Stiff Competition

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    Hybrid Soldier

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    coley8605

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    i'm definitely liking the whole 100mb storage deal with yahoo. hotmail is evil... now if only they'd work on spam. :shifty:
     
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    goodie. more space is always nice. ^_^
     
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    Glenn

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    I heard in PC Mag that googles gmail has a lot of spy/adware
     
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    I just got gmail too! Well, not that I used it anyway....4 invites left. I'm happy with my yahoo one anyway. I'm not that greedy. :lol:
     
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    I just got gmail too! Well, not that I used it anyway....4 invites left. I'm happy with my yahoo one anyway. I'm not that greedy. :lol: [/b][/quote]
    The only problem is that we totally abuse the extra Yahoo space now! :lol:
    I'm glad Hotmail is doing something similar. (w00t)
     
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    Gee...This is great! I wish these companies keep fighting until we get 1 gb of space and i dunno! Free everything! :wacko:
     
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    :lol: we can only hope
     
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    Glenn

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    I just got gmail too! Well, not that I used it anyway....4 invites left. I'm happy with my yahoo one anyway. I'm not that greedy. :lol: [/b][/quote]
    U should use adaware to check ads on ur computer.
     
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    U should use adaware to check ads on ur computer. [/b][/quote]
    Way ahead of you..I have four programs for dealing with spyware. :lol:
     
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    And i bet if Google hadnt of done the 1GB mail Hotmail/Yahoo/anyone else would have upgraded their storage.

    ;)
     
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    Does that mean Google searches will actually find keywords in people's emails from then on?
     
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    Yes, google does scan the email. No, people who work there aren't reading your email. A computer scans your email to display related words. Like if someone e-mailed you about dogs, Google would then show a small ad on the side of the page related to dogs. Its not spyware.
     
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    *hugs his gmail account* :D
     
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    So if your hot girlfriend, writes you about how she wants to sex you up at the soonest possible date, they'll display an ad for Viagra?

    No thanks, I'd rather not have ANYTHING scan my emails.
     
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    Will

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    You'd have to be really paranoid to not even let a respected company like Google with secure servers scan your email. :rolleyes:
     
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    If I wanted advertisements displayed when I read my e-mail, I'd google for results myself. They should give you the right to turn off the feature.

    I believe I'll wait for the new Hotmail.
     
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    Will

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    See, I don't understand what the problem is.

    Yahoo! displays ads. Hotmail displays ads. Email.com displays ads. Et cetera, et cetera.

    The only difference with Google is that they display ads based on what your email is about.

    I don't see the big deal about that.
     
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    So if your hot girlfriend, writes you about how she wants to sex you up at the soonest possible date, they'll display an ad for Viagra?

    No thanks, I'd rather not have ANYTHING scan my emails. [/b][/quote]
    We scan peoples posts for swear words and change them. Its just the same thing. And the ads on gmail are tiny winy things

    Take a look.. this is me reading my gmail with the ad on the side
     
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    Is Gmail available now for everyone, or is it still in beta stage? :mellow:
     

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