[lug] Gmail invite - how to get one?

[Hugh Brown]

On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 10:45, Matt Thompson wrote:
> Gary Hodges wrote:
> >>Buy 15K+ of google ads....
> > 
> > 
> > It was a little cheaper, and easier, than that.  I just bought three 
> > accounts on ebay for a grand total of $3.50.  One indicated I might 
> > start getting offers from Google/Gmail to invite others.  So I'm up and 
> > running with Gmail.  Funny that one account name I went for was already 
> > taken.  I did get my name though which is what I was really after.
> 
> And, you see, it is now even cheaper for the rest of us!
> 
> Ahem...
> 
> Gary, can I have an invite?  Gary, can I have an invite?  Gary, can I 
> have an invite?  Gary, can I have an invite?  Gary, can I have an 
> invite?  Gary, can I have an invite?  Gary, can I have an invite?  Gary, 
> can I have an invite?  Gary, can I have an invite?  Gary, can I have an 
> invite?
> 
> ;)
> 
> Matt

As a curiousity, why are the gmail accounts so desirable?  Especially
considering that most people on this list know how to set up their own
mail servers?

Hugh