# I just surpassed 1GB on Gmail
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 27, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353 "2004-10-27T01:41:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353/1 "2004-10-27T01:41:27Z")
🙂
I wish I had some way of showing you guys a screenshot.
But for now, this is what I see.
**You are currently using 1006 MB (101%) of your 1000 MB.**
The green indicator is now dark red.
Surprisingly, there have been no warning messages.
And I can still continue to receive and send mail.
😃
Ahhhhh… just felt like showing off…
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### Author:  [@alphaFemale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaFemale)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353/2 "2004-10-27T02:04:38Z")
**You are currently using 2 MB (0%) of your 1000 MB.**
i guess no one loves me enough to gmail me.
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### Author:  [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353/3 "2004-10-27T03:02:02Z")
Don’t feel bad, **alphaFemale** : I’m only using 1% of the 2.0GB I get with Yahoo Plus. 🙂
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### Author:  [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353/4 "2004-10-27T03:16:17Z")
For the love of Og, Cecil and the Sacred Illuminati, **Keapon Laffin** , are you having frequent and deep philosophical discussions about triple-digit kilobyte pictures or what?
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### Author:  [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353/5 "2004-10-27T03:33:12Z")
> [@iampunha](#):
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> For the love of Og, Cecil and the Sacred Illuminati, **Keapon Laffin** , are you having frequent and deep philosophical discussions about triple-digit kilobyte pictures or what?
Ahha! I knew it!
The Illuminati exists.
Actually, you’re not far off. There are quite a number of… umm… pictures of questionable repute in the mix.
:o 😃
And we do have scientific discussions like, “If the circumference of the phallic object is x inches, and the length is y inches…”
:eek:
And I do use my gmail heavily, mostly to chat with my friends during work hours.
Toss in a couple of weird mpegs that people send me including: **The Dildo Song** , **Driveby Farting** and **Female goatse** , you can see why my gmail is packed.
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### Author:  [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353/6 "2004-10-27T03:35:51Z")
> [@Keapon Laffin](#):
>
> Toss in a couple of weird mpegs that people send me including: **The Dildo Song** , **Driveby Farting** and **Female goatse** , you can see why my gmail is packed.
And you haven’t made a second gmail addy to hold all these files because…?😉
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### Author:  [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353/7 "2004-10-27T05:00:15Z")
> [@Keapon Laffin](#):
>
> 🙂
> I wish I had some way of showing you guys a screenshot.
> But for now, this is what I see.
>
> **You are currently using 1006 MB (101%) of your 1000 MB.**
>
> The green indicator is now dark red.
> Surprisingly, there have been no warning messages.
> And I can still continue to receive and send mail.
> 😃
>
> Ahhhhh… just felt like showing off…
Isn’t a gb technically 1024 somethings or other?
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### Author:  [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353/8 "2004-10-27T05:11:51Z")
Geez. I’ve had my account for almost two months and I’ve used less than a megabyte…
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### Author:  [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353/9 "2004-10-27T06:32:07Z")
> [@Chairman Pow](#):
>
> Isn’t a gb technically 1024 somethings or other?
:o
I’m sure that I have noooo idea what you are talking about.
I made 1GB and thats that.
😛
Oh, and I just got my first warning message:
**Your message could not be sent because you exceeded your mail quota.**
So there you have it. Gmail apparently blocks your sending ability after you exceed 1015 MB (I found that the message only appears when you are at 102%)
And unfortunately, stuff in your Trash counts.
☹
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### Author:  [@\_m\_c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_m_c)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353/10 "2004-10-27T14:59:36Z")
> [@Keapon Laffin](#):
>
> :o
> I’m sure that I have noooo idea what you are talking about.
> I made 1GB and thats that.
>
> 😛
> Oh, and I just got my first warning message:
>
> **Your message could not be sent because you exceeded your mail quota.**
> ☹
Well that’s what happens when you get those 57 free porn pics sent to your inbox everyday 😃
Actually 1GB does equal 1024MBs
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-surpassed-1gb-on-gmail/271353/11 "2004-10-27T15:04:53Z")
I’d have hit about 50% fom just sending over the last 2 weeks if I hadn’t deleted the mails as soon as I confirmed they’d sent. Over the next couple weeks, I’d’ve hit 100%, since I don’t think I’ll be changing the sending pattern any time soon.