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#155228 - 04/04/04 10:26 PM Re: Why Spymac mail is better than Google Gmail [Re: MacGizmo]
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Well, Apple's webmail is no speed champ... when it works. But I'd venture to guess that dialup users squirm in agony with Spymac. Hell, a slow DSL at my old job while checking Spymac was painful.<br><br>I make my assumptions about what Gmail will be like based on their current offerings. Every site they've ever made has been a lean, mean sex machine.<br><br>
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#155229 - 04/04/04 10:28 PM Re: Why Spymac mail is better than Google Gmail [Re: MacGizmo]
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<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>I get a kick out of people who refuse to buy over the internet because they're concerned about privacy and security - and yet they're perfectly willing to hand their credit card and drivers license over to some pimple-faced college kid in a restaurant who disappears with them in the back for 5 minutes. I can just imagine what someone could do with that information in 5 minutes.<p><hr></blockquote><p>HAHA! Great point!<br><br>
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#155230 - 04/05/04 02:42 PM Re: Why Spymac mail is better than Google Gmail [Re: Trog]
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It was officially released today. Spymac is the first service to offer 1GB email. They have also bumped up the attachment size to 10MB and are attempting to make it larger (but they need to remove a bug in the database software first).<br><br><br><br>

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#155231 - 04/05/04 02:47 PM Re: Why Spymac mail is better than Google Gmail [Re: MacGizmo]
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Actually, we had something happen to us in a restaurant involving a credit card..<br><br>They brought out the bill, we gave the credit card for payment, then I signed the slip and left it on the table...Then, we left the slip on the table and departed...<br><br>When we got the Amex bill a few weeks later, we discovered the meal had been charged to the card twice. Now we always make sure we hand that slip to a waiter/waitress...<br><br>[color:red]You slap my back, I'll slap yours!</font color=red>

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#155232 - 04/05/04 04:17 PM Re: Why Spymac mail is better than Google Gmail [Re: Trog]
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if i were to drop my mac.com email and account, i would likely go with the google option since they are more "proven" and more likely to have staying power. there is nothing i use my mac.com account that i would worry about privacy concerns for. i also doubt that privacy violations will every mean that a person is viewing your email; rather, they will have computers scan emails to better provide ads. big deal. i am more concerned with my university or ISP viewing my emails than what a computer might find in my secondary email account for most things related to the internet.<br><br>spymac is a goofy name if you want to do anything semi serious with your email address. <br><br>----<br>"even if we get bin Laden or Zawahiri now, it is 2 years 2 late. Al Qaeda is a very different org now. It has had time to adapt. The administration should have finished this job." Leverett, former Bush Nat’l Security Cncl staff specialist.

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#155233 - 04/05/04 04:20 PM Re: Why Spymac mail is better than Google Gmail [Re: sean]
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spymac is a goofy name if you want to do anything semi serious with your email address<br><br>Yes, and by all means the name 'Google' gives you a crapload of credibility...<br><br>Well, no less than 'Yahoo' I guess. <br><br>[color:red]You slap my back, I'll slap yours!</font color=red>

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#155234 - 04/05/04 04:51 PM Re: Why Spymac mail is better than Google Gmail [Re: DaddyMac]
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I agree... having an email address containing Hotmail, Google, Yahoo, Excite, mac.com, msn.com or anything other than your own company or personal web site name is kind of amateur and lowers the credibility anyway... so a Spymac one is no different, IMO.<br><br>It's really a question of personal use vs. business use. All of the options are perfectly acceptable for "personal use" but I wouldn't use any of them for business.<br><br><br> My uptime is longer than yours, therefore my e-penis is longer.
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#155235 - 04/05/04 04:57 PM Re: Why Spymac mail is better than Google Gmail [Re: sean]
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Yeah, Sean, you would then lose ALL credibility with your students, just like you've lost all credibility here. <br><br>

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#155236 - 04/05/04 04:57 PM Re: Why Spymac mail is better than Google Gmail [Re: DaddyMac]
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<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Yes, and by all means the name 'Google' gives you a crapload of credibility...<p><hr></blockquote><p>true, those are silly names, but at least google and yahoo are web-based standards whether the names are goofy or not. but SPY (being associated with a spy is neat only if you work for the CIA or FBI) Mac (we already know the problems with being a mac user) is really just downright silly and who really wants to be associated with an organization whose namesake is that they spy on macs? <br><br>----<br>"even if we get bin Laden or Zawahiri now, it is 2 years 2 late. Al Qaeda is a very different org now. It has had time to adapt. The administration should have finished this job." Leverett, former Bush Nat’l Security Cncl staff specialist.

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#155237 - 04/05/04 05:00 PM Re: Why Spymac mail is better than Google Gmail [Re: Trog]
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i actually use(d) my university account for my students, family and friends. actually, i have registered domain names for my classes (e.g., ed205.com) for my students and they can just email me using that -- sean at ed205.com. it's easier that way, plus i don't have to use mail filters and ask my students to place their course number in the subject line any more. <br><br>----<br>"even if we get bin Laden or Zawahiri now, it is 2 years 2 late. Al Qaeda is a very different org now. It has had time to adapt. The administration should have finished this job." Leverett, former Bush Nat’l Security Cncl staff specialist.

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