"Google may have to rethink its new free email service Gmail, announced a week ago. The company is offering a whopping 1Gb of free storage, but scans the content of incoming email and seeds it with targeted ads.
This is forbidden, under German privacy laws, Andreas Hermann of the German Federal Data Protection Commission told a Hanover newspaper yesterday. In Germany, email, fax and phone conversations are considered to be confidential. Snooping on email is permitted only when substantial criminal activity is suspected."
Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038
http://www.catchafallingstar.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Birdsell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] gmails
It is really beyond me why anyone would be trying to pawn off "Free" Gmail accounts on behalf of Google. First of all nothing is "Free". If someone tells you otherwise they are lying. Secondly, why would anyone waste their time trying to promote Google unless they were a Google employee and were paid to do so? I wouldn't! Thirdly, as Mike pointed out, this is a meteorite list and not a forum for promoting Google freebies. Finally, if anyone bothers to take the time to perform even a perfunctory search on Gmail you will find numerous reasons Not to sign up for a "Gmail" account. Stop and ask yourself why Google would be offering this service for "free". For instance:
http://forums.techguy.org/t219388.html
-John
Michael Farmer wrote:
What the hell are you talking about? I am not an AOL user.
I am sick of reading about stupid free email accounts. This is a meteorite list.
If someone wants GMAIL account, let them find it themselves. I have a pile of free pet food samples to give away. Want some?
Michael Farmer
----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Hirschmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] gmails
Mike, I have also some to give away, you as a aol user stay in the aol world........ Ha, never mind.
Joachim
and anyway, YOU might not want to, but there are others who had asked me to advise when I had more. Just delete Mike, just delete.
-------Original Message-------
From: Michael Farmer Date: 01/05/05 17:03:25 To: Dave Harris; metlist Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] gmails
Why do you people keep advertising that crap. everyone here seems to have an email account, so please, I don't want to
hear about GMAIL again.
Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "metlist" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:01 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] gmails
Hi, I suspect that you are probably all gmailed out but... I have another 4
gmail accts to give away!
1st come &c.
best!
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