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I only know two reasons. One is FREE. The second is throwaway. They
just quit that email address when they want to. Many of them have
another email they don't use many places.
Jimmy
Saturday, October 23, 2004, 12:38:01 PM, you wrote:
R> The thing I have never understood is why people want to use email like
R> yahoo, hotmail, gmail etc. Unless they love spam. ;)
R> I can have up to 10 FREE emails at my ISP. I only have two! And use only
R> one of them. Why would I want or need any more? And I deffinately don't
R> want a spam email.
R> ----- Original Message -----
R> From: "Alex Matulich" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
R> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
R> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 1:06 PM
R> Subject: Re: Re[2]: gmail (was Re: off topic - OT - another one this time
R> its "email provider")
>> >also some readings about gmail: http://gmail-is-too-creepy.com/
>>
>> Just about everything has a counterpoint these days. That article
>> above talks about the *potential* for bad stuff, and where it
>> actually demonstrates bad stuff, it's related to ads -- to which
>> I say, who cares? I don't look at the ads. I do sometimes look
>> at the non-ad relevant links that gmail chooses to put next to the
>> content on my display.
>>
>> The article also bases its arguments on shaky ground, for example,
>> the point about three clicks to trash a message being too onerous,
>> is ridiculous. Select the message, move to trash, just like any
>> other mail client. The article says it's easier to archive; wrong.
>> It's about the same, or more because you usually want to label the
>> message first (analogous to putting it in a folder).
>>
>> Nowhere do you have to reveal personal information. You don't even
>> have to use your real name.
>>
>> -Alex
>>
>>
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Best regards,
Jimmy mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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