Anyone else want a gmail account?

[Karen]

I now have several invitations I can send people. Gmail is an free email service by Google. You are allowed 1,000 mb of storage, and because it is still "invitation only" (it's in beta-testing), you can probably get whatever email address you want! It does have ads over to the side of the emails, but they are very easy to ignore, and don't clutter up emails you send to others, either. And I have not yet gotten a single piece of spam there, either!

If you would like an invitation, send me a PM with your current email address AND your real name!

[flamepony12]

I don't have an account yet... how do I get one?

[dogs_4_me]

If there is any invitations left over can I get a gmail for my friend?

[Karen]

To get an account, as I said, send me a PM with your current email address and your real name. I will then send an invitation to you, and that's how you get a gmail account.

[flamepony12]

oohh, okay :P

[anna_66]

Not trying to take over your thread Karen, but I also have 6 invitations so if Karen doesn't have any left I do:)

[flamepony12]

:| i don't get what an invitation is

[Karen]

Just check your email, and you'll see it.

It is an official invitation to join gmail, and tells you how to sign up for a free account.

[flamepony12]

oh okay :) thanx :)

[ComedyDevil]

PM Karen with your name and email address. You will then get an email inviting you to sign up for a Gmail account, with a link to sign up. :p Make sense?

EDIT: Peh, figures you'd get there before me :p I think I need to type faster ;)

[dogs_4_me]

How can u invite someone on gmail?

[flamepony12]

ok, i signed up, now what? :P

[Karen]

Now go ahead and use it to email people! That is what you wanted it for, right?

[flamepony12]

:D yep. thanx!

[slleipnir]

Lol, I have 6 as well..I'd say just about everyone has one that wants it though ;) PM me though if Karen runs out.

[flamepony12]

how do you know if you have invites? i mean, if i wanted to invite someone how would i do it?

[binka_nugget]

If you have invites to give out, you'd see something like this:

http://free.one.picturehost.co.uk/gmail.jpg

[flamepony12]

it turned up as a ?

[binka_nugget]

Edited it.

[flamepony12]

oohh,, okay i'll check :)

[flamepony12]

Well i don't have it... am i supposed to? if not how do i get it? (sry if im asking 2 many q's) :P

[binka_nugget]

They give it out to random people. They've been giving out a lot of invites lately so you'll probably get one in a bit. I've gotten almost 20 in the past week. I gave a lot away on gmailswap.com since I didn't know what to do with them. :p

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

Originally posted by binka_nugget
They give it out to random people. They've been giving out a lot of invites lately so you'll probably get one in a bit. I've gotten almost 20 in the past week. I gave a lot away on gmailswap.com since I didn't know what to do with them. :p

I *think* it also depends how active your gmail account is. Warren (hubby) hardly uses his, and he has only had ONE batch of 6 invites (which I used for PTer's anyway :p ), whereas I have switched most of my mail over to my new gmail addy, so I am using it quite extensively, and I get invites on a regular basis.

If you have invitations which you are not going to use, there is a website where you can donate them to US TROOPS. The website says " Troops abroad have a real use for these accounts. Loved ones can send them movies or photos from home and they don't have to worry about having to delete things. If you are a troop and would like a Gmail Invite, or you have invites to offer, post!

Click here (http://www.gmail4troops.com/) to offer your invites."

[anna_66]

What a wonderful idea Ally Cat's Mommy! I just donated my invites:D