[SATLUG] gmail - cons ?

[Jeremy Mann]

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:35:41 -0500, Jesika <tx_kewtie at earthlink.net> wrote:
> This is really a misnomer.  ALL webmail scans your email.  It has to in
> order to display it.  The difference is that while scanning it, gmail
> catches key words and puts small text ads related to that on the side.
> This is how they make money.  Other free web mail services make money by
> selling your address to companies who will send you spam about how your
> penis could be so much bigger.  You decide which you prefer.

But you have to admit Gmail's ads are much more tasteful than say the
ads you get with a Hotmail or Yahoo account. I can't stand the
half-screen Flash ads that Yahoo has done. I purposely refuse to
install Flash in my browsers because of this. And personally, I've
found the ads quite useful.

-- 
Jeremy