Post by Scott on Aug 24, 2005 15:17:38 GMT -7
If you don't already know (and I don't see why you wouldn't) Gmail is Google's e-mail service, but it is only for those whom are invited.
With that said, here is a list of people you can PM here at the forums who have Gmail invites to give out. (and you can also post invite requests here)
This list is small right now, but it will grow as we go along.
As a matter of fact, if anyone has invites that they could give out... please PM me (admin) AND post them here in this thread. Thank you!
Guests are welcome on this thread.
NEWS!
At first this was the ONLY way of getting an account, but there is one other way.
If you go to there website www.google.com there is a form for you to put in your CELLPHONE number, and they will SMS you an invite.
Here is what I got from their site:
Please note that if you don't have a cell phone, you still need to get an invite from someone that has Gmail.
With that said, here is a list of people you can PM here at the forums who have Gmail invites to give out. (and you can also post invite requests here)
- admin (yeah, thats my username)
- lorddy
- megumi
This list is small right now, but it will grow as we go along.
As a matter of fact, if anyone has invites that they could give out... please PM me (admin) AND post them here in this thread. Thank you!
Guests are welcome on this thread.
NEWS!
At first this was the ONLY way of getting an account, but there is one other way.
If you go to there website www.google.com there is a form for you to put in your CELLPHONE number, and they will SMS you an invite.
Here is what I got from their site:
You need to receive and enter a special invitation code in order to create an account. Currently, we are only sending these codes as text messages to US mobile phones. So you will need to have a mobile phone with text message capabilities (most phones have this) and the invitation code itself.
One of the reasons we are offering this new way to sign up for Gmail is to help protect our users and combat abuse. Spam and abuse protection are two things we take very seriously, and our users have been very happy with the small amount of spam they've received in their Gmail accounts. We take many measures to ensure that spammers have a difficult time sending their spam messages, getting these messages delivered, or even obtaining a Gmail account (spammers will often use many different accounts to send spam). Sending invitation codes to mobile phones via SMS is one way to address this, as the number of accounts per phone number can be limited.
If you want to open an account a different way, you may want to ask a friend with a mobile phone to receive an invitation code for you or to ask someone you know who already has a Gmail account to email you an invitation.
One of the reasons we are offering this new way to sign up for Gmail is to help protect our users and combat abuse. Spam and abuse protection are two things we take very seriously, and our users have been very happy with the small amount of spam they've received in their Gmail accounts. We take many measures to ensure that spammers have a difficult time sending their spam messages, getting these messages delivered, or even obtaining a Gmail account (spammers will often use many different accounts to send spam). Sending invitation codes to mobile phones via SMS is one way to address this, as the number of accounts per phone number can be limited.
If you want to open an account a different way, you may want to ask a friend with a mobile phone to receive an invitation code for you or to ask someone you know who already has a Gmail account to email you an invitation.
Please note that if you don't have a cell phone, you still need to get an invite from someone that has Gmail.