Google Inbox

GuidoTKP · Post by **GuidoTKP** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:46 pm

Google has announced a new email management system called Inbox

Right now it is invite only. I want an invite.

Anyone have one they can shoot my way?

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:58 pm

Wave 2.0.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:39 pm

What bank sends statements in email?

I checked my spam, no invites. Sorry.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:44 pm

Jeff V wrote:What bank sends statements in email?

All of them?

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:45 pm

Jeff V wrote:What bank sends statements in email?

They probably meant email notification of statements. At least, that's why my bank does. I get an email telling me that my statement is available on the website for viewing. The email itself does not have any personal information in it.

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:46 pm

Jeff V wrote:What bank sends statements in email?

I checked my spam, no invites. Sorry.

Called going paperless and I've done it for years

Malificent · Post by **Malificent** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:47 pm

This looks a lot like the Mailbox app that I use on my phone and love.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:48 pm

TheMix wrote:
Jeff V wrote:What bank sends statements in email?
They probably meant email notification of statements. At least, that's why my bank does. I get an email telling me that my statement is available on the website for viewing. The email itself does not have any personal information in it.

And why would one create a separate category for these notifications? Why save them at all instead of just bookmarking the bank's website?

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:49 pm

That I can't answer. I don't think I have ever once clicked the link in the email. I don't even look at the statements available on the website. I just log into the account directly to view recent activity.

But I guess someone must...

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:55 pm

TheMix wrote:That I can't answer. I don't think I have ever once clicked the link in the email. I don't even look at the statements available on the website. I just log into the account directly to view recent activity.

But I guess someone must...

Given the prevalence of phishing scams, I never even open such emails. If I was more proactive, I would create rules to send them directly to the trash.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:56 pm

I still use them for reminders, but yeah, I'm not clicking on links in e-mails anymore. If I get text or e-mail indications of account issues, I call numbers from the main website link or the back of my card.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:42 pm

GuidoTKP wrote:Google has announced a new email management system called Inbox

Right now it is invite only. I want an invite. Anyone have one they can shoot my way?

I pinged a few of my buddies who work at Google, but they didn't have invites to spare.

GuidoTKP · Post by **GuidoTKP** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:44 pm

The Meal wrote:
GuidoTKP wrote:Google has announced a new email management system called Inbox

Right now it is invite only. I want an invite. Anyone have one they can shoot my way?
I pinged a few of my buddies who work at Google, but they didn't have invites to spare.

You should let them know they are defeating the entire point of having buddies who work at Google!

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:44 pm

Jeff V wrote:What bank sends statements in email?

I checked my spam, no invites. Sorry.

WestAmerica and Wells Fargo will both do it. With WestAmerica you get no choice.

EDIT: Right. E-mail notifications that your statements are ready to view.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:57 pm

GuidoTKP wrote:
The Meal wrote:
GuidoTKP wrote:Google has announced a new email management system called Inbox

Right now it is invite only. I want an invite. Anyone have one they can shoot my way?
I pinged a few of my buddies who work at Google, but they didn't have invites to spare.
You should let them know they are defeating the entire point of having buddies who work at Google!

Close. But they also have reasonable salaries, copious free time, and a lack of significant poker skills.

tiny ogre · Post by **tiny ogre** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:04 pm

Malificent wrote:This looks a lot like the Mailbox app that I use on my phone and love.

I downloaded that app a week or two ago because I specifically needed to send something from Dropbox as an attachment rather than a link, which it purports to do. (To do so from a computer would have meant GETTING OFF THE COUCH. Ugh.)

I couldn't get it to work. Specifically, it works fine for email in general, but when I click the paperclip icon, nothing happens at all. The dropbox app works fine, and they're both made by dropbox and share credentials, but it just doesn't do anything when I tap the attach icon.

I tweeted at them about it but no response. Do you have any idea what I might be doing wrong? I found a different app that let me do it (USB Disk or something generic, I've had it for a while but I had to buy a $0.99 IAP to enable what I needed. So yes, all told, I spent a dollar and like 20 minutes futzing with stupid apps rather than getting off the couch and getting my laptop. Leave me alone.)

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:04 am

I just got an invite.

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:38 am

I don't like checking my email...I don't need another app to remind me

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:26 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:I just got an invite.

How many invites does that give you? Fellow bills fans brah!

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:49 pm

None at the moment. Besides, I have a wife and at least one more personal address to distribute before internet figments come to the top of the list.

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:10 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:None at the moment. Besides, I have a wife and at least one more personal address to distribute before internet figments come to the top of the list.

I'm real, I promise!!

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:15 pm

Ask for an invite at inbox @ google.com. I sent them one Wed ~ 1 pm. I had an invite by 6:30 pm yesterday.

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:19 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:Ask for an invite at inbox @ google.com. I sent them one Wed ~ 1 pm. I had an invite by 6:30 pm yesterday.

I did that the other day. They have not smiled upon me yet.

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:30 pm

Nevermind.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:06 pm

Curses! I applied an hour or so after it hit the news, and nothing yet.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:41 pm

The interwebs now tell me that people with invites can now invite three friends. I can haz?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:19 pm

You would need to have a gmail address to provide. My attempt to be stealthy backfired when it bounced to your Comcast address.

Xmann · Post by **Xmann** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:13 pm

my gmail is xman1102@gmail if anyone has any spares

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:17 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:You would need to have a gmail address to provide. My attempt to be stealthy backfired when it bounced to your Comcast address.

Pmed you awhile back. xman, if I get in I'll send you one.

Xmann · Post by **Xmann** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:13 am

Zaxxon wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:You would need to have a gmail address to provide. My attempt to be stealthy backfired when it bounced to your Comcast address.
Pmed you awhile back. xman, if I get in I'll send you one.

Didn't get a pm, but I'll keep an eye and if I get one.... I'll be sure to pass some along as well

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:16 am

I meant I pmed Isg.

Xmann · Post by **Xmann** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 1:41 am

Zaxxon wrote:I meant I pmed Isg.

lol, duh. I overlooked the (.) and (,) you correctly placed.

amazing how punctuation can change things.

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 1:47 am

You might want to disguise your email there from the harvesters.

Klif · Post by **Klif** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:58 pm

If anybody has a spare, I would also love an invite. After I use it, and invite my work email address, I'll throw the rest back out to you guys.

Plz&Tx!

email: deovolenti at gmail dot com

EvilHomer3k · Post by **EvilHomer3k** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:17 am

Ditto on the spare invite thingie.

m p l a g g e
at gmail dot com

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:31 am

As soon as they let me have invites, I will dispense them all back to the OO community.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:33 am

RunningMn9 wrote:As soon as they let me have invites, I will dispense them all back to the OO community.

From what I've read, everyone with an account should have 3 invites now.

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:34 am

Zaxxon wrote:From what I've read, everyone with an account should have 3 invites now.

I do not have any invites yet (at least that show up the way they do in that link).

Klif · Post by **Klif** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:35 am

Zaxxon wrote:
RunningMn9 wrote:As soon as they let me have invites, I will dispense them all back to the OO community.
From what I've read, everyone with an account should have 3 invites now.

The magic paragraph:

All Inbox users now have three invites they can share. To give away yours, simply start a new email from within the Inbox app and tap the “Invite to Inbox” option that’s depicted by a golden ticket. You can then select the email address you’d like to send the invite to, and then tap the “Invite” button.

Thanks for the link, @Zaxxon!

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:09 pm

There was a blast push. My first one got three invites to distribute. My secondary e-mail that got one of the first round has not shown any indication of additional invites.