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Article #5824Re: How did the first Gmail users get their accounts?
From: Sagittaria
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 05:37
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 05:37
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wylbur37 <wylbur37nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in news:ACCB6AAF38410.2534722222@si93kru1.poster: > A curious question ... > > Currently, Gmail accounts are only available by invitations > sent by existing users of Gmail. > > But how did the first users of Gmail get their accounts > if there were no existing users before them to send invitations? They were offered to users of one particular blogging site and also to google employees and probably some other selected groups. -- ---->Sagittaria<---- "They abbreviated the Holocaust!" - John Stewart, reporting on a NY Post headline ... "Paul's H'Caust Honor" 3-15-05
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