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Google offering, uh, even more gmail space?

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God's Hand

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This is the same thing that happened last April Fools. Google announced gmail and 1GB, and no one believed it. I wonder what this is all about.
 
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Deleted member 1235

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what is the cap on attachment size?
 
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fallout

Member
catfish said:
what is the cap on attachment size?
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After a little bit of digging ...

With Gmail, you can send and receive messages up to 10 megabytes (MB) in size. However, the precise amount allowable will depend on the attachment.

When you add an attachment, the size of a file may increase because transport encodings are automatically added. (Transport encodings are the information that allows your message to be safely sent and read.)

This means that in some cases, attachments that are 6 to 10MB in size may push the total message size above 10MB. When this happens, Gmail displays a warning that your message exceeds the 10MB limit.
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Meier

Member
By the way, yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of it first being unveiled (well in the form of the preview page). I remember everyone assuming it was an April Fool's joke initially.
 
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warhead

Member
Damn, it even says it's an April Fool's at the bottom of the page:
Gmail turns 1 today. And we've always loved a good joke. We know we won't reach infinity, but check out what we will do ...
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And then there's a link to everything Gmail really offers.
 
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IntestineBoy

Sasquatch of 1000 (hairy) colons
Google Gulp... ha.

I haven't seen anything to show an increase in space yet. The way I read that quote, it seemed like they were adding capacity to have more users, not giving more capacity to users. But we'll see I guess.
 
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videogamer

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warhead said:
Damn, it even says it's an April Fool's at the bottom of the page:
And then there's a link to everything Gmail really offers.
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I don't see the April Fool's thing on the page. However, that graph is really cute.
 
8

8bit

Knows the Score
infinity.gif
 
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Jak140

Member
Something tells me that the amount the counter increases to by the end of the day might be permanent by tommorow, since they seem to be actually changing the amount of space you have in your account. If so, that's almost like a reverse April Fools joke. Rock on Google.
 
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IntestineBoy

Sasquatch of 1000 (hairy) colons
G is for growth
Storage is an important part of email, but that doesn't mean you should have to worry about it. To celebrate our one-year birthday, we're giving everyone one more gigabyte. But why stop the party there? Our plan is to continue growing your storage beyond 2GBs by giving you more space as we are able. We know that email will only become more important in people's lives, and we want Gmail to keep up with our users and their needs. From Gmail, you can expect more.
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I have 1100+ megs right now, which is pretty sweet.
 
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impirius

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Bacon said:
http://www.google.com/googlegulp/product_line.html
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Oh man...
:lol

Google Gulp FAQ said:
7. How can I get my hands on a Google Gulp?

This "limited release" beta product is available to anyone who turns in a used Google Gulp bottle cap at any local retailer. If you don't have any Gulp caps, ask a friend to give you one.

8. What if none of my friends have a Gulp cap to give me? Can't you just give Google Gulp to anyone who wants it?

Well, we're thinking about it, but, um, you have to understand that there are many considerations which go into deciding how to distribute --

9. I mean, isn't this whole invite-only thing kind of bogus?

Dude, it's like you've never even heard of viral marketing.

10. Will Google be coming out with more food products?

As a rule, Google doesn't comment on future product releases, but...let's just say for now that a cool, refreshing drink isn't complete without, oh, say, chips and dip, is it?

11. When will you take Google Gulp out of beta?

Man, if you pressure us, you just drive us away. We'll commit when we're ready, okay? Besides, what's so great about taking things out of beta? It ruins all the romance, the challenge, the possibilities, the right to explore. Carpe diem, ya know? Maybe we're jaded, but we've seen all these other companies leap headlong into 1.0, thinking their product is exactly what they've been dreaming of all their lives, that everything is perfect and hunky-dory – and the next thing you know some vanilla copycat release from Redmond is kicking their butt, the Board is holding emergency meetings and the CEO is on CNBC blathering sweatily about "a new direction" and "getting back to basics." No thanks, man. We like our freedom.
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aoi tsuki

Member
What i'd really like is a google porn search based on words used in my emails. A few thumbnails along the top of the page would be nice.
 
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Ash Housewares

The Mountain Jew
Google Gulp and Your Privacy
From time to time, in order to improve Google Gulp's usefulness for our users, Google Gulp will send packets of data related to your usage of this product from a wireless transmitter embedded in the base of your Google Gulp bottle to the GulpPlex™, a heavily guarded, massively parallel server farm whose location is known only to Eric Schmidt, who carries its GPS coordinates on a 64-bit-encrypted smart card locked in a stainless-steel briefcase handcuffed to his right wrist. No personally identifiable information of any kind related to your consumption of Google Gulp or any other current or future Google Foods product will ever be given, sold, bartered, auctioned off, tossed into a late-night poker pot, or otherwise transferred in any way to any untrustworthy third party, ever, we swear. See our Privacy Policy.
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fun
 
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maharg

idspispopd
Meier said:
By the way, yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of it first being unveiled (well in the form of the preview page). I remember everyone assuming it was an April Fool's joke initially.
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Don't you know? It still is. Say goodbye to your mailbox today!
 
D

DarienA

The black man everyone at Activision can agree on
You are currently using 334 MB (27%) of your 1239 MB.

Google Rocks.
 
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DarienA

The black man everyone at Activision can agree on
Now I'm at:

You are currently using 334 MB (25%) of your 1332 MB.


Go Google!

border said:
What's the point, really? Is anybody even remotely close to using their 1 GB alotment?
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Nope, and that's the point. ;)

Hammy said:
Eh I think Mentalplex is still Google's funniest April Fools' joke... the error messages were hilarious.

http://www.google.com/mentalplex/MP_results.html

refresh for different errors
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Error 8P: Unclear on whether your search is about money or monkeys. Please try again.

:lol

Holy shit that ridefinder is cool as hell.
 
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DSFan1970

Member
The rapidly increasing number on the log in page actually corresponds to the number of MB you have inside when you go into your mail! That is fucking cool!


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G is for growth
Storage is an important part of email, but that doesn't mean you should have to worry about it. To celebrate our one-year birthday, we're giving everyone one more gigabyte. But why stop the party there? Our plan is to continue growing your storage beyond 2GBs by giving you more space as we are able. We know that email will only become more important in people's lives, and we want Gmail to keep up with our users and their needs. From Gmail, you can expect more. :D
 
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Pochacco

asking dangerous questions
This is really cool.
I don't need the space. Not even close.
But it's neat to see that ticker keep increasing while my space increases in real-time.

I wonder if they will stop at 2GB, or just keep going to (infinity + 1)!
 
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SpeedingUptoStop

will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
They're slowly uprgarding to 2 gigs to spite Yahoo. But really, does ANYBODY on planet Earth need 2 gigs?

You are currently using 0 MB (0%) of your 1435 MB.
 
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LusDekkar

Member
"You are currently using 22 MB (1%) of your 1661 MB."
I don't think all my emails combined over all my accounts would equal more than 1661mb...
 
C

Chrono

Banned
whoa I have 1663 MB. @_@

I just sign up for gmail minutes ago and gotta a question: Does your account get cancelled or something if you don't log in for a long period of time (like 3 months)?

edit: btw is it possible to change my name?
 
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GaimeGuy

Volunteer Deputy Campaign Director, Obama for America '16
someone mind telling me why anyone in their right mind would need 2 GB of storage for EMAIL? o_O
 
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