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Need GMail invite please?

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  • 01-11-2006 4:03pm
    #1
    BreadBoard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭


    Could someone send me a GMail invite please?

    bread.board@hotmail.com

    /plz move if in wrong forum...


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    #2
    DJB
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭DJB


    No problem. Done :)


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    #3
    BreadBoard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭BreadBoard


    Thank you David Behan ;)

    /close thread plz :)


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    #4
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Why is Gmail still invite only?


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    #5
    DJB
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭DJB


    Dunno actually. Was thinking about that the other day. Possibly to do with spam signups or something. Not sure!


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    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Maybe because its still considered to be in the Beta stages. In the US and some other countries you can get an invitation code via your mobile phone.


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    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    Maybe because its still 'beta' although I don't see whats really beta about, works fine for me.


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    Rollo Tamasi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭Rollo Tamasi


    I think it will always remain in beta tbh.
    Something to do with the legalities of their data mining of email content.
    Don't take my work on that though.


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    ethernet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    What if, for some reason, Google drop the gmail service? Would they drop the current gmail users? Just a fear I have! Probably not -- it would be bad PR.


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    Goodshape
    Registered Users Posts: 8,488 ✭✭✭Goodshape


    I'd say the chances of them dropping the GMail service are basically nil.

    Don't know why they're still using invites, or why it's still in beta, but the invites aren't at all hard to get and give new users a feeling that they're part of something exciting and exclusive. Bit of a viral marketing ploy if you ask me.


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    I wouldn't worry - give it a few years and nobody will be using email - we'll have upgraded to fmail instead!


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    BreadBoard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭BreadBoard


    he he he :D


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    #13
    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    It's still in Beta, and they haven't found a viable way to downgrade the server load of the service... Until then, it will be an invite-only service.

    As a sidenote, google are afraid to drop their serive because if they do, their shares will crash because of a lack of reputation/trust on the company...


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