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What is Gmail?
by: Jakob Jelling
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Like most
other prime search engines, the
ability to freely giveaway an
email account is a positive tool
that signals to the user
community that this search engine
is here to stay! Google is no
different in this approach.
Recently, Google has been beta
testing Gmail. Google’s very
own email services repository.
Best of all, it’s free!
Well, it’s going to be free,
its currently available only in
Beta mode, if you are lucky
enough to have received an
invitation to sign up for a
complimentary account you
currently enjoy the benefits of
ubiquitous Gmail. Found at gmail.google.com, users
were at a frenzied pace to secure
the names and aliases that may be
snatched up once the floodgates
were open.
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are exclusively invited to partake in the
beta testing were selling their names and
invitations for quite a handsome sum on
eBay. Most users will have to wait until
Gmail goes live before actually trying it
out. However with all the functionality
at a price like this, how could anyone
refuse? Unlike MSN and Yahoo!
Google’s approach to space was a
little more liberal. Google provides 1000
MB of storage space so you would never
have to worry about limited space
requirements. All messages are displayed
intact as well as the replies. Messages
can be searched upon as well. Google’s
approach was to give as much flexibility
to the user so the user in turn would use
only Google.
Much
like the anti-pop up ad theory of The
Google Toolbar, there will be an
anti-Spam product built into Gmail that
will help thwart out unsolicited email.
Currently,
new users can ask for a preview address
from Google, although there is no
guarantee they will get one. Interested
parties should go to http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/about.html and fill in
their email addresses at the bottom of
the page.
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| About The Author Jakob Jelling is
the founder of http://www.sitetube.com. Visit his
website for the latest on planning,
building, promoting and maintaining
websites.
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