Comments: GMail: What's the big deal?

You could spend five years on it :)

Google wrote:
"One gigabyte of storage means the average user can go five years without ever deleting a single message, so we don't expect you to get close to your quota anytime soon."

Posted by løde at September 6, 2004 12:07 AM

I know exactly what to do with 1gb of email storage...I use it as my garbage dump! You know for those websites that ask for an email address for registering...(like this one)
Btw, the more invites you send out, the more they give you...(You'll never run out...LOL)

Posted by Don at September 6, 2004 12:17 AM

My dear, If you're serious about offering GMail, then I want one of those Mailboxes.

Posted by Omar at September 6, 2004 12:20 AM

Well, here's my request for a gmail account. I guess I'll use the space for subscribing to a high-traffic mailing list or something.

Posted by Joshua Lee at September 6, 2004 12:27 AM

i'd love to have an invite if you still have any left, thanks for your time.

-wenyao

Posted by wenyao at September 6, 2004 12:31 AM

I'll take one off your hands. :-D

adenine2@satx.rr.com

Posted by Chris at September 6, 2004 12:34 AM

I want one ^_^.

Posted by Arnel at September 6, 2004 12:37 AM

Send one my way

Posted by Ron at September 6, 2004 12:47 AM

The primary use seems to be traffiking in warez and porn. Go figure.

Posted by Doug Armstrong at September 6, 2004 12:54 AM

Yes, OK 1 GB is a lot of storage for email, however Google single handedly forced Yahoo/Hotmail even Comcast to up their storage limits from measly 10MB per account to 250MB. We are talking about 50 bucks/month cable service here with measly 10 MB email. And for that alone I will be forever grateful to Google.

Posted by berkut at September 6, 2004 12:55 AM

id really like an invite for gmail please

art_of_con@hotmail.com

thank you

(From Alex: Sorry, everyone, they went fast!)

Posted by Akshay at September 6, 2004 12:59 AM

a gig of storage (accessable with the browser) for free is some kind of cool.
send your files to yourself and you have a virtual 1gb hdd.

what sucks is the big-brother watching every click and time a need for that click...

Posted by robman at September 6, 2004 1:08 AM

Well as, for me I find the interface of Gmail and added features like keyboard shortcuts auto complete are really handy for a web mail service.

Praveen

Posted by Praveen at September 6, 2004 1:10 AM

If they are still available, I would love one. Will use it as a mega spam filter :-) Thanks

Posted by Skyler at September 6, 2004 1:11 AM

If your keen to get a gmail account - head over to Whirlpool - The Australian Broadband Forum. They have a running thread giving invites away to members. Been going for months so most people have one now. Ive given away over 250+ invites in that time myself. www.whirlpool.net.au

Posted by michael at September 6, 2004 1:39 AM

Please i want a gmail invite, please, please.

Posted by Harris at September 6, 2004 2:06 AM

I don't see the big deal either, and I've got two! I got the first cause I have a blogger account; so I didn't think they were hard to get. I registered that cause I thought I might get some use out of it, but haven't yet. I invited my self to get a second to start an experement. (I also have 5 invites left if anyone wants one)

I'm going to use it as a spam filter. But I'm going to take it a bit further. I'm starting an experement called GMail GSpot to see if I can fill up a whole Gigabyte worth of spam within a year. The email address is <spam.my.gspot@gmail.com>.

Posted by Lachlan Hunt at September 6, 2004 2:17 AM

I don't have an own blog to get rid of Gmail invites but maybe Alex doesn't mind if I send some to the people here. 2 invites gone, 9 more to go :)

Posted by Wladimir Palant at September 6, 2004 4:47 AM

Google is certainly running an interesting marketing campagain. Instead of letting people simply register for an address, the Mountain View, CA, company is doling them out in a "who you know" fashion.

Seems to run counter to their sentiment of equal access when Google sold its stock through a Dutch auction.

Posted by boomer93 at September 6, 2004 6:24 AM