The miracles of modern technology
I often sing the praises of the modern world, and especially the internet, through which I can find just about any hookup or dating scenario I might want, all without leaving the comfort of my sofa. But I'd like to take a moment to plug my favorite free web mail service, which has made my online dating experience infinitely easier. Let's have three cheers for gmail.
Because of the way it threads conversations, when I post an ad, it's way, way easier to keep track of who's who in my "getting-to-know-you" back and forth. It's also got a great search function, so I can figure out if I've heard back from this guy in the past, decided he wasn't my sort of thing, or whatever, without having to go through the whole thing again.
And, of course, it's easy to access from anywhere.
I posted my first CE ad using a Yahoo! mail account, and a friend pointed me to (and sent me an invitation for) gmail, which I really think has made all the difference as far as managing the CE communication thing.
Anyone out there who needs an invitation (why are they still making people get accounts through invitation, anyway?), just let me know!
Comments
I believe that gmail keeps wanting invitations because it helps abuse tracking and stopping spammers who have created lots of accounts quickly and efficiently.
Posted by: pir | January 6, 2006 11:40 AM
Ahhh! That actually makes sense! Thanks!
Posted by: ClueChick | January 6, 2006 4:05 PM
Actually you don't need a invite for gmail anymore. When you sign up, they send a code via text message to your cell (to keeps you from being able to open 50 accounts a day). By the way, I don't respond to ads with the same address each time. We need to keep 'em guessing (:>).
Posted by: joyboy | January 9, 2006 8:33 PM
I have all those features and more, through using mutt on a server I can ssh to from anywhere :) And since it's my own mail server and I host a bunch of domains there, I can even create new email addresses for myself whenever I want - and make them go away later, without losing any of the emails. Ahh, geekery! But from what I hear, gmail is pretty cool for people who want to use a free webmail account.
Posted by: Cos | January 9, 2006 11:48 PM