I love my Gmail

account.  The thread-based interface rocks.  Now I no longer

have to sift through mountains of messages (and spam!) to get what I

want.  I can view by thread, and I can search by keyword/category.


These days, I rarely use my other email accounts, except for official business.


Thinking back, I got my gmail account through quite an interesting manner.  I was sharing info on the BNC (tech) forums

on how to surf via GPRS for free.  Of course, I did not openly

discuss this hack/workaround, but rather I asked people to email me for

info, so I could at least be selective with whom I give out the details

to.  For all I know, lurkers from the concerned GSM networks could

be reading my posts (and Google does a good job of sniffing out info

through keywords).


In exchange for the info I shared, two of my co-forumers gave me Gmail invites.  I used them to sign myself and Caren up.


Back then, Gmail users could only give out a maximum of 6 invitations

(this re-set back to 6 once every now and then), hence effectively

creating an artificially high demand for the service.  Now it’s up

to 50 (and the number re-sets to 50 each time an invitee successfully

sets up his/her account).  There’s still the exclusivity, but at

least it’s more accessible.


What’s your Gmail story?


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