On Jan 25, 2008 8:58 AM, Jason Pruim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 25, 2008, at 8:52 AM, Eric Butera wrote: > > > On Jan 25, 2008 8:43 AM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 25/01/2008, Eric Butera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>> not to mention the 'all-your-email-belong-to-us' aspect of > >>>>>> world googlisation. > >>>>> > >>>>> yeah, that's exactly why I don't use gmail > >>>> > >>>> That's why I use gmail for lists, but not for work or personal > >>>> mail. > >>>> The spam filtering is great, and so is the interface, but I want my > >>>> personal email on my own disk space. > >>> > >>> You do realize that your personal email does go across the wire in > >>> plain text, right? :) > >>> > >> > >> Doesn't bother me one bit (pun intended). I meant that I like to have > >> my email safe where I can accidentally rm it rather than on Google's > >> servers. I don't consider list mail as "my mail". > >> > >> > >> Dotan Cohen > >> > >> http://what-is-what.com > >> http://gibberish.co.il > >> א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ- > >> ק-ר-ש-ת > >> > >> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > >> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > >> > > > > Ah, ok! I just know a lot of people got really upset about Google > > showing context specific ads on email. I just always smile at this > > wondering why people think any other form of plain/text is so much > > more secure. > > > I've always believed that if I'm going to get subjected to ads (Which > of course I do) I want them to be as specific as possible... Don't > show me the benefits of estrogen treatments :) > > > > -- > > Jason Pruim > Raoset Inc. > Technology Manager > MQC Specialist > 3251 132nd ave > Holland, MI, 49424 > www.raoset.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Which is why Google is friendly enough to provide a link to a map of your address when I view this thread, or track packages any time someone posts a large number (e.g. in a script example) that happens to match a pattern that any of several major companies like UPS or FedEx. As for the sponsored links? Five ways from Sunday to search for e-mail addresses. I can understand why they want to put the links there. It's just that there are so many places (especially in e-mail) where the links aren't going to make sense. Andrew
