Over at alwaysvictoria.com - - she has definately got the right idea.
Lately - as I mentioned in an earlier post - - I’ve received a few offers for a Gmail invite. I’ve turned them down because I really don’t have a use for it, at all. For reasons of practicality and reasons of personal issues I have with the whole concept.
However - - free email services may be the only way the troops have to stay in contact with friends, family and those back home who want to correspond with them. So, over at Gmail4Troops - they have this to say:
Gmail is the new email service from Google (www.Gmail.com) They are offering 1 GigaBybe (1000 megabytes) of free space for its users (compared to 100 megabytes for Yahoo, and 5 megabytes for Hotmail) The Interface is also VERY speedy compared to whats out there. Right now it’s in beta testing and is invite only. People are swapping invites for silly things. Troops abroad have a real use for these accounts. Loved ones can send them movies or photos from home and they don’t have to worry about having to delete things.
So all you Gmail-ites - - stop giving your Gmail away to random people and take all those Gmail invites and give them away to some folks who put their lives on the line every single day for this fine country of ours. Offer all those Gmail invites to the troops! Go. Now.
**Update**
Or just go give it to Robert. He just wants one - - he’s not a member of our nation’s troops. Give our troops your first thought — give Robert your second. I promised him I would push for a Gmail account for him. 
4:20 am on June 21st, 2004
What an awesome idea.
10:38 am on June 21st, 2004
Thanks for the Link and Track back.
8:30 pm on June 21st, 2004
Hey Lisa, thanks for publicizing this. I ran across this story over at Roland Allen’s blog. I am donating two gmail accounts to the troops. I have one left that is tentatively already given away…will know for sure tomorrow. Tell your friend to email me though. I will keep him in mind if I get more invites.
BTW, Hi!
7:28 am on June 22nd, 2004
Lisa,
Thanks for the information. I have sent an invitation to Robert and I will donate a couple GMail accounts to the troops.
All the Best,
Martin Lindeskog - American in Spirit.
Gothenburg, Sweden (a.k.a. the socialist “paradise”).
11:01 am on June 24th, 2004
Gmail
What’s the advantage here? Gmail offers 1000 MB and I have 1600 MB and, yes, that includes the site in said total but I am nowhere close to that goal.
Yahoo has upped it’s quota to 100 MB, still a far cry from my 1600 MB.
So, why bother? To giv…
4:01 pm on June 24th, 2004
[...] a far cry from my 1600 MB. So, why bother? To give the gift of Gmail to the troops. They can use it. Support Our Troops | so says mog @ 09:01:30 | [...]
2:38 pm on September 6th, 2004
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2:39 pm on September 27th, 2004
:roll::eek::sad::!:
ops::evil::grin:
8:04 pm on December 25th, 2004
if anyone would like to have a free gmail account please email me at marxz04@gmail.com
Semper Fi.
9:29 pm on February 13th, 2006
YO!!!!!!!!girls
plz sent me a gmail invitation
9:32 pm on February 13th, 2006
hello girls
plz sent a invitation to this address=mavrick_sdf@yahoo.com
2:30 am on April 21st, 2008
Now is 6 gb!
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