30Gigs Web Mail Launches Into Beta

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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 03, 2005 @03:58AM from the the-who-with-the-what dept.

gaanagaa writes "Neowin reports, that a new web mail service launched today is promising to bring users an email inbox of 30gb." The original intent of 30gigs.com was apparently to create an "'All in one' site for the webmaster and avid computer users. According to the sites 'about us' page, combining personal file storage, GD2 signatures and anonymous email all in one service, which would be free." In their brief review of the service a Neowin user also offers a word of caution with regards to their extremely short terms of service and privacy policy, calling them "shady".

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Send me an invite? (Score:5, Funny)

by rdwald ( 831442 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @04:01AM (#13702331)

Can someone give me an invite? Oh, and maybe First Post.

Malibu (Score:3, Funny)

by Blimundus ( 909351 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @04:02AM (#13702337)

According to their website, they provide you with a "malibox"!

Re:Send me an invite? (Score:5, Funny)

by SpectreBinary ( 913950 ) writes: <spectrebinary@hotmail.com> on Monday October 03, 2005 @04:08AM (#13702362)

pfft. 30 gigs ought to be enough for anybody.

Re:What's a malibox? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @04:13AM (#13702378)

It's a cocktail. Mixture of Malibu and Oxtail soup.

One Word: Pron. (Score:5, Funny)

by Famatra ( 669740 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @04:15AM (#13702386) Journal

"I can't fill up my 2 gigs on Gmail, nor my gig on Y! mail, why in the world would I need 30 gigs?"

If you belong to a lot of yahoo [yahoo.com] and google groups [google.com], and the groups you belong to like to send a lot of attachments (porno) you can fill up 2 gigs in a couple of days.

Not that I know from experience or anything...

Re:totally shady (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @04:29AM (#13702428)

The privacy policy doesn't state that they won't demand my first born!! That proves they are up to something..

1 TeraByte FREE WEBMAIL (Score:5, Funny)

by linumax ( 910946 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @04:38AM (#13702452)

Hey folks!
I'm planning to unveil my ONE Terabyte Free webmail service by the next couple of weeks and all people on slashdot will receive invitations ASAP.

PS: Anybody got old HDD?! wish to get rid of em? Don't hesitate to contact me

Re:30 GB?!?!?! 250K oughta be enough for anyone! (Score:5, Funny)

by pahles ( 701275 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @04:40AM (#13702456)

I get more than a gig of email a day not even counting the couple gigs I get of pics, video, etc (pr0n) a day.

No wonder the internet is slow...

Re:30 GB?!?!?! 250K oughta be enough for anyone! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @04:43AM (#13702471)

I can't fill up my 2 gigs on Gmail, nor my gig on Y! mail, why in the world would I need 30 gigs?

That is girltalk!

Can't miss moneymaking opportunity! (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Squonk ( 128339 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @04:51AM (#13702496) Journal

The domain 700petabytes.com is still available!

Re:30 GB?!?!?! 250K oughta be enough for anyone! (Score:5, Funny)

by Itchy Rich ( 818896 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @05:07AM (#13702542)

From 30gigs.com: "Our main goal is to increase our space even further, to 50 gigs, or maybe 100 as time goes on."

Looks like they're going to keep changing their name to match the storage capacity. Foolish marketeers know nothing about encapsulation.

Re:phffff.. 30gig, that's amateur mang (Score:2, Funny)

by Narc ( 126887 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @05:14AM (#13702551)

FTS.. We have been asked why we would do such a thing. The answer is simple to help people store large amounts of information in a safe and secure environment. Sure, yeah.. trust your data with a buncha bikers ;)

Re:totally shady (Score:2, Funny)

by mustafap ( 452510 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @05:18AM (#13702560) Homepage

>I certainly wouldn't store my tax return on this server.

I dont think it's your tax return you need to worry about. Indeed quite the oppostite; It's the stuff that didn't go on the tax return :o)

Size isn't everything? (Score:3, Funny)

by dascandy ( 869781 ) writes: <dascandy@gmail.com> on Monday October 03, 2005 @05:24AM (#13702573)

> Besides, size isn't everything!

Ah, one of those again... luckily I've just set up my own dual RAID-5 mailserver for just my own mail, on 2.4TB disk.

Whaddayamean, compensating?

Re:What's a malibox? (Score:1, Funny)

by mrselfdestrukt ( 149193 ) writes: <nollie_A7_firstcounsel_com> on Monday October 03, 2005 @06:03AM (#13702647) Homepage Journal

Hhhhmmmmmm. Malibox ...
Salty Coconut goodness.

Re:Malibu (Score:2, Funny)

by Baddas ( 243852 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @06:10AM (#13702666) Homepage

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ ml.html [cia.gov]

Apparently a landlocked west african country with a democratic government and a sadly low life expectancy.

Why one would want a box there, I have no idea.

Re:30 GB?!?!?! 250K oughta be enough for anyone! (Score:3, Funny)

by tommertron ( 640180 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @07:04AM (#13702838) Homepage Journal

There's not much difference between 1 gigabyte and 30, but there's a huge difference between 5 MB and 1 GB.
For the record: 1 GB = 200 times more than 5 MB; 30 GB = 30 times more than 1 GB.

Re:Missing the point (Score:3, Funny)

by aussie_a ( 778472 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @07:41AM (#13702940) Journal

Pfft. They're just copying Yahoo.

Re:SMTP is not a file transfer protocol! (Score:5, Funny)

by generic-man ( 33649 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @08:19AM (#13703119) Homepage Journal

So what? HTTP is a protocol meant to toss hypertext around, and look at all the people carelessly using it to upload files, do their e-mail, and even use so-called "web applications." For shame. I even hear that some people are transmitting XML by HTTP -- the horror!

Re:One Word: Pron. (Score:4, Funny)

by ahaning ( 108463 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @10:19AM (#13703826) Homepage Journal

So that we may all avoid said groups, please post some examples of the worst offenders. Thanks.

I am such a loser... (Score:3, Funny)

by bromoseltzer ( 23292 ) writes: on Monday October 03, 2005 @10:31AM (#13703909) Homepage Journal

I signed onto gmail about 6 months ago, about when they upped their quota to 2 GB. How fine!

Except since then, I've accumulated 172 MB of mail and the Gmail quota has gone up in steps to 2650 MB.

I am falling behind by nearly 100 MB a month. Help!

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Send me an invite? (Score:5, Funny)

Malibu (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Send me an invite? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:What's a malibox? (Score:2, Funny)

One Word: Pron. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:totally shady (Score:2, Funny)

1 TeraByte FREE WEBMAIL (Score:5, Funny)

Re:30 GB?!?!?! 250K oughta be enough for anyone! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:30 GB?!?!?! 250K oughta be enough for anyone! (Score:1, Funny)

Can't miss moneymaking opportunity! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:30 GB?!?!?! 250K oughta be enough for anyone! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:phffff.. 30gig, that's amateur mang (Score:2, Funny)

Re:totally shady (Score:2, Funny)

Size isn't everything? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:What's a malibox? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Malibu (Score:2, Funny)

Re:30 GB?!?!?! 250K oughta be enough for anyone! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Missing the point (Score:3, Funny)

Re:SMTP is not a file transfer protocol! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:One Word: Pron. (Score:4, Funny)

I am such a loser... (Score:3, Funny)

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