# Anybody want a gmail account? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 9, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545 "2004-06-09T23:23:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/401 "2004-06-25T03:46:22Z")
Only got 5 responses in 4 hours. On 6/9 I got 5 responses in 4 minutes! ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/402 "2004-06-25T03:48:35Z")
A big **THANK YOU!** to **Plan B** for extending one of his invites to my SO, who was drooling over one. Now he can return to drooling over me. šŸ˜ƒ (My SO, that is, not **Plan B**.) šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/403 "2004-06-25T06:55:16Z")
My friend wishes to extend his thanks, Brainiac4. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/404 "2004-06-25T06:56:25Z")
For clarification, ā€œMy Friendā€ = Schuyler ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/405 "2004-06-25T10:41:39Z")
I still got 4 left. behrendorff [at] [gmail.com](http://gmail.com). ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/406 "2004-06-25T12:04:37Z")
> [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#): > > I still got 4 left. behrendorff [at] [gmail.com](http://gmail.com). I just sent you an email. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Powers106](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Powers106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Powers106)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/407 "2004-06-25T12:13:23Z")
I would love to have a gmail account!!! Thanks in advance if you have one to send to me at : powers106 at hotmail . com Cheers, Powers ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/408 "2004-06-25T15:16:57Z")
This thread makes me wonder what happens if a person gets, say, three invites from three separate magnanimous Dopers. Are two of them wasted? Can they be transferred? Does the original inviter get it back after it expires? Assuming the person doesnā€™t make 3 accounts, of course. ---
**Author:** ![jmizzou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@jmizzou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmizzou)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/409 "2004-06-25T17:20:24Z")
Iā€™ll be more than happy to take an extra account off someoneā€™s hands! bbrady341(at)[yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com) ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/410 "2004-06-25T17:29:42Z")
**jmizzou** , send me an e-mail with your first and last name at my address above. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/411 "2004-06-25T17:34:14Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > This thread makes me wonder what happens if a person gets, say, three invites from three separate magnanimous Dopers. Are two of them wasted? Can they be transferred? Does the original inviter get it back after it expires? > > Assuming the person doesnā€™t make 3 accounts, of course. They can be transferred. One of my friends had a glitch that resulted in three invites being sent to the same person, and she forwarded the two extras to others, who were able to use them to create accounts, so they apparently donā€™t have to be used by the person whose name was put into the form originally. ---
**Author:** ![jmizzou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@jmizzou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmizzou)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/412 "2004-06-25T17:52:12Z")
\*\*Hooray \*\* for **Earthling**! ---
**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/413 "2004-06-25T22:27:43Z")
> [@Geobabe](#): > > They can be transferred. One of my friends had a glitch that resulted in three invites being sent to the same person, and she forwarded the two extras to others, who were able to use them to create accounts, so they apparently donā€™t have to be used by the person whose name was put into the form originally. Thatā€™s good to know. So if someone asks for an invite on this thread and doesnā€™t include his first and last names I can just sent him one and fill in any names I want, then they can adjust it. Right? ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/414 "2004-06-25T22:30:08Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > I have 800 MB of e-mail in my account. I redirected all my archived messages from 1997 to my gmail account. **alterego** or anyone else, do you know of an easy way to do this? Iā€™m not sure what you mean by ā€œredirectā€ but I have a ton of archived work emails on my HD that would be great to offload to gmail for the search function alone. Iā€™m hoping itā€™s not a matter of forwarding everything- could I do it from outlook? Tell me and youā€™ll be considered awesome. Youā€™ll also presumably get me more invites, which I promise to come back and spend in this very thread. Karma. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/415 "2004-06-26T02:29:44Z")
I have one more invite. E-mail abby dot sthrnaccent at gmail dot com and I send the invite. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/416 "2004-06-26T12:18:28Z")
I still have a couple left. behrendorff [at] [gmail.com](http://gmail.com)ā€¦ Soon itā€™ll be ebay for me! ---
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/417 "2004-06-26T17:37:06Z")
Iā€™ve got one! Iā€™ve got an invite to give away! Anybody want it? email meā€“Iā€™m hautdesert at gmail. ---
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/418 "2004-06-26T18:25:13Z")
> [@Plan B](#): > > Thatā€™s good to know. So if someone asks for an invite on this thread and doesnā€™t include his first and last names I can just sent him one and fill in any names I want, then they can adjust it. Right? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/419 "2004-06-26T20:03:25Z")
\I WANT ONE! Please, please, please!\ Iā€™ve tried to send emails out, but to no avail! Someone please save me from Hotmail purgatory!!! Relevant info: Jud Campbell judcampbell {at} hotmail {dot} com Thanks, Peter Wiggen ---
**Author:** ![Catfood\_Purrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Catfood\_Purrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catfood_Purrito)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/420 "2004-06-26T20:20:46Z")
I would looooove to have a gmail account, if any kind soul has another spare invite. Email me at mishell\_sara [at] [yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com), and youā€™ll have my deepest gratitude. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545.md?page=22)