I could be wrong, but it is also worth noting that once the April 1st announcement started the increase in capacity was somewhat time-zone dependent (so that folks hit 2 gigs around the end of the day). It is entirely possible that the number is less because you are an hour or two behind the poster (hence the 'clock' is a little behind as well.

Huh???? just kiddin

Well it's good other mail providers are now getting off their lethargic rears to do something about spicing up their services. Especially it's giving Microsoft a run for their money, whose 'free' mail gives you either a stingy 2 MB or 25 MB of storage space.

My question is, how do they do it??? I first thought they might have implemented a part from P2P technology, but then again, for that 'theory' you need to use the same PC everytime. Imagine how many servers they must need to support this

But it's free and it's big, so I'm not gonna argue...

You guys actually read your email? I haven't even looked at mine in three or four months.............

(backs away from television typewriter box and heads back to cave, ugh, lights fire, burn animal flesh for to eat........goood)

Especially it's giving Microsoft a run for their money, whose 'free' mail gives you either a stingy 2 MB or 25 MB of storage space.

I have 2 free MS mail accounts and both have 250 meg of space...

Aye, Hotmail gives 250mb of storage.

Id have already completely switched to Gmail if Microsoft hadnt added that extra space.
Its not nearly as much as space as Gmail, to be sure, but Its currently more than I need, and space is no longer an issue.


What bothers me though is that it shows that before Gmail came along, Microsoft could easily get away with a measly 2mb of space.

If anyone looks closely, the amount of storage keeps on going up by about 0.00040 mb. Least it was when I went there.

GMAIL is funky got invited by a friend and through invites and stuff i sent out i'm at 2.1 GB right now

http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Oct/1011758.html just a bit of info about security using Gmail drive

Oh SPARE me. I knew about GMail FS since last August. Deployments do not hinder my access to /.

What I am more interested in is using crypto-loop to seemlessly encrypt everything that is stored on GMail.

Gee...matches the privacy/security inherent with a gmail account.

Jafo runs out to get one.....

....not.

What I am more interested in is using crypto-loop to seemlessly encrypt everything that is stored on GMail.

Do you guys do a lot more with Swiss bank account transactions, mass credit card number mailings, or Top Secret SCI emails over NIPR than I do? What do you keep in your free email account that causes you this much concern? Frankly if anyone wants the contents on my email they can blooy well have it! Unless they are a relative I don't think they would be interested though...

Frankly if anyone wants the contents on my email they can blooy well have it!

sorry I disagree...it is an invasion of my privacy..they can't look

it is an invasion of my privacy..

I submit that an invasion of my rivacy by someone who doesn't care about my emails to my wife is no invasion at all! Much like the traffic camera that captures your image on the way to work it is anonymous in it's meaninglessness. Only the people who know you would care and they aren't liekly to be hacking your gmail account.

Personally I don't care about my emails being scanned by machine. It is not my individual data that they are interested in; it is have an ear to the pulse of society that is lucerative, and my not participating will not matter because, as I've said, Google has already won.

I'm interested in crypt-loop so that I can save important files like tax returns, financial records and so forth. It is would be accessible anywhere, be a pretty safe backup (although I wouldn't rely on just that), and be Pretty Secure.

And also because it would be extra geeky, and I like that.

Personally I don't care about my emails being scanned by machine. It is not my individual data that they are interested in; it is have an ear to the pulse of society that is lucerative, and my not participating will not matter because, as I've said, Google has already won.

I'm interested in crypt-loop so that I can save important files like tax returns, financial records and so forth. It is would be accessible anywhere, be a pretty safe backup (although I wouldn't rely on just that), and be Pretty Secure.

And also because it would be extra geeky, and I like that.

I submit that an invasion of my rivacy by someone who doesn't care about my emails to my wife is no invasion at all!

Surrendering your rights to privacy may seem trivial when it's innocuous...however it sets precedence of your general apathy which a paedophile reading your child's communications can use as tacit defence.

If you do not care about your rights being violated in a 'small way' then you cannot argue FOR your rights as and when you choose or see fit.

I say good luck to all fools who do not care.

They deserve their rewards.