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Jon M 01-04-2004 10:23

Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3588933.stm

http://www.gmail.com

I'm very interested in this.. especially if they do a good job of it.

(not sure if this should go in the "alternatives" forum or not :/ )

NoBB 01-04-2004 10:30

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by s1lv3r
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3588933.stm

http://www.gmail.com

I'm very interested in this.. especially if they do a good job of it.

(not sure if this should go in the "alternatives" forum or not :/ )

Looks good! If they do as good a job with email as they have done with search engines, sign me up!:tu:

Derek 01-04-2004 14:53

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
Am I the only one that thinks this is an April Fools gag?

zoombini 01-04-2004 15:04

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
No.

Chris 01-04-2004 15:11

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
Page cannot be displayed this afternoon - not sure what any of you might have seen this morning, but if there was a page there, the fact that it's gone speaks volumes :disturbd:

Pity, I would really like a webmail account from Google.

gazzae 01-04-2004 15:18

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by towny
Page cannot be displayed this afternoon - not sure what any of you might have seen this morning, but if there was a page there, the fact that it's gone speaks volumes :disturbd:

Pity, I would really like a webmail account from Google.


It works for me

Chris 01-04-2004 15:23

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by gazzae
It works for me

what do you see? can you post a screenshot? I just get 'page cannot be displayed' and if I search for it on Google, Google's cache of the page is just a blank page.

Jon M 01-04-2004 15:27

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
try this page towny: http://www.google.com/gmail/help/about.html

gazzae 01-04-2004 15:28

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
there you go

Chris 01-04-2004 15:36

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by gazzae
there you go

thanks! BBC news says it's a beta not available to everyone. I wonder if they have some way of selecting potential users at this stage?

Chris 01-04-2004 15:37

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by s1lv3r

Hmm ... that link works, but the link to gmail on the page, at http://gmail.google.com is also unavailable to me. :confused:

Jon M 01-04-2004 15:40

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by towny
thanks! BBC news says it's a beta not available to everyone. I wonder if they have some way of selecting potential users at this stage?

on the gmail.com page.. there is a signup box to submit your email address for the mailing list.. i guess they've either got enough testers.. or will open it up to those on the list

Chris 01-04-2004 15:42

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by s1lv3r
on the gmail.com page.. there is a signup box to submit your email address for the mailing list.. i guess they've either got enough testers.. or will open it up to those on the list

Aha, but thanks to you I managed to get on the mailing list anyway - there was a field at the foot of the FAQs. :) :tu:

philip.j.fry 01-04-2004 16:06

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
Google did do an April Fools, they advertised for jobs working in a google lunar research centre due to open on the moon in 2007 :D I wish I had remembered to save the page

Steve H 01-04-2004 16:37

Re: Google to launch webmail service with 1GIG storage limit!!
 
http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html ?

:D


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