Gmail Account
August 27th 2004
I finally got invited to Gmail. I had asked a friend to give me an invite if they ever had one available, so I got one today, and I hurried through the signup, filling in the blank fields and somehow forgetting to change my address name. So, I give you my new gmail address:
[address removed]
It’s easy to remember and makes sense at least. And sounds very official. But I don’t like the dot. Whatever — I’m not planning on using it much anyway. But, if you ever feel like sending me very large files, please send them there. Also feel free to send random crap, spam, ads, sign me up for lists, and throw the address around the internet with abandon.
But I swear to God, if you so much as utter my other official address anywhere on the internet, you will be my enemy for the rest of time. I have never recieved any spam at the address, and I’ve had it for two years. My secret? It’s not posted anywhere publicly. Ever. I intend to keep it that way.
So, for a recap, send junk to my gmail account, or my hotmail account (trisweb@hotmail.com), but send real mail to my real address which you will have to know me well to get. This system has worked for many years.
You could’ve gotten an invite from me
I’d like to warn you, that when you write your email on a public site like this, it’ll surely be picked up by a spam harvester within short. You could write it using Javascript, thus preventing such harvesting. You can steal my code.
I’m very well aware that posting this e-mail openly like this opens it up to spam, and that’s why I did it. I really don’t care about this address. I want some messages, spam included.
That’s how I don’t get spam at my other account — because I keep it off the net completely. That doesn’t make it unuseful; I have a hotmail address that I put on the net and check semi-regularly.