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<blockquote data-quote="EFFENDI" data-source="post: 562850" data-attributes="member: 555674">&nbsp; From the walla.com privacy policy page:&nbsp;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.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 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&#039;s email clients.Here is a little more information about Gmail and the whole Privacy issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EFFENDI, post: 562850, member: 555674"] [I] From the walla.com privacy policy page:[/I] 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 [B]contextual[/B] ads are unobtrusive, very helpful, and I use them all the time. 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. [/QUOTE]

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