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FormerDittoHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 08:24 AM
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My experience with gMail - if you're using Hotmail - STOP!
You don't know what you're missing if you haven't tried gMail

http://mail.google.com

Currently, you'll need a cell phone with text messaging to join, but the calendar app alone is worth it.

My favorite part is the fact that it doesn't send spam with every email like Hotmail does...
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 03:05 PM
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1. Or you need to know someone who has invitations left.
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 05:16 PM
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2. I've got about a hundred invites
pm me for one.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 07:24 PM
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4. Oh, I have like 80 invites left
Thanks though.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 05:40 PM
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3. Why do you need an invite to join?
Just curious....I use netzero as my 'alternate' e-mail addy. I checked out gmail, it looks really good, though.
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FormerDittoHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 07:57 AM
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5. Their excuse is to control spam...
...by adding the extra step, they eliminate the possiblity of someone using a computer program to automatically join hundreds of times and automatically send out spam...
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