Comments on: Is Gmail Going Public Soon?

By: Trung Ho

Trung Ho — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 08:16:51 +0000

Hi ! Please send me a Gmail invitation . Thanks a lot !

By: Tyson

Tyson — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 06:32:52 +0000

And then there was 2000 Megabytes…

By: Generic Geek

Generic Geek — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:52:47 +0000

I thought that it was interesting that Yahoo’s mail service blocks regular Gmail invites by default (sending them directly to the bulk folder), but it allowed this message from Google directly into my Yahoo mail inbox without flagging it. I wonder how long it will be before yahoo (and others) update their “spam blockers” and these end up in the bulk/spam folder too! I guess they are trying to protect their marketshare, but they should just innovate to keep their user base.

By: dusoft

dusoft — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:12:37 +0000

No, that’s wrong. They sent it to everyone who subscribed to invitation (even some months ago).

By: Jason Beaird

Jason Beaird — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:39:47 +0000

I posted about that this morning too. They've also removed that Keep Me Posted link from the about page. When they do go public, I'm sure they'll get a lot of new users, but they'll avoid the swarm of traffic they would have gotten if they just opened the gates wide open last April. By using a social network to distribute invitations, they were able to somewhate control the growth of the system, which I'm sure was their intention.

By: Dylan Bennett

Dylan Bennett — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 19:51:17 +0000

I got my e-mail from Google today too. Fortunately, I was able to use a friend’s invite months ago to create my GMail account.

By: Jason Marble

Jason Marble — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 19:43:22 +0000

Yup, I believe everyone that gave google their e-mail to be notified when gmail was going to be available finally got an e-mail today. I would a reckon that gmail is about a cunt hair away from going public ;-)

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 19:12:37 +0000

I received this email too!! and I’m so happy to have a Gmail address!!

By: AkaXakA

AkaXakA — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:45:52 +0000

Yes, as everyone has been given 50 invites. I actually sent a few and gmail filled it right back up to 50.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:04:16 +0000

I got one too, to my own domain.

By: Josue Salazar

Josue Salazar — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:00:13 +0000

They are either about to end the beta, or make it available to everyone.

I also got the email, so much for the Yahoo theory ;).