Re: how do I get a flippin' gmail account?

Sally wrote:
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> Do they want my real name in the first and last name section?
They may want that all they want, but they have no way of knowing it
short of enforcing a credit check or some such method of obtaining
legal information. Most online services don't bother to go that far.


> I've been putting in some ridiculous things, because I don't want my
> REAL name, not even "Sally Caves," to be displayed when I use this
> dratted thing.  Is that the problem?  They want the name that's
> associated with my scaves frontiernet account?
They can't, and shouldn't ever, know what name is associated with your
frontiernet account. Generally speaking, *no one* online can nor
should know this without your consent, unless your ISP is openly
breaking privacy laws (which is unlikely). And even then, a company
with a reputation (and competence!) like Google's is even less likely
to obtain and use such information.


> When you an invite do you give my name and I'm supposed to repeat
> it?  Will they keep that secret?  Or can come on line as the name
> I've picked and that's it?
I'll leave this up to the real gmailers to answer, but I'd expect a
company with a stature like Google to impose much less draconian terms
of use than that! It must be some sort of technical glitch somewhere.
It may be a browser-related issue, since gmail is still not officially
released, and they haven't completely ironed out all browser issues
yet. I'll let the gmailers help you on that one.


T

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