[Merged] Get your GMail invites here! - Page 31

MetaWraith · 21-08-2004, 02:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard M

They have stopped new registration for the foreseeable future because they have enough users to beta test now.
(and I hope you guys realize you are right in the middle of this beta test

)

Then how come myself and others, in the last few days, got the invites to give away, and how come Gaz was able to signup using one of them.

Richard M · 21-08-2004, 02:06

Because they needed a certain amount of users to test the stability of the system, they got that from the invites they gave out then stopped when they reached the magic number.
I have no idea why you would have gotten invites in the last few days, AFAIK they won't be giving any more out until they open up to the public "interweb".
It could be that you just didn't notice the invitation link, maybe your account was slow to update or maybe they just decided to give a few invites to some random users.
I am "professionaly affiliated" with Google BTW, if you didn't know already.

Gaz22 · 21-08-2004, 02:36

I must have squeezed in before the door shut.

Thanks again MetaWraith.

Kliro · 22-08-2004, 02:26

Im still hoping to get some invites, but if you work for google, I guess you know a hella lot more than me, do you think google are going to be able to keep giving out all this space? like 250 or so users take up a hdd? how many hdds to a server?

Bifta · 22-08-2004, 02:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kliro

Im still hoping to get some invites, but if you work for google, I guess you know a hella lot more than me, do you think google are going to be able to keep giving out all this space? like 250 or so users take up a hdd? how many hdds to a server?

I doubt very many people will actually use a whole gig of space, and I don't think they section off a gig for each user, the amount of space is probably dynamically assigned (probably from several different drives) as needed.

Richard M · 22-08-2004, 02:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kliro

Im still hoping to get some invites, but if you work for google, I guess you know a hella lot more than me, do you think google are going to be able to keep giving out all this space? like 250 or so users take up a hdd? how many hdds to a server?

Text compresses very well.

In fact, you could probably squeeze a gig of text into 50MB space.

zoombini · 22-08-2004, 10:08

Being beta test users, do any of you send them any feedback on it at all?

zoombini · 22-08-2004, 10:21

I think that adding big attachements was a consiquence.
I sent another account holder 10mb of them & he has not got any invites yet.
Mind you, his account is only 2 days old, maybe it needs to be used over time. I have all my old ntl accounts etc forwarding to my gmail one. Although it will make lots of work for me one day I am leaving my spam in its folder & not deleting it permanently for now. Maybe by the time I am ready to delete it they will have implemented the ability to delete it all in 1 click.

**Maggy** · 22-08-2004, 13:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kliro

Im still hoping to get some invites, but if you work for google, I guess you know a hella lot more than me, do you think google are going to be able to keep giving out all this space? like 250 or so users take up a hdd? how many hdds to a server?

I am currently only using 9MB of my 1000 MB which is 1%.I mainly use it as a sort of back up for all my passwords,serial and code numbers,registration and important mail and documents.

However thus far I have had just 1 invite.I guess I just don't send OUT enough mail.

**Maggy** · 22-08-2004, 13:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoombini

I think that adding big attachements was a consiquence.
I sent another account holder 10mb of them & he has not got any invites yet.
Mind you, his account is only 2 days old, maybe it needs to be used over time. I have all my old ntl accounts etc forwarding to my gmail one. Although it will make lots of work for me one day I am leaving my spam in its folder & not deleting it permanently for now. Maybe by the time I am ready to delete it they will have implemented the ability to delete it all in 1 click.

To delete in two clicks select All and then go to the More actions drop down box and click send to trash.

You are sooooooo lazy.

mmm · 23-08-2004, 18:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank

I'm in if someone has a spare invite.

I'm still waiting for someone to PM me, have you got one yet, where's the list?

willo · 23-08-2004, 20:28

So how do I join this illustrious group?

zoombini · 24-08-2004, 09:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Incognitas

To delete in two clicks select All and then go to the More actions drop down box and click send to trash.

You are sooooooo lazy.

I know that you can do that, however if the number of posts is over the page limit then you have to repeat this for each pageful.
When the maximum page size is 100 & you have 1000 spam mails etc then you have to repeat this 10 times, waiting in between each one.

This is not being lazy, its being practical, I can delete all in OE.

And you do not need to send them to the trash, you click on the "delete forever" button. If you send them to the trash you only have to go & do it again from there. nah, nah

**Maggy** · 24-08-2004, 09:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by willo

So how do I join this illustrious group?

You need to read back through the thread and find the last published version of the list,cut and paste it and add your name to the bottom in red.If you get an invite redo the list and add your name to the bottom of the list typed in black and post it.Each person sent an invite should amend the list as they go.

Incog.

P.S.Sorry but I've had no more invites since the one and only one which I awarded to someone here.Haven't even got any for family members.

Jon M · 24-08-2004, 09:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard M

Because they needed a certain amount of users to test the stability of the system, they got that from the invites they gave out then stopped when they reached the magic number.
I have no idea why you would have gotten invites in the last few days, AFAIK they won't be giving any more out until they open up to the public "interweb".
It could be that you just didn't notice the invitation link, maybe your account was slow to update or maybe they just decided to give a few invites to some random users.
I am "professionaly affiliated" with Google BTW, if you didn't know already.

On the back of a comment I read in here somewhere, where it was suggested that putting your mailbox size up by sending a couple of large attachments would trigger an invite.

I tried it yesterday, and got an invite this morning.. (5MB in my mailbox)

*the invite is already taken by my cousin, I'll post again if I get another

** Just noticed that my second account has an invite too.. the above may have just been coincidence