# How do I get invited to test Google email? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 3, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-invited-to-test-google-email/243336 "2004-05-03T20:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-invited-to-test-google-email/243336/21 "2004-05-11T05:08:09Z")
I have a gmail account, because I am an active user of Blogger. It’s a good service, easy to use, but I really haven’t used it much…I have a university account which is much easier and all my mail is sent there already. But yeah, it’s fun, and nicely designed. I was glad to be able to get the username I wanted, which was a good perk of being one of the first! ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-invited-to-test-google-email/243336/22 "2004-05-14T05:10:08Z")
**remisser** , I’d never heard of orkut (weird name!) before you mentioned it. How is it different from Friendster? And no fair trying to horn in on my desperate attempt to get a gmail invite! This is my tread and I deserve it. I even wrote a better poem than **Revtim** (sorry, **Revtim** , but its true) and I still didn’t get one! I can’t be patient any longer. Someone give me a gmail account, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-invited-to-test-google-email/243336/23 "2004-05-14T12:46:23Z")
Why are some people so desperate to have a G mail acount? Isn’t it just like any other e-mail account? ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-invited-to-test-google-email/243336/24 "2004-05-14T14:33:53Z")
It’ looks like Yahoo might be giving 100MB free email boxes too. From [http://news.com.com/2100-1032\_3-5212262.html:](http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5212262.html:) > [@](#): > > Web portal Yahoo will begin offering “virtually unlimited storage” for its paid e-mail customers and will upgrade free users to 100MB, an > executive said Thursday. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-invited-to-test-google-email/243336/25 "2004-05-14T14:41:32Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > Why are some people so desperate to have a G mail acount? Isn’t it just like any other e-mail account? The big drawing factor is 1gig of space. I wanted it early to be sure I got the name I wanted. It’s likely going to be popular, so common-ish names might go fast. In related news, I read yesterday Yahoo is going to incease their free email capacity to 100 meg. Pretty good, but it’s no gigabyte. Still, I’m happy they increased it because I use a Yahoo account frequently, which I still want to use because I can synch my Outlook calender and contacts with it (which Gmail doesn’t do and may never do). ---
**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-invited-to-test-google-email/243336/26 "2004-05-24T23:13:03Z")
> [@Alan Smithee](#): > > **remisser** , I’d never heard of orkut (weird name!) before you mentioned it. How is it different from Friendster? > > And no fair trying to horn in on my desperate attempt to get a gmail invite! This is my tread and I deserve it. I even wrote a better poem than **Revtim** (sorry, **Revtim** , but its true) and I still didn’t get one! I can’t be patient any longer. Someone give me a gmail account, dammit! Just thought I’d update you – I have not one, but two gmail accounts. I got one for me and one for my wife. Allow me to tell you how: I went to my local areas craigslist site (for me it’s [boston.craigslist.org](http://boston.craigslist.org), go to [craigslist.org](http://craigslist.org) to find one near your area…) and I made a post in the WANTED (or was it a TRADING section?) and I said that I wanted a gmail account and I offered free advanced screening movie passes that I sometimes get. The responses were quick and fast. I got offered a few invites, but only needed two, because anymore and it’d be hard to keep track of favors. So, instead of going to sites like [gmailswap.com](http://www.gmailswap.com) you should consider going to lesser known routes and go where the nerds of the net go. 🙂 [remisser@gmail.com](mailto:remisser@gmail.com) 😉 ---
**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:** [May 24, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-invited-to-test-google-email/243336/27 "2004-05-24T23:57:04Z")
I got mine through a friend in the business. I gave my SO an invitation which they sent me. From the prices on ebay it looks like they’re already pretty easy to come by. BTW, I love it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-invited-to-test-google-email/243336.md?page=1)