[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: OT - Gmail or Google Mail - YOU SHOULD AVOID - BE WARNED

[Neil Morrison]

Off a blog board. I take such warnings with a grain of salt, however it's
worth remembering when you sign up. I usually tell them I'm 74, unemployed
and live in a trailer with 2 cats and have no interests in life. That seems
to cut down on the spam <G>. But having been through a little privacy
problem or two I am now as cautious as a long tailed cat in a room full of
rocking chairs.

I do use GMail, but just for big file transfers, like the entire CompuServe
Coco collection!

Neil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Cox" <jimcox at miba51.com>

> Neil:
>
> Where did you originally get the warning email from?  Was
> it from someone on Yahoo? :)
>
> I read that Yahoo is now upping their free eamil to 1G
> just like GMail, and had recently begun a heavy push to
> compete with Google/GMail/G-etc  I wonder if it's just
> some over zealous Yahoo marketting.
>
> Just so you know, I think both Google, Yahoo, and MSN, are
> data mining, as well as quite a few other companies like
> Amazon.  My advice for using free email like GMail or
> Yahoo, is to straight out lie about your age, place of
> residence, and so on.
>
> Hmmm, I forsee a sudden mass migration to Antartica :)
>
> -Jim




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