GoogleGroups subscribe-by-email now functional GoogleGroups subscribe-by-email is now functional, tested last night. I haven't tested any other email commands, such as -unsubscribe, -digest, -nomail, etc.

Ironically, this doesn't work yet for GMail accounts due to the upper/lower case issue documented by Texas Critter. A GMail account will receive the confirmation but replying to it from your GMail account will not work yet, and there is no clickable confirmation link in the confirmation email. But this is a big step towards making GoogleGroups usable.


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  ¶ 7:42 AM 0 comments

  HRiders.com 100 Gigabyte Accounts http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20040927_194824.html

Google claims in its promotion of Gmail that users never will have to delete emails again, due to the pure dimension of its service. Hriders.com, based in Irvine, California, believes that one Gigabyte simply is not enough and offers what Google presented as a bug to some users in the week after Gmail's launch: A whopping 100 GByte.

"We wanted to do something 'hellacious' and came up with the idea to offer 100 GByte and allow users to send attachments in sizes up to 500 MByte."

more @ URL
  ¶ 8:23 PM 0 comments

  Dancing about Architecture A good set of GMail and e-mail resources maintained by one of our members:

Dancing about Architecture

http://alice.ttlg.net/links/archives/cat_email.php

  ¶ 1:33 AM 0 comments

  Mexican turns Gmail into blogging tool http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=12519

http://snipurl.com/9chi


Mexican turns Gmail into blogging tool

Updated 02:53am (Mla time) Sept 22, 2004
By Joey Alarilla
INQ7.net


FACE it: You’re not really going to use up the free one gigabyte of e-mail storage offered by Google’s Gmail service any time soon. Thanks to a Mexican programmer, however, users running a server and operating in a PHP environment might be able to use the free webmail service as the database for their blogs.

more @ URL

  ¶ 9:51 AM 0 comments

  More evidence of a Google browser More evidence of a Google browser

http://www.kottke.org/04/09/more-google-browser

Google could use their JavaScript expertise (in the form of Gmail ubercoder Chris Wetherell) to build Mozilla applications. Built-in blogging tools. Built-in Gmail tools. Built-in search tools.

more @ URL
  ¶ 11:21 AM 0 comments

  Gordon's GMail FAQ Kiwi Gordon Stewart is working on a GMail FAQ and would like suggestions.

http://gmail.kwister.com/


Gordon is well known for his automation of message deletion at Yahoogroups. Quite a feat. Keep an eye on his FAQ. :)

Here is Gordon's post in GMail-Users:

http://snipurl.com/9anj

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Gmail-Users/browse_frm/thread/1175bbf2e44fbad8/21eb0ea7ef50dd96?scrollSave=&

  ¶ 8:33 AM 0 comments

  Wildcards in Contacts Does adding an address to contacts whitelist that address?

I was able to enter *@yahoo.com in my contacts folder, I wonder if
that will whitelist the entire domain.
  ¶ 8:26 AM 0 comments

  "Report A Bug" Link Some GMail beta accounts feature a "Report A Bug" link in the upper right just to the right of the sign out link. Through diligent research :)I have obtained the link, here it is:

http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/request.py?direct=1

  ¶ 8:20 AM 0 comments

  Google to fight Microsoft with own browser? http://shorl.com/gelegatelony

http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39124208,00.htm

Google to fight Microsoft with own browser?
September 22 2004
by Jo Best


While Microsoft may fancy capturing some of Google's search action for itself, Google could well be taking an opposite tack and trying to steal a march on Redmond's dominance of the browser world.

Having poached some of the brains behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer, according to the New York Post, speculation is mounting that following the launch of its own brand email, Gmail, the next logical step for the search giant to bring out its own browser.

more @ URL  ¶ 9:40 AM 0 comments

  Google's Gmail ads hit the mark Google's Gmail ads hit the mark

http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/20/technology/techinvestor/hellweg/

"As such, I'm going to make a prediction: After it officially launches, Gmail will significantly improve Google's revenue and profit prospects. I think the click-through rates for ads served in Gmail will be significantly higher than for normal AdWords, and advertisers will pay more to be included in e-mail ads. "

more @ URL
  ¶ 3:09 PM 0 comments

  Has Gmail changed the way you email? http://services.google.com/inquiry/gmail_story

(Requires log-in)

Has Gmail changed the way you email?

Has it helped you organize your inbox? Or maybe even your life? Do you have a story you want to share about Gmail? We'd love to hear from you!

Tell your story in the box below and hit the submit button. Feel free to include details such as new things about Gmail that you've discovered if you think it would be helpful for others. Add some information about yourself, if you care to share.

We'll be posting some of these stories on the Gmail website, so look for your story in the near future.

Please enter your name and email address.

Your name:
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Tell us your story:


By submitting your story, you grant Google Inc. permission to use your name and testimonial for marketing purposes. Google will not sell your name or email address.
  ¶ 2:52 PM 0 comments

  Brandon Long in: Google-Labs-Groups2 Brandon Long in: Google-Labs-Groups2 [glg2]

"Yes, there are limits on the number of groups you can create in a certain time period.

There may be limits on how fast a single user can post to the system for detection of automated mail senders.

There aren't currently limits on the archive size or the number of messages a group can receive.

But, the point of Groups2...."

more @ URL  ¶ 6:17 PM 0 comments

  Thinking Out Loud: GMail Scales Up Thinking Out Loud: GMail Scales Up

It seems to me that the recent influx of invites is the fourth wave of
invites. If the original set of beta testers was about 1,000, and each
wave of invites scales up by about a factor of ten, then when this
round is implemented there will be approximately 1,000,000 GMusers. :)  ¶ 9:33 AM 0 comments

  Phishing For Gmail Accounts Phishing For Gmail Accounts
Chris Richardson | Contributing Writer
2004-09-13


It appears that there is a possible malicious email appearing in Gmail
inboxes disguised as an invitation announcement. The mailing claims to
be from the Gmail team and it "informs" the user that they have more
invitations that can be given out.

more @ URL

http://www.webpronews.com/news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20040913PhishingForGmailAccounts.html

http://snipurl.com/95u4  ¶ 9:19 AM 0 comments

  GMail Uses SPF >From the headers of a spam I received:

X-Gmail-Received: b241a60ed4458e9d1b055cb3c8c2ce6ea0e7bd81
Delivered-To: xxxxxx...@gmail.com
Received: by 10.38.72.72 with SMTP id u72cs10727rna;
Fri, 17 Sep 2004 04:30:58 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.11.116.71 with SMTP id o71mr105533cwc;
Fri, 17 Sep 2004 04:30:58 -0700 (PDT)

Return-Path:

Received: from gmail.com (200.146.82.91.adsl.gvt.net.br
[200.146.82.91])
by mx.gmail.com with SMTP id o71si30858cwc;
Fri, 17 Sep 2004 04:30:58 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: fail (gmail.com: domain of do_not_rep...@gmail.com does
not designate 200.146.82.91 as permitted sender)

From: "GMAIL ADVERTISEMENTS"

To: xxxxxx...@gmail.com
Subject: GMAIL WEBSITES

  ¶ 9:12 AM 0 comments

  Another GMail Notifier: GMNotifier http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=877

Another GMail Notifier: GMNotifier   ¶ 9:08 AM 0 comments