You've been too long in Flex country man, you've got the Fever... Get this man a beer STAT
Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/11/2004 12:02:59 PM: > So I can set up Outlook to take emails that are addressed to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and have the words 'gmail' and 'invite' > anywhere in the subject line and put it directly in the old bit bucket? > Then again, I may not choose to limit this behaviour to just email from this > list. > > Now, to change the address line of this email, so that I don't send it to > the list and annoy anybody else.... > (There's a strange man standing behind me.... No! don't press that send > button! I haven't changed the To: field yet! Noooooooo.......!) > > Regards > > Darren Tracey > Systems Analyst > HR Systems and FastTrack, Web and Integration Services > p: + 61 7 3232 4091 (x64091) > f: + 61 7 3232 4744 > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > l: Lvl 3, 388 Queen St Brisbane QLD 4000 > m: Suncorp IPC IT040, GPO Box 1453, Brisbane QLD 4000 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jon Austin > > Sent: Friday, 12 November 2004 10:37 AM > > To: CFAussie Mailing List > > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: [OT]: GMail Invites > > > > I don't think the invite only system was a marketing thing, but more > > of a technical one. > > > > Google are very careful with new features; putting them in public beta > > for a long time, gathering feedback etc. They are progressively > > introducing POP access for Gmail, you may or may not have it yet. > > > > The invite system let's them control the signup rate and load. Imagine > > how much disk they would have to buy if they just opened the > > floodgates and expect 1,000,000 users within the first six months? > > That a max of 1,000,000GB. > > > > Thats 1 petabyte of required storage. :) (mmmm, petabyte...droool) > > Sure not everyone will be using 100% quota etc, but that is the > > ceiling. > > > > This lets them scale efficiently; they probably looked at the history > > of hotmail and said "hmmm, lets do this right". > > > > But then again, the marketing dorks might have had a say in the process. > > > > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:40:28 +1000, Scott Barnes > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > GMAIL has to be the smartest marking campaign to date, the whole "its > > > invite only, sorry". It entices people to go "ooer, if its invite then i > > > want one, because i don't want to be left out" even though its a classic > > > pyramid scheme anyway (ie if you signup, and you get 5 other friends to > > > signup, then you will be cool). The only thing stopping it from being > > > illegal would be a reward of some kind for getting friends to signup. > > > > > > Gotta love google, smart folks there. > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66 010 831 722 or > one of its related entities ("Suncorp"). > > Suncorp may be contacted at Level 18, 36 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane > or on 13 11 55 or at suncorp.com.au. > > The content of this e-mail is the view of the sender or stated > author and does not necessarily reflect the view of Suncorp. The > content, including attachments, is a confidential communication > between Suncorp and the intended recipient. If you are not the > intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or > copying of this e-mail, including attachments, is unauthorised and > expressly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error > please contact the sender immediately and delete the e-mail and any > attachments from your system. > > If this e-mail constitutes a commercial message of a type that you > no longer wish to receive please reply to this e-mail by typing > Unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ To unsubscribe from this email please forward this email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email message is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please forward the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete the original. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited and its associates hold or may hold securities in the companies/trusts mentioned herein. Any general advice included in this email has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on the advice, you should consider its appropriateness or discuss with one of our investment advisors. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited (ABN 49 010 669 726 AFSL 235410) A Participant of ASX Group .A principal member of the Financial Planing Association . --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
