Are Yahoo! and Hotmail Blocking Gmail Invites?

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Hotmail Blocks Gmail Emails (and
Invites)

Hotmail Blocks Gmail Emails (and
Invites) 06/21/2004 09:25 AM

Is Hotmail Blocking Gmail Invitations?

Is Hotmail Blocking Gmail Invitations? 06/09/2004 10:57 AM

This could just be an isolated incident, but last night I got my first Gmail invites, so I sent one to my girlfriend's Hotmail account and it bounced. So not only may Hotmail be blocking the Gmail invitations (which, honestly, I doubt, but it's just shady enough to question it), but I wasted an invitation that I won't get back. Anyone else had this problem?

Yahoo! Mail trashing Gmail invites

Yahoo! Mail trashing Gmail invites 06/22/2004 03:38 PM
Yahoo! Mail is trashing Gmail invites. Regular Gmail appears in the inbox, but invites are sorted to the spam folder.

Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Have Company

Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Have Company 12/24/2004 12:17 PM
TechTree Dec 24 2004 2:29PM GMT

Aliencamel.com - The First Commercial
Email Service to Offer Unlimited Storage
for Personal Email, Finest in its Class
with More Features than Gmail, Yahoo!
and Hotmail

Aliencamel.com - The First Commercial
Email Service to Offer Unlimited Storage
for Personal Email, Finest in its Class
with More Features than Gmail, Yahoo!
and Hotmail 08/17/2004 02:00 AM
Aliencamel.com announces that the email-storage-space race is over. This race was started by Google's Gmail service offering 1GB of storage. AlienCamel has gone the final step and is now offering its users unlimited storage. By removing limits on space, users now have a simple, low-cost service which will keep their emails safe, secure and backed up forever. AlienCamel has implemented the most sophisticated anti-spam filtering and email-virus-blocking technology over the last 18 months. Now, AlienCamel is the first independent commercial email service in the world to offer "unlimited storage for personal email". [PRWEB Aug 17, 2004]

More Gmail Invites

More Gmail Invites 09/07/2004 09:41 PM
I have six more Gmail invites. Leave a comment on this post and be sure to fill in your correct...

I have 10 more Gmail Invites...

I have 10 more Gmail Invites... 06/20/2004 11:30 AM
Leave a commment with your first and last name plus e-mail address if you'd like one. The first 10 will get 'em. See Also: I'm running out of Gmail invites Spam My Gmail Account Blinded by Gmail's Gigabyte?...

Gmail Invites

Gmail Invites 08/29/2004 05:23 AM
I have six Gmail invites available. Leave a comment with your correct email address if you want one....

I have some gmail invites

I have some gmail invites 06/18/2004 07:11 PM

I have four gmail invites left. The first four people to leave a comment with their email address can have them (put it in the email field and fill in a URL as well if you're worried about spam harvesters - the email won't be displayed but I'll still have access to it). No random gift or good deed necessary - consider it a "thank you" for reading.

In related news, Adrian's Python gmail export script is really rather neat.

Update: They all went in under 15 minutes! To avoid being bombarded with requests, I'll state now that I have no plans of handing out any more in this manner. Still, it was a fun way of drawing some of the lurkers out of hiding.

I have some Gmail Invites to give away

I have some Gmail Invites to give away 06/20/2004 10:00 PM

Google has given me a number of Gmail invites to give away and I thought I would offer them up here. Being this is a technical site I am looking for technical resources so the person that suggest to me the best resource will get an account. I will give everyone 3 days to come up with suggestions and you are not limited from only commenting once you can put in as many suggestions as you want.

I currently have a pretty huge resource list that I cull information from so you better dig deep.

Gmail invites swept away

Gmail invites swept away 03/14/2005 04:27 PM
Either the figure of 1.5 million invites was exaggerated or isnoop has parted with almost 1.4 million invites in 24 hours! Because now the available Gmail spool is down to about 160.000. isnoop.net gmail invite spooler...

I'm running out of Gmail invites

I'm running out of Gmail invites 04/28/2004 08:15 PM
You'd think I was giving out free money or something. They're not pre-IPO shares, just gmail invites. It's funny. Almost nobody asked me for an account until I mentioned it on a mailing list earlier today. Now I've probably sent out 20 invites in 10 minutes. A few smart cookies assumed I had some invites stashed away when I first talked of spamming my gmail account (thanks for all the "spam", btw). I purposely didn't mention invites because I wanted...

Gmail Invites Up For Sale On eBay

Gmail Invites Up For Sale On eBay 04/30/2004 02:47 PM
Google is now letting those who are already signed up for their Gmail service invite two new people to the service, and as you might imagine, this limited supply of a service in high demand has already meant that plenty of invites are showing up on eBay, and people are trying to charge an awful lot for them. Honestly, anyone who buys this invite has to be something of a sucker. With the invites getting easier and easier to come by, any amount spent is probably too much.

Google changes policy on Gmail Invites

Google changes policy on Gmail Invites 07/02/2004 03:08 AM

Apparently Google is not real happy with the way some people have been selling and swapping Gmail invites. Specifically banning sales and swaps. That being said the third round Gmail Invite contest I was going to have is not going to be held. Instead as I have invites available I will reward people that I feel ad value to the sites through good commenting. The wording of the changes in policy do not specifically ban the type of contest we where having but I do not want to jeopardize my account and any that we have given out. [ZDNet]

Get or Give Gmail Invites With
GMailOMatic

Get or Give Gmail Invites With
GMailOMatic 09/22/2004 06:42 AM
I heard about this last week, but when I tried to send it a couple invitations, it didn't work. It worked yesterday so I'll mention it. GmailOMatic ( http://isnoop.net/gmailomatic.php) allows...

Gmail invites exchange for acts of good

Gmail invites exchange for acts of good 06/08/2004 02:35 AM

People have been auctioning Google gmail invitations on eBay. Jonas has set up a gmail invitation exchange for people who donate invitations and for people willing to do something "good" in exchange for an invite.

Jonas

It's not free, however. If you're interested in one, comment here and let me know what you're willing to do for it. Not to me (though I am more than ready to trade for a few good massages), but to someone else. A random act of kindness, maybe? Work in a soup kitchen? Help out at a needle exchange? Or maybe you're doing that already - you'd be the ideal recipient.

Mailing List for Distributing GMail
Invites

Mailing List for Distributing GMail
Invites 01/03/2005 09:43 PM
If you've got some GMail invites to distribute, or you're looking for one, you might want to check out a new list for both requesting and distributing GMail invites: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/GiveAndTake....

support our troops -- send them your
GMail invites!

support our troops -- send them your
GMail invites! 06/18/2004 12:15 AM
I keep reading about how morale is very low in Iraq and Afghanistan, and how men and women in both theaters are having their tours extended long beyond when they expected to come home. Thankfully, many of our soldiers are able to stay in touch with friends and family via the Internet . . . which brings me to the point of this post.

WWdN reader Drew sent me the following note earlier today:

I will send you an invitation for the hard to get Gmail if you post something on your site telling others to give their invites to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. See, Google gives 1 gig of email space, perfect for movies and pictures from home, but it's invite only. When you get an account you will get invites too, and if you could pass them along to those who need em that would rule.

I think this is a fantastic idea, and an easy, but very powerful way for many of us to help support our troops. GMail gives users 1 GIG of free storage space, which is more than enough for pictures, movies, sound files . . . all sorts of things that could help our servicemen and women feel a little closer to home.

The thing about GMail is that it's currently invite-only, so I e-mailed Drew back, and asked him if he had some sort of clearinghouse set up for soldiers to submit requests for invites. He responded:

No, but about 10 of us are trolling www.gmailswap.com looking for folks in the military. See, once you talk to one of them, they pass an email along to fellows stationed with them, so we're just trying to dole them out as we get the request.

There's no way to know how long Gmail will be invite only, but SGT Tim Knowles in Afghanistan said that good morale is hard to come by out there and in Iraq, and the guys are buzzing about the possibilities of 1 gig. They all seem to have hotmail and well it's weak.

I'm going to look into getting a site together or at least a list.

Of course, there are epic assholes online who will pose as soldiers so they can get invites, but I think it's completely worth the risk.

So here is your challenge, WWdN readers: go forth, and seek out soldiers who could use GMail invites. Help spread the word about this effort, and keep checking back here for a link to the soon-to-be-built clearinghouse for requests. If you're a designer, and you would like to donate some time, or a host who would like to donate some space and / or bandwidth, send me an e-mail and I'll pass it along to Drew. If you're a reporter, maybe you'd like to do a story about a bunch of nerds who are working to do something cool to support our troops. If you're a Google employee, maybe you'd like to come up with a way to ensure that members of the armed services can get GMail acocunts, no matter what. If you're a fellow blogger, you can link this post, or the clearinghouse website when it goes live.

And of course, if you're a GMail account-holder, you can use those invites that are piling up (I've sent out six in the last week) to do something really cool for some people who are making an incredible sacrifice right now.

Gmail Invites Flood The Market, Prices
Crash

Gmail Invites Flood The Market, Prices
Crash 06/10/2004 09:48 AM
When we first heard that people were actually paying good money to get themselves a soon-to-be-free Gmail account, we couldn't believe it. Who would pay for a free email account? Apparently, the answer is a lot of people. Either way, this week Gmail started giving out plenty of new invites, which has fl ooded the market and devalued the price. Still, it makes you wonder how those who spent hundreds of dollars on a simple email account feel now. Either way, it appears that Google is now a big fan of the "velvet rope" method of building buzz. Having set up both Orkut and Gmail with the "invite only" method of getting in, they've made them seem even more appealing. It won't be long before every other company tries the same sort of thing - though, it probably won't work nearly as well.

WIL WHEATON DOT NET: support our troops
-- send them your GMail invites!

WIL WHEATON DOT NET: support our troops
-- send them your GMail invites! 06/19/2004 04:40 AM
read Wil's suggestion on using your Gmail invites .. this post over at Wil Wheaton's .. send account invitations

wilwheaton.net/mt/archives/001639.php#001639
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Hotmail bounces Gmail invitations

Hotmail bounces Gmail invitations 06/16/2004 05:13 AM
ZDNet UK Jun 16 2004 8:59AM GMT

Is Google blocking third party GMail
notifiers?

Is Google blocking third party GMail
notifiers? 08/31/2004 03:16 PM
Search Engine Journal Aug 31 2004 6:18PM GMT

Hotmail Means to Double Gmail Storage

Hotmail Means to Double Gmail Storage 08/20/2004 04:37 AM

Yahoo! 360 Invites Are Flowing

Yahoo! 360 Invites Are Flowing 03/29/2005 04:59 AM
If you were expecting a Yahoo! 360 invite from me and didn't get one, drop me a note or leave a comment with your e-mail address. BTW, my page is here: http://360.yahoo.com/jzawodn...

Yahoo blocking Trillian again!

Yahoo blocking Trillian again! 06/24/2004 04:40 AM

I Love Trillian and I am not real Happy with Yahoo at this moment seems the idiots over their are blocking those of us using Trillian as our IM client. Who in their right mind wants 4-5 Instant Message clients sitting on their taskbar especially when the can run one program and have them all. It is a beautiful thing I don't get spam advertised and I used to be able to login to all 4 of my IM accounts.

The solution is simple tell all of those that I chat with on Yahoo to move to one of the remaining services that are not blocked. Yahoo just doesn't get it do they, no wonder they continue to loose the browser war and screw up every other half assed service they run. [ZDNet]

Yahoo/Gmail war: Yahoo dialup users also
get a storage boost

Yahoo/Gmail war: Yahoo dialup users also
get a storage boost 06/16/2004 10:20 AM
Folllowing up on this post about Yahoo webmail users receiving upgraded storage capacity in an apparent attempt by Yahoo to compete with Gmail, Boing Boing reader Brian says, "As a member of SBC Yahoo dial-up service, I received a notice yesterday that my email account now has a 2 Gig storage capacity. Obviously, this is separate from the free web-based email service from Yahoo, but 2 Gigs is bar far the most storage available to date, worldwide."

Yahoo tests pop-up blocking toolbar

Yahoo tests pop-up blocking toolbar 11/14/2003 11:59 PM

Yahoo Blocking Trillian Again -- This
Time They Say They're Serious

Yahoo Blocking Trillian Again -- This
Time They Say They're Serious 06/24/2004 01:49 AM
In the ongoing battle to keep their markets smaller, rather than as large as they can possibly be, the various instant messaging platforms still refuse to come up with a single standard to communicate across systems. Every time I complain about this issue, someone says "just use Trillian." That would be a great solution if the various IM providers didn't keep blocking Trillian. Yahoo has now announced that, not only are they now blocking Trillian, they're going to continuously change their protocol to keep blocking Trillian. Of course, it was just a few months ago that they claimed the exact same thing, and just like with Microsoft, Trillia n quickly patched through the block. However, the difference this time is that Yahoo is bringing up the dreaded "spam" excuse for why they're serious this time about the block. They claim they need to do so to keep out IM spammers, but it's also a convenient excuse to block out a third-party IM client on the misguided belief that a walled garden somehow helps them out, rather than taking away the network effects of an open, interoperable system.

Yahoo spam-blocking standard released

Yahoo spam-blocking standard released 05/19/2004 04:17 PM
Yahoo's DomainKeys technology for blocking spam at the server level has been submitted to a standards-setting body for approval. If widely adopted, it would kill most spam containing spoofed headers.

Hotmail, Yahoo Step Up The Mailbox
Rivalry

Hotmail, Yahoo Step Up The Mailbox
Rivalry 06/19/2004 10:53 PM
Washington Post Jun 20 2004 2:41AM GMT

Porn gets spammers past Hotmail, Yahoo
barriers

Porn gets spammers past Hotmail, Yahoo
barriers 05/06/2004 02:47 PM
Junk e-mailers set up porn sites and use visitors to bypass defenses used by Hotmail and Yahoo to stop bot software from automatically opening e-mail accounts.

Hotmail, Yahoo Step Up The Mailbox
Rivalry (washingtonpost.com)

Hotmail, Yahoo Step Up The Mailbox
Rivalry (washingtonpost.com) 06/20/2004 01:44 AM
washingtonpost.com - The Web mailbox wars escalated last week when Yahoo expanded its free e-mail accounts from 4 megabytes to 100 MB, and Microsoft confirmed that it, too, will raise storage limits soon on its free Hotmail accounts.

Yahoo vs. Gmail

Yahoo vs. Gmail 06/15/2004 08:47 AM
Yahoo feels the heat. Yahoo webmail users logged in this morning to find that they suddenly have mailboxes with 100MB capacity, can send emails up to 5MB in size, and have a much nicer-looking interface.

Yahoo Tries to Out-Free Gmail

Yahoo Tries to Out-Free Gmail 06/15/2004 08:46 AM

Yahoo fortifies free e-mail to counter Google's Gmail: It's a huge battle to see who can give away the most free stuff. Reminds me of 1999.

Beginning Tuesday, all of Yahoo's free e-mail accounts will be upgraded to 100 megabytes, a move spurred by Google's plans to offer 1,000 megabytes of free storage through its Gmail service, which has remained in a test phase since early April. [...]

Angling for new users, Yahoo has decided to let people begin signing up for addresses that have been inactive for years.

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Yahoo battles Gmail on storage

Yahoo battles Gmail on storage 03/23/2005 01:29 PM
Computer Weekly Mar 23 2005 4:22PM GMT

News: Yahoo Takes on GMail

News: Yahoo Takes on GMail 05/14/2004 03:11 PM
Overclockers Club May 14 2004 6:57PM GMT

Yahoo responding to Gmail with you
guessed it, more storage

Yahoo responding to Gmail with you
guessed it, more storage 06/15/2004 01:15 PM
Yahoo has upped its e-mail storage limit to 100MB, with Mail Plus subscribers now getting up to 2GB. Where does this leave Hotmail?

Yahoo e-mail battles Google's Gmail

Yahoo e-mail battles Google's Gmail 06/15/2004 09:51 AM

Yahoo matches Gmail gigabyte - but only
in China

Yahoo matches Gmail gigabyte - but only
in China 07/29/2004 11:39 AM
ZDNet UK Jul 29 2004 3:39PM GMT
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