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GMail not all it's cracked up to be....
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Sure, you get 1 GB of storage, but what good does it do if it takes more than 4 hours to deliver a message? I sent myself an email over 4 hours ago and still haven't received it. Not the first time it's happened either, some emails took over 2 days to deliver. I know it is still in Beta form....
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Wild, they have been instant in my testing since I've had it...
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Admin Emeritus
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Email sometimes just takes time to arrive. Most likely, the slowdowns have been on the receiving end.
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i agree with tooki.
i was testing out my gmail with a friend and all the mail we sent to her yahoo account took forver, and then i sent something to other accounts and it was instant.
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Just did some more tests. Received mail FROM GMail instantly to two different accounts. Replies go to GMail from one account instantly, other still waiting. Still have not got 4 emails I sent TO GMail from two different accounts but CC's got to the other accounts instantly. Weird...
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i still don't have a gmail account (hoping that i'll get an invite) but i have checked out my friend's account, and it is very fast and extremely user-responsive. i love the new concept of 'converstaions' and everything about gmail is superior to anything that i've seen and used.
not sure why yours is slo slow
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Posting Junkie
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Originally posted by hm-one:
i still don't have a gmail account (hoping that i'll get an invite) but i have checked out my friend's account, and it is very fast and extremely user-responsive. i love the new concept of 'converstaions' and everything about gmail is superior to anything that i've seen and used.
not sure why yours is slo slow
What's your e-mail? I'll send you an invite.
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hey thanks! [email protected] (yeah i know, i'm still using aol...family back home is still on dialup) LOL
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Posting Junkie
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Originally posted by hm-one:
hey thanks! [email protected] (yeah i know, i'm still using aol...family back home is still on dialup) LOL
Sent!
Enjoy.
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Hotmail->Gmail takes one helluva long time.
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Actually - I'd like one as well, mainly to test some Gmail account connections with our Pocket PC email app.
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Some of the emails have now come through. Must be a slowdown somewhere today. BTW, a great little app I found today for checking your GMail without having to go to the webpage is GCount. Menubar icon that turns red if you have mail. Also has menu selections that allow you to open GMail in a new browser and compose email. Neat little thing...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23745
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2001
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Hey, id like an invite too.. (And my girl, can I get 2 invites?)
Unless they delete the database when they go final?
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Alex, send me an email to rmateu followed the email provider we are talking about and I'll send you one.
Thain Esh Kelch, I'll post here if I get more. U're next in line
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Any idea when they're going to open up gmail to all? I've been very satisfied with a FastMail.FM Full User Account, but everything I've heard about gmail says "Try Me!"
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I'm don't think I'll be using GMail as my default email until they get IMAP-support. (If they ever do..)
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Originally posted by gorickey:
What's your e-mail? I'll send you an invite.
I'd like a invite as well if anyone has an invite to spare.
[email protected]
Thanks.
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chico, CA and Carlsbad, CA.
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Originally posted by shiny:
I'd like a invite as well if anyone has an invite to spare.
[email protected]
Thanks.
Sent.
Originally posted by nooon:
I'm don't think I'll be using GMail as my default email until they get IMAP-support. (If they ever do..)
Well we're all waiting for that, man, but take a gmail account as soon as you can get one so you don't end up with a lame account name like [email protected].
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what does a person have to do to get an invite?
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weelllll....
i'd try the gmail machine
or gmail swap
if you're really serious.
otherwise? know people who know people,
or be really nice to someone.
the people here on the boards are being mad sweet
hooking up others.
seriously though.
i live in china, and so have to deal with the great firewall,
but does anyone else have trouble loading gmail sometimes?
it just locks up, like the java script fails or something.
thanks,
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Originally posted by poocat:
seriously though.
i live in china, and so have to deal with the great firewall,
but does anyone else have trouble loading gmail sometimes?
it just locks up, like the java script fails or something.
Not that it looks up, but on Safari on my PowerBook, sometimes it'll get to the "Loading" stage and then stop. And you're just stuck at that page.
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that's what i'm talking about.
i often get stuck on the inbox too,
where i can see new messages have arrived,
but when i click on them it still dies.
frustrating, to say the least.
how do i send them a support message?
(i can't click anything now).
help?
please don't tell me that safari 1.3 will fix this,
though i hope for it too, that's not an answer.
poocat
(safari 1.3, 10.3.4)
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Originally posted by poocat:
please don't tell me that safari 1.3 will fix this
Safari will not fix this. It's an error with GMail, which you would notice is still in BETA stage. Expect some bugs. Besides, it's free.
At least Safari is supported by it. Heck, it will not support IE on Macs.
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If it doesn't load the first time, I just try loading again. Sooner or later it gets it right.
Also, I had some issues with slow delivery, but now I'm thinking it wasn't Gmail's fault. I sent one email to my mother a few days ago and she didn't get it until today. But someone else I sent it to got it right away. I did some testing today and even when I send her messages from a completely different email account, she doesn't get them right away. And, when she sends messages to either of my email accounts, I don't get them promptly, so I think it's a problem with her email provider.
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Join Date: May 2002
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I'd like an invite, too, if anyone has one extra.
[email protected]
Thanks in advance!
jg
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Originally posted by Camali:
what does a person have to do to get an invite?
I was wondering the same as well� GMail sure sounds interesting, even though I'm kinda old-fashioned and, until now at least, like to have my Mail on my mac (not really trusting those servers, I guess).
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Originally posted by workerbee:
I was wondering the same as well� GMail sure sounds interesting, even though I'm kinda old-fashioned and, until now at least, like to have my Mail on my mac (not really trusting those servers, I guess).
Someone who has an account has to invite you. We get invites to give out every so often depending on how much we use GMail. I've given out one to someone on the boards here and when I get more I'll start giving them out to people requesting in this thread. Send me an email at mrjinglesusa AT gmail DOT com if you are interested.
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Originally posted by [APi]TheMan:
Well we're all waiting for that, man, but take a gmail account as soon as you can get one so you don't end up with a lame account name like [email protected].
already got one
but thanks for the concern.
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Originally posted by Mrjinglesusa:
Send me an email at mrjinglesusa AT gmail DOT com if you are interested.
I did, thank you Mr. Jingle
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yeah, i'm aware it's a beta.
it's also not supported by ie 5.0 on win, as far as i can tell.
there's a lot of discussion over their interface and how they
basically break your browser by using all java.
i mean, if the java doesn't work, you have NO control.
you can't go back. you can't reload. you can't go forward.
it just doesn't work.
lately it's been completely broken in firefox for me.
no idea why and not much i can do about it.
btw, having webmail that you can't use from older computers to me invalidates a lot of the reasons to use webmail, because most internet cafe's (i live in asia and spend a lot of time traveling) are still running win '98 and ie 5.0.
having said that, i realize it's beta, i do know, i am testing, i do enjoy the service.
i was just trying to get an actual discussion on the features/reasons for choosing them.
thanks.
pc.
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-Robert A. Heinlein, Job
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Mac Elite
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Again, if anyone has a spare invite, and doesn't mind it going to a Brit, I'd love one. Very interesting to see how the ads work.
How big are max e-mails?
Oh yeah my email:
[email protected]
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Mac Enthusiast
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Another UK request here I'll send an invite to everyone else if I get one.
Thanks
[email protected]
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