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G2G: Share files with your Gmail account
I regret having to add this one to the "great ideas that probably won't last long" list: G2G is a service that lets you use your Gmail account to share files, kind of like YouSendIt, MegaUpload, and the like. The trick is that it's all based on Gmail's storage and Gmail's bandwidth, and though it's a bit quirky (the "beta" tag isn't just for giggles), it's extremely well put together. You register your Gmail account with G2G (they, and I, recommend that you create a new Gmail account for the purpose since you give them complete access to all its contents) and then any files stored as attachments will be available to other G2G users to either download directly or to send to their Gmail account. If you don't want all of your files available to others, you can set it up to only index files with a certain Gmail label, and you can use other labels to organize your shared files into folders. On top of all that, G2G's developers have put a clean interface and some slick AJAX goodness, and with Google's bandwidth downloads are lightning-fast. Perhaps my one gripe is that in order to download files, users must firest register with the service.So, after all that praise, why do I put G2G in the "probably won't last long" category? Well, G2G is a clear violation of Gmail's Terms of Service, and by the time it gains the sort of critical mass it needs to succeed, Google will have long since pulled the plug, either by technical means or by way of Cease & Desist. Which isn't to say I won't be keeping my fingers crossed for G2G's survival, but I have a feeling it's going to take something more along the lines of a miracle.
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FKI said 10:48AM on 11-27-2005
Hey, I'm not so sure Google upset by this!
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FKI said 10:50AM on 11-27-2005
love reading
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utfear said 12:51AM on 11-28-2005
http://www.peer2mail.com/ is another website that's doing a similar thing.
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Sridhar said 7:01AM on 11-28-2005
Here are few others of possible interest:
http://pgd.sourceforge.net/
http://www.puremango.co.uk/cm_gdrive_109.php
Gmail Downloader @ http://www.worldwidecreations.com/freescripts.htm
http://xmailharddrive.com/beta/
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Sudar said 4:56AM on 12-02-2005
G2G is already down.... :(
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Judy said 11:35AM on 12-04-2005
Why would you use a Gmail account to share files? I use eSnips which gives you 1 GB of free space to put anything you want; and manages it lots better than Gmail - i.e. you can define folders as private (stuff you want to access from anywhere), shared with one or more people, or public (anyone can see the stuff in them). Anyone who shares a folder can add comments to a file, download and change the file, etc. I don't trust G. to keep its nose out of my stuff (after all they EXIST to index everything they can find...), and these guys guarantee security and privacy. They have a neat photo optimizer but I put stuff there for projects I'm doing with other people, not just photos.
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assabakie said 10:49AM on 12-22-2005
Sudar, it's really what are u saying?
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omar said 10:55PM on 12-26-2005
heello my friends
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omar said 10:58PM on 12-26-2005
heello my friends
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omar said 10:58PM on 12-26-2005
heello my friends
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