may be wrong though.

Blackstar_solar · 8 Jun 2006 at 13:08

Alasdair said:
I heard that even though you're address is @googlemail.com or .co.uk, you can still send messages to @gmail.com as they auto-forward. I may be wrong though.

Would make sense and is a simple work around for google

Joe42 · 8 Jun 2006 at 13:41

Six6siX said:
Why is gmail still invite only? Surely everyone must have at least one by now! Is it still beta or something?

Its still beta and still invite only to limit the number of people signing up. They have to do this so they don't run out of storage space, as they don't have enough space for everyone in the world to sign up several times but they do have exactly enough to cover the number of invites they have given out. If it wasn't limited like this people might all sign up to hundreds of accounts and start using it as storage or something and there would be no way of regulating it to ensure everyone gets enough space.

spirit · 8 Jun 2006 at 13:43

Alasdair said:
I heard that even though you're address is @googlemail.com or .co.uk, you can still send messages to @gmail.com as they auto-forward. I may be wrong though.

thats true

Sic · 8 Jun 2006 at 13:50

I've got like 99 invites or something...i won't be able to keep track of this thread, but if you want one, drop me an email (in trust) and your reply will be an invite

WotDa · 8 Jun 2006 at 15:49

Joe42 said:
Its still beta and still invite only to limit the number of people signing up. They have to do this so they don't run out of storage space, as they don't have enough space for everyone in the world to sign up several times but they do have exactly enough to cover the number of invites they have given out. If it wasn't limited like this people might all sign up to hundreds of accounts and start using it as storage or something and there would be no way of regulating it to ensure everyone gets enough space.

I use Gmail Drive to upload things to the space, its fairly useful although i've not really found a way to use it except for sending things already uploaded to people quickly.