September 01, 2004
I must be too cynical

More and more people offer gmail invitations on forums and other discussion medium..

"I have x invites, contact me with your email address"

.. and of course my first thought is "Looking for valid e-mail addresses to spam!".

I fear I grow more cynical by the year.. maybe if this election doesn't go to Bush it'll improve. Maybe.

Posted September 01, 2004 07:58 PM in Personal
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On September 1, 2004 09:14 PM david added:

Count me in too..

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On September 2, 2004 04:48 AM Philip added:

Well, giving away free gmail invites to an unknown person makes it that much easier for spammers to create accounts. Then when they get those 'precious' invites, they could invite themselves.

Cynicism comes with age and the realisation that the world really is crap and all that you can do still won't make too much of a difference. Strangely, it's the people who do the most that feel it the most.

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On September 2, 2004 09:17 AM Jay added:

I don't really see the big deal about gmail. I use Jaymail. I have a 180 gig drive in this box. works good!

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On September 2, 2004 09:48 AM Zher0 added:

I'm sorry you blame someone else for you cynicism.

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On September 3, 2004 10:58 AM Stewart Vardaman added:

I see people posting about gmail invites on some BBSs I frequent. seems like at least once a day someone offers them up. I never understood what the big deal is about gmail anyway. If youe email is that important to you, buy a domain name and find an inexpensive web host. It isn't free, but you sure get a lot for your money.

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