all the above

 

THAT IS NOT SPAM! Again, I dunno if you don't understand what spam is or what. YOU DO NOT RECIEVE TARGETED EMAILS!



I don't know how better to explain, you just said it yourself.



YOU DO NOT RECIEVE UNSOLICITED EMAILS BASED ON THE DATA COLLECTED!!!



The article you supposedly read does not say you do, the statement you are dragging out of that article does not indicate you will be spammed based on the data collected, it simply inserts a targeted ad in the viewing screen, just like the one at the bottom of the add, it's the exact same code.



If you're going to bitch and quote bias articles then at least bitch about the facts.... that's all I ask.

 

In fact it doesn't even send an annoying little message like yahoo and hotmail puts at the bottom of EACH message you send out. There's no ads in a message sent off the gmail, the only place you see the ads is when you are viewing messages, in which keywords are scanned. Much like the fact that the government scans emails for keywords like bomb and terrorist. except google delivers an ad, the government delivers god knows what.



I hate ads and hate free-email services because of them, it annoys the **** out of me, but you ain't paying, so live with it. If you wanna argue about ads then I'll agree with you, they suck, however the gmail ads are less intrusive in my opinio then the yahoo and hotmail ones. I see people trying to do business off a free account and think it's a joke... if you want to have that convo then fine, but there's no argument if you tell me gmail is nothing but spam ads... let's see I'll check a yahoo account I just opened and the gmail... the yahoo account will already have 500+ spam messages.... gmail 0.

 

invite me so i can help you phins :P

 

No, I only got 3 invites and they aren't really even mine, they are from the dude that invited me, if you actually wanted one I would send it, but remember "gmail sux" LOL

 

I'm not argueing with you about Google sending it Phins.



But it does state that they can and will (if that court case allows) sell the information they gather. Just because they don't send you unsolicited e-mails themselves doesn't mean someone who buys the information won't. What's the point of buying it then?



I don't like the idea of someone reading my mail, or listening to my phone conversations. I don't care WHY they are doing it, I've certainly got nothing to hide, other than nearly useless credit card numbers!







Can you actually send and receive 1 gig e-mails, or can you just store 1 gig worth of past e-mails?

 

I think it's just storage, or at least that's what I would assume and keep in mind if you have a hotmail or yahoo account you run the exact same risks. Hotmail and Yahoo collect a lot of personal info. I dislike all of the free email providers, but you get what you pay for, if I had to choose between hotmail, yahoo or gmail it would easily be gmail. All of the concerns mentioned are a possibility on ANY mail server, something to keep in mind. Any email you send can easily be read by the right people on any of the mail servers it touches in or out. In short, if you don't want unsolicited emails and you don't want your personal info sold, don't use a any free email providers. Like I said I agree with you there, I don't like ads of any kind, so I don't use free email services for my daily emails, if I am signing up for something and think I might get spammed, I do use a freebie box.

 

Me too, but Yahoo must be doing a hell of a job on mine, because I don't get anything.

 

I get about 1100 a week on my yahoo account LOL, but I would not send anything off the yahoo account, I absolutely hate the ads they put in the bottom of each email.