#231068 - 19/08/2004 10:53
Gmail invite
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veteran
Registered: 21/03/2002
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Loc: MA but Irish born
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As I got my invite and some others from here, I am retruning the favour.
PM me an e-mail address.
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#231069 - 19/08/2004 22:12
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: Phoenix42]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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I will say that I find it odd that I got 1 invite a month ago, and none else.
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#231070 - 19/08/2004 22:42
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: lectric]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 15/01/2002
Posts: 1866
Loc: Austin
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heh. im sitting on about 8
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#231071 - 19/08/2004 23:52
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: RobotCaleb]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
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ditto. can't give em away!
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#231072 - 20/08/2004 00:46
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: loren]
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Registered: 01/03/2002
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Loc: Florida
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well since everyone is in a giving mood, [email protected]  Thanks in advance
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#231073 - 20/08/2004 01:00
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: lectric]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Then can someone send one to jamie(at)kenner.la.us? He's a cow-orker that would appreciate it. And so would I, it'd get him off my back.
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#231074 - 23/08/2004 10:12
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: loren]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
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Actually, I think one would come handy after all, if you still have any left (bonzi[at]email[dot]htnet[dot]hr). Thanks!
BTW, hi, everybody, long time no see <waves>!
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#231075 - 23/08/2004 22:33
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: bonzi]
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#231076 - 23/08/2004 22:48
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: Phoenix42]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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How do you get the link without sending to someone?
I have 3 to post, but Dunno how.
Edited by lectric (23/08/2004 22:48)
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#231077 - 23/08/2004 22:50
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: lectric]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
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You send it to yourself
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#231078 - 23/08/2004 23:12
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: tman]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Hmm I thought that would screw up the name. I guess not. Back in a few....
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#231079 - 23/08/2004 23:13
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: lectric]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
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Loc: New Orleans, LA
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#231080 - 23/08/2004 23:14
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: lectric]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
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They get to choose their own name. The name you type in when you create the invite is just used as a default.
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#231081 - 23/08/2004 23:22
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: tman]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Cool. Just didn't want to screw it up by trying something when I wasn't sure how it would do.
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#231082 - 23/08/2004 23:22
Three invites available
[Re: tman]
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Registered: 17/12/2000
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Loc: Manteca, California
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#231083 - 23/08/2004 23:36
Re: Three invites available
[Re: gbeer]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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I'm just shocked at how EVERY possible version of my name was taken on GMail when I used an invite I received. I mean, full first and last name with a . in between. That doesn't seem *so* common, yet every variation was taken. How long has GMail been up that they could all be gone? Or did it get hit by spammers harvesting invites and generating their own in order to create more seemingly legitimate spam accounts? And do I have any hope of getting the name I like back (besides trying it every week to see if the "owner" has gone into inactivity and the account has lapsed (... which my account probably has...))?
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#231084 - 24/08/2004 11:25
Re: Three invites available
[Re: FireFox31]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Keep in mind that it takes 9 months of activity for a gmail account to lapse.
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#231085 - 24/08/2004 11:47
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: Phoenix42]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
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Thanks!
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#231086 - 24/08/2004 13:29
Re: Three invites available
[Re: gbeer]
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Registered: 18/08/2000
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Loc: Georgetown, TX USA
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#231087 - 25/08/2004 00:13
Re: Three invites available
[Re: gbeer]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 17/12/2000
Posts: 2665
Loc: Manteca, California
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Looks like invites 2 and 3 are taken. Assuming my bookeeping is right. I reposted the link in case I had it wrong. invite 1 again
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#231088 - 25/08/2004 11:00
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: bonzi]
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veteran
Registered: 21/03/2002
Posts: 1424
Loc: MA but Irish born
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Your welcome bonzi.
Here are a few more:
ALL GONE
Edited by Phoenix42 (26/08/2004 10:36)
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#231089 - 26/08/2004 00:29
Re: Three invites available
[Re: gbeer]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 17/12/2000
Posts: 2665
Loc: Manteca, California
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Looks like invites 2 and 3 are taken. Assuming my bookeeping is right. I reposted the link in case I had it wrong.
invite 1 again
Taken but here are three more
invite 4
invite 5
invite 6
Edited by gbeer (26/08/2004 00:38)
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#231090 - 26/08/2004 02:28
Re: Three invites available
[Re: gbeer]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
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Here's one LinkI think there strategy is to keep going with the invitations for a while instead of just opening it up to prevent an initial flood or subscribers.
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#231091 - 26/08/2004 16:32
Re: Three invites available
[Re: msaeger]
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Registered: 28/04/2002
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Loc: Los Angeles, CA
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#231092 - 30/08/2004 18:26
Re: Three invites available
[Re: image]
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Registered: 01/03/2002
Posts: 599
Loc: Florida
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Edited by Attack (31/08/2004 11:11)
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#231093 - 01/09/2004 00:12
Re: Three invites available
[Re: gbeer]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 17/12/2000
Posts: 2665
Loc: Manteca, California
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Quote:
invite 4
invite 5
invite 6
all taken
I have more. gmail keeps filling the pot. This time pm me. Cause unless I miss my guess outsiders are raiding the links. At least from the names chosen it seems so.
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#231094 - 01/09/2004 00:22
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: Phoenix42]
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veteran
Registered: 19/06/2000
Posts: 1495
Loc: US: CA
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Speaking of GMail, Kevin Rose is going to be giving away a bunch of invites on Friday.
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#231095 - 03/09/2004 11:07
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: ricin]
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veteran
Registered: 21/03/2002
Posts: 1424
Loc: MA but Irish born
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Anyone still in need?
Six more in my inbox this morning.
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#231096 - 03/09/2004 11:09
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: Phoenix42]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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I am still wondering what the big deal is. Granted, I get spam like everyone else. But I really only use one personal email and one office email address. I usually download mail to my local machine, so I rarely run out of inbound space. Am I missing a major clue somewhere?
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#231097 - 03/09/2004 11:22
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: pgrzelak]
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Registered: 21/03/2002
Posts: 1424
Loc: MA but Irish born
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Well you could always snag one and see for your self.
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#231098 - 04/09/2004 04:23
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: Phoenix42]
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enthusiast
Registered: 18/03/2002
Posts: 225
Loc: San Diego, California USA
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I have some if any bbs members want one....Send me a PM and I'll hook you up until they're gone....Randy
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#231099 - 04/09/2004 13:10
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: pgrzelak]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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To me it's just handy to have an auto-filtering email account anywhere I go. The implementation of filters and labels is really nice.
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#231100 - 04/09/2004 15:04
Not all messages received?
[Re: lectric]
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old hand
Registered: 18/08/2000
Posts: 992
Loc: Georgetown, TX USA
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Anyone ever not receive emails they know were sent to their gmail address? I've had two now that I know for sure were sent and not received. One was sent by me from a non-gmail account and another was someone I was conversing with thru email and it suddenly stopped. He said he had replied answering my question already... 
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#231101 - 04/09/2004 15:33
Re: Not all messages received?
[Re: davec]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31597
Loc: Seattle, WA
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checked your spam folder?
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#231102 - 04/09/2004 15:33
Re: Not all messages received?
[Re: davec]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
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I've heard reports of gmail's spam filters being overzealous.
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#231103 - 04/09/2004 17:20
Re: Not all messages received?
[Re: tfabris]
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Registered: 18/08/2000
Posts: 992
Loc: Georgetown, TX USA
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Yeah I looked in the spam folder, nothing... I had received previous emails from that person, and it would have been a reply which would have fallen under the same "conversation" in the Gmail inbox that has 7 messages in it now... The other was a mesage from me to a mailing list, which I do have set to receive my own postings from,... Maybe they'll show up in 40 years like those old letters through the post office do sometimes...
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#231104 - 04/09/2004 17:59
Re: Not all messages received?
[Re: wfaulk]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
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I've heard reports of gmail's spam filters being overzealous.
Slightly, perhaps 0.5% false-positive rate for me, and that for messages that do look somewhat like spam (mostly newsletters in HTML). Still, makes checking spam folder necessary. Then again, I am yet to see a spam filter where it is not. For example, well-trained K9 has perhaps 0.1% false-positive rate (which you pay for with at least 10% false-negative), and PopFile both in 1% range, in my experience. Depends on how consistent one's perception of spam is, too, of course.
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#231105 - 05/09/2004 03:56
Re: Not all messages received?
[Re: bonzi]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 08/07/1999
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Still, makes checking spam folder necessary Which completely negates the advantages of having a spam filter at all.  You still have to plow through all your emails, except now it's a bit harder because you have to look through multiple folders. Sigh... tanstaafl.
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#231106 - 05/09/2004 07:33
Re: Not all messages received?
[Re: tanstaafl.]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 13/09/1999
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Loc: Croatia
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Still, makes checking spam folder necessary
Which completely negates the advantages of having a spam filter at all.
You still have to plow through all your emails, except now it's a bit harder because you have to look through multiple folders.
I don't know, you should be right, but I somehow feel this to be more convenient, especially with a line or so of the message displayed along with subject and sender, as Gmail does. Even with a 'normal' POP3 client (e.g. OE) and decent Bayesian (sp?) filter (I switched from POPFile to K9) it seems to me faster to glance once or twice a day at spam folder and, unless I spot something familiar, delete everything in one go than to delete messages from my inbox one by one. Besides, false-positives are never 'normal' textual messages that one cares for the most, but usually HTML-formatted newsletters (e.g. the one from Java Developer's Journal I found among spam another day) which will not be missed terribly if deleted by accident.
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#231107 - 10/09/2004 16:59
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: Phoenix42]
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#231108 - 11/09/2004 07:36
Re: Gmail invite
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Registered: 28/04/2002
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geez, how many versions of acidfantasy do you need? =) not one of my friends, i'm pretty sure.
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#231109 - 11/09/2004 07:44
Re: Gmail invite
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Registered: 28/04/2002
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Edited by image (11/09/2004 07:50)
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#231110 - 11/09/2004 12:07
Re: Gmail invite
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#231111 - 11/09/2004 23:52
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[Re: The Central Guy]
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wow, looks like someone posted the links to a spanish site =)
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#231112 - 14/09/2004 05:29
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#231113 - 22/09/2004 04:11
Re: Gmail invite
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Registered: 19/06/2000
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For anyone who is still looking for invites, or looking to get rid of invites, check out the Gmail Invite Spooler.
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#231114 - 22/09/2004 11:09
Re: Gmail invite
[Re: ricin]
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