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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
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Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.



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