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Re: Gail, not Gmail

#101

Post by BlackFingolfin »

stagbeetle wrote: post #93
alekratz wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't exist for you. It exists for Gail. Not every website on this internet exists to be a product or sell you something.

Perhaps. But with the limited nature of domain names, gail.com could definitely be used for something more productive, and helpful, to society. Considering the state it's in now, you're looking at a large upper range.

How on earth could one do something "more productive, and helpful, to society" with gail.com that one couldn't do just as well or better with some other domain name?

I don't buy this argument at all.

Re: Gail, not Gmail

#103

Post by Aissen »

byroot wrote: post #90
Aissen wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, this is one of the reasons cited in the Wikipedia article I linked. Another might be not having the legal resources of a US$ 20-40B company.

> Yes, this is one of the reasons cited in the Wikipedia article I linked. Which most readers here can't understand. That's why I though it was important to stress it here.

Thanks.

Re: Gail, not Gmail

#107

Post by alekratz »

stagbeetle wrote: post #93
alekratz wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't exist for you. It exists for Gail. Not every website on this internet exists to be a product or sell you something.

Perhaps. But with the limited nature of domain names, gail.com could definitely be used for something more productive, and helpful, to society. Considering the state it's in now, you're looking at a large upper range.

So just because you have a sought-after domain name, you can turn it in to greatness just because... you have a special domain name? This argument feels very vague and hand-wavy. I imagine execution of a good idea could do much more for you than a fancy domain name.

Re: Gail, not Gmail

#108

Post by sbarre »

gravypod wrote: post #67
ipsum2 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also in fun domain-related trivia: http://nissan.com/

So you can have a last name, use it as your trademark first, file all sorts of documents, get two domains, and then be put through the hoops by a forign company? That's crazy. This guy whould have been awarded damages. He was the first to use Nissan in America before the auto-company in 1984.

The story of nissan.com has always been a fascinating (and angering) case study since domains have been a thing and since the UDRP was put in place.

Nissan (the car company) has been predatory and downright evil in their attempts to wrest nissan.com from Fred.

Re: Gail, not Gmail

#109

Post by Exuma »

walrus wrote: post #59
Exuma wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, but at some point logic and reason take over. No one's mentioning money grubbing capitalism here at the expense of someone else... What we have here is literally a blank page, that offers no value to the reader. Perhaps if they showed something worthwhile I could understand. Yet, It's only a pat-myself-on-the-back message how they defend their name. So they USE the name to talk about how they're protecting the…

> What we have here is literally a blank page, that offers no value to the reader. Q: Why isn't there any content here? A: All personal web content is hidden on back pages to conserve bandwidth. Also, they're running a mail server. Changing an email address that you've been using for 20 years is difficult.

Yes, those are good points

Re: Gail, not Gmail

#110

Post by nrki »

If Google was worried about mail being siphoned off (via typos), they'd just have to setup a periodic automatic check.

gail.com don't currently accept email for @gmail.com:

    $ host -t mx gail.com
    gail.com mail is handled by 10 mail.protonmail.ch.

    $ nc -w1 mail.protonmail.ch 25
    220 mail1i.protonmail.ch ESMTP Postfix
    HELO test.com
    250 mail1i.protonmail.ch
    mail from:
    250 2.1.0 Ok
    rcpt to:
    554 5.7.1 : Relay access denied
    421 4.7.0 mail1i.protonmail.ch Error: too many errors
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