GMail Drive

Something pretty darn cool..

http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm
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Those GMail accounts have a lot of disk space available to them eh?

Well here's a program that lets you turn your Gmail account into a virtual drive that shows up in My Computer. It's pretty darn cool. Using it right now. !FROGCARE!

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks for the find Brad.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yup, GmailFS came out last year, i've used it off and on since around July 2004. However be advised, Google tends to "Break" it often, I don't think they like it.

http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/29/0237213&tid=198&tid=217&tid=106&tid=218
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
pretty neat stuff.. soo.. if i got 50 invites and i keep inviting my self .. i get an extra 50gigs?.. hmm.. that'll require lots of diferent email addys
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
pretty neat stuff.. soo.. if i got 50 invites and i keep inviting my self .. i get an extra 50gigs?.. hmm.. that'll require lots of diferent email addys


Not too mention a few more letters in the alphabet for your drive letters
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
LOL
I am sure Google doesn't like this, but they might see it as a way to have a subscription service.
25GB for 10 bucks. email whatever and share RSS feeds of what you upload to friends and co-wrokers.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ok... This is all well and good... But I can't figure out how to GET Gmail! All I can get is... Beta testing, and GRRRRR
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
For a gmail account, you have to register with google to receive one, and when they are ready... they will send you a link, which you can use to set it up. At least, that is how it worked for me, and until it comes out of beta.

Sembetu
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
To get a Gmail account, all you need to do is find a "buddy" with an invite and have them send you an invite. That's how I got mine. And from what I hear, they upped the invites to 50 per user so I'm sure there are plenty out there.

BTW, I don't have any left.

Maverick
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Kewl! Free space, that's always good!

If anyone's interested, I still have all 50 invites left.....emil me at [email protected] and I'll be more than happy to send you an invite!
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Argh!! The company is blocking access to gmail via websense.
Curse you WebSense!
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
obligatory "welcome to last year...." post.

also, i'm pretty sure you're still limited to the same file size restrictions as attachments. i think it's 10 MB. shouldn't be a problem 99.99% of the time, though.
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top

as for invites, I have a few, so if anyone needs one,they can email me at:

[email protected]

I would be happy to send.

Thanks for the info, Brad

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Wow! No more worry about only having 20 gigs!
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
1) You can only use one account per drive
2) You can have larger files. It splits them up for you when it uploads.
3) If anyone still needs an invite, e-mail dest581 (@gmail.com) subject: "Gmail Invite" (without the quotes).
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That's bad A** man!! Thanks dude!
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks guys! As always your right there with the help!! MUCH appreciated! Now I will be able to hide my private documents for my kids!!!! FINALLY
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Great find! It not only works great, but is extremely easy to set up.

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Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
When the link is broken by gmail, does that mean that the files stored in gmail drive are lost until we can find an update to the program mentioned or we can still access the files from gmail account?