anybody not have GMAIL?

[brandontw 10+ year member]

well how do you get invites then?

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

http://www.walla.com is\has just as simple of an interface. and its quite fast and reliable for the amount of time ive used it.

give it a try. i DOUBT you will be dissapointed. 1gb + its free and no hassle\spam.

ive had it for over a month now. but to each his own.

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

well how do you get invites then?

they just show up

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

im still waitin for mine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[EFFENDI 10+ year member]

www.walla.com
easy. fast. free. new.

i like it.

Collecting your Personal Information
Account information: When you sign up for Walla!Mail, Walla! shall collect, upon registration, limited personal information. This information includes your first and last name, a user name, a password, your birthday, gender, country of origin and time zone, a specific question and secret answer, and an optional list of your interests, all which will be used to create and maintain your account.

To enable an upgrade to a 1 gigabyte account, Walla! may require additional information from individuals who already subscribe to a Walla! account.

Advertising

As part of the Service, Walla! will provide you, at its discretion, with promotions, ads and other related commercial information.

no thanks, ill stick with my gmail....

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif ya i dont have any-bummer:uhoh:

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

no thanks, ill stick with my gmail....

ya that looks iffy

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

no thanks, ill stick with my gmail....

so your telling me you insert your real name into your gmail account?

and your telling me that your password question is personal informaiton you want to hide? how about your birthdate\gender? rolf, i make up fake ones every time i enter them (everywher thats it not important, my birthday is real here)

and fyi, i have not gotten one of these 'adds'

there are virtually NO banners (1 on the email page) no popups. i have not gotten any spam. and the registration did not ask any personal information that i could not invent.

so if this your excuse for not getting a walla.com email address. then you have fun with your over hyped email address, and expect a TON of spam comming thru. because @gmail.com is going to be just as hot as @aol.com for spammers. and you are going to get junkmail.

have fun //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

(no offense meant eaither mr effendi, you are a good guy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif )

 

[anaranchi 10+ year member]

Personally, I've never even heard of Walla. So I'd have to wonder if any account I signed up for with them would actually stick around. Google is obviously in it for the long-run, but some no-name company... who knows?

 

[EFFENDI 10+ year member]

so your telling me you insert your real name into your gmail account?
and your telling me that your password question is personal informaiton you want to hide? how about your birthdate\gender? rolf, i make up fake ones every time i enter them (everywher thats it not important, my birthday is real here)

and fyi, i have not gotten one of these 'adds'

there are virtually NO banners (1 on the email page) no popups. i have not gotten any spam. and the registration did not ask any personal information that i could not invent.

so if this your excuse for not getting a walla.com email address. then you have fun with your over hyped email address, and expect a TON of spam comming thru. because @gmail.com is going to be just as hot as @aol.com for spammers. and you are going to get junkmail.

have fun //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

(no offense meant eaither mr effendi, you are a good guy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif )

I dont think its opver-hyped. Its an awesome service with great third party software support. I use a lot of different apps with it. I just think that they want too much information, and also that part about "If you want the full 1 GB" you might have to provide more information. I have not recieved a single mesage with any spam at all and I have had my account for a little over 4 months. Nothing personal either here bro, just sounds a little fishy to me. If you are happy with it then by all means....but gmail is a pretty solid competitor. Im extremely happy with it.

 

[EFFENDI 10+ year member]

Personally, I've never even heard of Walla. So I'd have to wonder if any account I signed up for with them would actually stick around. Google is obviously in it for the long-run, but some no-name company... who knows?

From the walla.com privacy policy page:

Transfer of Information
Walla! includes your email address and user name in mail sent from your account.

Walla!Mail is a truly global service that is accessible from any computer anywhere in the world. To maintain it as such, personal information collected by Walla! may be transferred outside of your country, and stored and processed in Israel, the United States or any other country in which Walla! or its agents maintain facilities. .

In the event of a transfer of ownership of Walla!, such as acquisition by or merger with another company, Walla! reserves the right to transfer your personal information. However, in such an event, Walla! shall notify you, by posting a notice of such change on www.Walla.com before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Is Walla around for the long haul? You make the call. I think the fact that Gmail is backed by a solid, publicly-traded, well-known company that it is definitely reason to believe that they (ie. the service) are not going anywhere. Additionally, I would rather have my emails saved here in the United States, not scattered over different servers all over the world. I highly doubt that Gmail is going to exhibit the same spamming problems as AOL. They are completely different in nature of their service. Additionally, the contextual ads are unobtrusive, very helpful, and I use them all the time.

Protecting your privacy Google takes privacy very seriously, and your trust is important to us. Gmail users should know:

1. Google does not share any email content or other personally identifiable information with advertisers.
   
2. No humans read any email messages to target advertising or related information that users may see on Gmail.
   
3. Users only see unobtrusive, targeted ads alongside their Gmail messages.

There are no popups, or annoying ad banners. As far as Gmail scanning your emails, well you are no safer with any other email service, any joe-blow script kiddie can install a trojan/worm on your machine and read and access whatever they want. With Gmail, and using a encrypted web-based connection, I trust that a little more than even using Outlook or AOL's email clients.

Here is a little more information about Gmail and the whole Privacy issue.

Public reaction versus privacy reality When we began the limited test of Gmail, we expected our service would be the subject of intense interest. What we did not anticipate was the reaction from some privacy activists, editorial writers and legislators, many of whom condemned Gmail without first seeing it for themselves. We were surprised to find that some of these activists and organizations refused to even talk to us, or to try first-hand the very service they were criticizing. As we read news stories about Gmail, we have regularly noticed factual errors and out-of-context quotations. Misinformation about Gmail has spread across the web.
That's unfortunate for Google, but why should you care? Because it may affect your right to make your own decisions about how you read your mail. This misinformation threatens to eliminate legitimate and useful consumer choices by means of legislation aimed at innocuous and privacy-aware aspects of our service, while simultaneously deflecting attention from the real privacy issues inherent to all email systems.

Let's be clear: there are issues with email privacy, and these issues are common to all email providers. The main issue is that the contents of your messages are stored on mailservers for some period of time; there is always a danger that these messages can be obtained and used for purposes that may harm you. There exists a real opportunity for misuse of your information by governments, as well as by your email provider. Careful consideration of the relevant issues, close scrutiny of email providers' practices and policies, and suitable vigilance and enforcement of appropriate legislation are the best defenses against misuse of your information. The only alternative is to avoid new technology altogether, and forego the benefits it provides.

Various people and organizations, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), have been helping to focus the debate on the real issues surrounding privacy and email. We've welcomed their input on Gmail and are engaging in a productive dialogue with them, and others.

When we began the limited test of Gmail, we had policies that were substantively no different from those of all other major webmail services. However, we understand that as a leader in our industry, we are held to a higher standard. We don't believe that the questions around email and privacy are resolved, and we are working to better understand what the issues currently are, and what they will be in the future. We are keenly interested in addressing these issues head-on, and in helping to fashion guidelines and public policies that protect the privacy of not only Gmail users, but everyone. We'd like your help in that process.

 

[gellis4 10+ year member]

if you feel like letting me in i'll appreciate it very much, thanks.

Greg Ellis,

gregellis4@hotmail.com

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

if you feel like letting me in i'll appreciate it very much, thanks.
Greg Ellis,

gregellis4@hotmail.com

Consider it done.

- Steve

 

[BulldogSr04 10+ year member]

I dont think its opver-hyped. Its an awesome service with great third party software support. I use a lot of different apps with it. I just think that they want too much information, and also that part about "If you want the full 1 GB" you might have to provide more information. I have not recieved a single mesage with any spam at all and I have had my account for a little over 4 months. Nothing personal either here bro, just sounds a little fishy to me. If you are happy with it then by all means....but gmail is a pretty solid competitor. Im extremely happy with it.

What third party support does it have? That would be great if I could integrate it with my outlook express. I think web based email is a PITA.

 

[gellis4 10+ year member]

Consider it done.
- Steve

thanks steve. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsupwink.gif.129404938effda6ad9cca39e7f4b58a3.gif