Gmail - Google’s webmail system

logo.gifToday I got an invite to register with Google's webmail program - Gmail. Invites are still somewhat rare online, with some original invites selling last month for as much as $200 on eBay.

My address is mlambie@gmail.com, if you want to mail me there.

If anyone wants an invite, let me know, and when I get a batch to give away, I'll send them your way. I should get three in a week or so, according to what others have said.

I'm glad that I got in early, because with Hotmail and ICQ, all the 'good ones' went early. I've got a pretty low ICQ number (1397855) and don't use my Hotmail account., but I'm lucky it's not 'mlambie2000' or 'matthew_lambie_80' like so many others have (I hate those addresses!)

The benefits are that this account has 1GB of online storage, so you'll never have to delete anything. Also e-mails you send don't have any nasty ads in the footers, which is good.

6 Comments so far

  1. James on June 24th, 2004

    Ive been looking to get a gmail account too.
    unlucky so far.

  2. mlambie on June 25th, 2004

    When I get some invites, you’ll be the first to know.

  3. Hale on June 25th, 2004

    I’ve had a few invites… I turned them down. I already have too many email addresses that I don’t use.

  4. Fitzy on June 25th, 2004

    /me points to his icq number 707184 :P hehehe i’m the coolest… possibly

  5. mlambie on June 25th, 2004

    Didn’t you lose that ICQ number for ages?

  6. Aaron on June 25th, 2004

    I only took one for fun, hence the too hard to remember email (I forgot it myself at some stage)

    pr0nmasta@gmail.com