Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:11:42 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Jim Capozzoli <saltmiser@gmail.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gmail idea Message-ID: <20061225151142.GE73555@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <37f72b1f0612241923h5c92e50kdff07783434efbbd@mail.gmail.com> References: <37f72b1f0612241923h5c92e50kdff07783434efbbd@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 10:23:56PM -0500, Jim Capozzoli wrote: > I know this isn't related to FreeBSD at all, but I wanted to see what > other people thought about this. What if google set up a mechanism > where emails are shared between user accounts? Like, suppose this > email is submitted to chat@freebsd.org, right, and the gmail mail > server sees who is all getting mail from chat@freebsd.org. Then, it > has only one copy of the message on the server, and points everybody's > account who is supposed to have this message to that one copy on the > server. Despite it seems like they have unlimited space this could > probably seem useful to them anyway. :-P > > Is this a good idea or am I just insane? Btw I can't find the spot in > google's support area to submit my idea so that's half the reason I > sent it here incase anybody who works at google also happens to be > subscribed to chat@. xD Sounds like usenet to me. Simply merge email with usenet in one application, insert an email to usenet gateway, and have exactly what you describe. Already exisits. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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