GMail Accounts

Posts: 766 · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:17 pm

Q: what is the max outbound and inbound message size on a Gmail account? I don't have one myself so I can't check, but I would like to know.

Posts: 1029 · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:26 pm

I'm not sure... but do you want a gmail account?

Posts: 271 · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:27 pm

I've got 5 invites available...

Posts: 766 · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:13 pm

Thanks for the invite Josh, and thanks for the offer Bob. After setting up an account and using the Help feature within it, I found the following:

Question: What's the maximum attachment size?
Answer: That depends on the attachment. With Gmail, you can send and receive messages up to 10 megabytes (MB) in size.

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

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.

Posts: 1029 · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:40 pm

Awesome.

Posts: 101 · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:55 pm

I would be interested in trying a GMail account. Can I get an invite from one of you guys? I always like to try out the new stuff that's out there.

Thanks.

Posts: 101 · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:06 pm

bobclingan,

Thanks - that was really fast. I've set up the account and will be trying out the new stuff. Hopefully, for now at least there will be less spam on that account since no one knows about it!!!

Posts: 1029 · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:37 pm

I have 3 invites to give away... lol it didn't take them long to apply more to my account lol.

Posts: 746 · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:42 pm

Whats so fab about the gmail accounts?
I mean...you ahve to be invited to get an *email account*??? Confused

Posts: 1029 · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:25 pm

It's because they're technically still in beta. Everybody was ranting because they gave you a full gigabyte of storage space. I must admin, it's quite a snappy interface and has alot of neat organizational features that NOBODY else offers... but I use outlook. Very Happy

Posts: 101 · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:35 am

You can enable pop on a gmail account and use it in outlook. I started to do all that but decided that I liked the gmail notifier better.

Posts: 1129 · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:36 am

i got a bunch 2 i think
i forget to look

u can also use gmail as storage like an extra harddrive, which is kinda nifty

but I use outlook

figures josh lol

josh is like that aol commercial

~i wanna get a virus and give it to all my friends & family~

Posts: 1029 · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:46 pm

So that would make you like the "ub3r 1337 script kiddy" of the forum who tries to talk like he knows what he's doing but really has no clue and insists on attempting to raise his credibility by downing anything microsoft and preaching the "linux is supreme" crap? Surprised

touche...

j/k

Posts: 766 · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:08 pm

u can also use gmail as storage like an extra harddrive, which is kinda nifty

Please don't tell me that you email files > 5 megs to your Gmail account just for HD storage...

Posts: 1029 · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:15 pm

Alot of people do... and with a 6-10MB/file cap too... don't ask me... I always said that was retarded. Somebody wrote an app that uses the gmail account like a HDD, and it even adds the "drive" to My Computer... but you know it's slow as sh!t.