AVR-Chat

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Bill Velek <billvelek@a...> wrote:
> snipped stuff about Google's 'Gmail' and needing an invitation, etc.
> 
> I'm curious whether 'Gmail' has anything that sets it apart from, 
let's 
> say, 'Hotmail'.  I've had a couple of Hotmail accounts over the 
years 
> that I practically _never_ use, and then I guess they end up 
expiring or 
> something.  I only use one in rare instances when I want to 
communicate 
> with someone but feel that there might be some significant chance 
of 
> getting severely spammed.  Otherwise, I just use my regular email 
> address that my ISP has included as part of my monthly connection 
fee, 
> and with the filter that Netscape 7 provides, I get practically no 
spam 
> at all.  The only significant spam nuisance that I am forced to 
contend 
> with is the crap that those assholes put on newsgroups.  Does 
anyone 
> know of a filter that will work for newsgroups?  And what makes 
Gmail 
> distinctive?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Bill Velek

With Hotmail, you get spammed.

When a guy at the office signed up for hotmail, he did spelled his 
name wrong.

then went to check the wrong account a week later and it was full of 
spam.  NO ONE knew of the account except MS.

My g-mail is semi dormant, I don't like having to put in my password 
all the time.   When I went last night to send an invite, it was ZERO 
SPAM.  only one message in three weeks and that was from a person 
from whom I had requested information.

I use Juno and Yahoo and find both to be very workable.

Juno is changing it's service to strictly on-line, whereas it used to 
be a download to your PC and you store all your e-mail on your pc.  
Now you have to pay for that.   Really silly as they offer free e-
mail, but not free web service.   This may eleminate the free e-mail 
part.  And if you use dial-up, they have to have the local phone 
lines and if you read on-line it will suck up time.

I think there is a conspiracy (pretty much about everything) that is 
trying to get all your e-mail on line.  The reason is that as a 
business model, the download was really smart.

OK, this has gone too far off topic for my sensibilities.

I'll self moderate and not reply unless asked a direct question.

Dave