Who'd have thought it. An email with [OT] in the subject line, on a Friday no less...with content that does not directly pertain to the list! It is almost as if it somehow "off topic".
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:02:59 +1000, TRACEY, Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/ > --- 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/
