Not to turn this into a rant, or crazy "which C compiler is better" discussion, but I feel compelled to comment. Admittedly, that website does bring up some good points. I had see it before you mentioned it. I believe it's a fallacy to think that other webmail providers aren't doing the exact same thing, just not telling you about it. Note that the EULA for many of them don't promise anything, and most of them preclude you from legal action, even if they were found to have sold your SSN to the mob. Does Google open my letters or record my phone calls? No, they don't. So if I don't feel comfortable with confidential data on my Gmail account, I use another account. Perhaps that's a luxury others don't have. At the moment I'd feel more comfortable letting Google have information about what I do than say, Microsoft (who owns Hotmail, and has "accidentally" lost or released confidential information a few times now). If Google's policies change in the future, my attitude might as well. I agree with Ben. If you think email is secure and isn't being read by a machine somewhere (ie a governmental organization, business, ISP, etc), I would say you are a very trusting person. You may also want to unsubscribe from the list, as not only are there a few of us on Gmail, the list itself is archived. We live in strange times. Things which we once took for granted are being given up at a rapid rate. I admit, I don't agree with a lot of what's happening in the world. I don't like "Big Brother" watching everything I do. However, I use this account for the list only. If someone really wants to read my email, they'll see exactly what is in the archives. Well, that, and Russel's pictures. Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:30:20 +0100, p.cousens wrote: > > You want me to list every single reason? > Follow the link and then follow the links they list etc > Just about everyone who has THOUGHT ABOUT IT thinks this is an extremely > > dangerous direction to go in > > Are you OK with a private company opening and photocopying every letter > you get? > Recording every phone conversation? > Following you around all day making notes of where you go and who you > see? > Then storing these records forever? > Analyzing these records forever. > To be sold to the highest bidders > > And YES I will not respond to emails direct from a gmail account > Or use google anymore -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads