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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:02:36 -0600, Katra
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>In article >,
> Yeff > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:46:44 -0600, Katra wrote:
>>
>> > I don't understand all these "free G-mail invites". The mail I have
>> > works just fine and I have the PRIVACY of archiving stuff on my own
>> > computer! Why on earth would I want Google to have access to my private
>> > e-mail archives?

>>
>> One of the initial selling points wasn't that you could archive the emails
>> with Google but that you could use Google's superior search technology to
>> search those archives.

>
>Bleah.
>
>I can use my own "technology" to find whatever I need... ;-)
>I can search by subject, sender or date.
>I also have separate folders for separate categories.
>
>If I need long term storage of specific e-mails, I have Hard drive
>folders for those.
>
>And it keeps it all private!
>
>I just don't like the idea of Google archiving all of my PRIVATE
>e-mails!!! I'ts none of their friggin business and no-one can tell me
>it's truly secure!
>
>I'm not doing anything I need to hide, it's just the principle of the
>thing. What if I do cybersex with my boyfriend? I don't want anyone to
>have access to those mails! It's bad enough that the server has
>temporary access to them until I remove them. :-P