A networking idea for FIRST teams through GMAIL

[Kate Leach]

166.FIRST@gmail.com AND joined the group.

[MrToast]

Just a reminder that you can get free invites for yourself or your team here:

http://www.davedelong.com/php/gmail.php

My invites respawned themselves, so I'm back up to about 46 already....

Dave

[Chaos204]

This is Great

204.FIRST@gmail.com

[half geek]

The gmail notifier is good, and forwarding is a great idea, too.
Another useful thing that Ximian Evolution or Thunderbird (or Outlook >shudder<) aficionados can put to good use is the POP capability. To use, log in to gmail, go to settings, and then the Forwarding and POP tab. And just as the name demonstrates, this is also how to set up forwarding. The instructions from Google make setting up your POP/SMTP client setup a breeze!

[Freddy Schurr]

I think that its great but I was thinking once everyone has a gmail account for they team, we put a list of all the teams that have one on one post or when can separate it from each state, so we contact teams in our areas.

[half geek]

Originally Posted by Freddy204

I think that its great but I was thinking once everyone has a gmail account for they team, we put a list of all the teams that have one on one post or when can separate it from each state, so we contact teams in our areas.

Good idea. WIth that, it doesn't even need to be gmail. However, gmail has wonderful capabilities such as sending 20MB attachments, so we should definitely push to have people move over to google (as everyone has been suggesting ), or use an even better mail service (your own colocal server, etc.)
[EDIT] I originally signed up for making a script like that, but second thoughts say that simplicity is better. If there comes a need, however, email me and I'll be happy to do it.[/EDIT]

[Ryan M.]

Originally Posted by Freddy204

I think that its great but I was thinking once everyone has a gmail account for they team, we put a list of all the teams that have one on one post or when can separate it from each state, so we contact teams in our areas.

Only problem with that is you can't edit a post after 24 hours. You could recruit a mod, I guess.

Or maybe I could add it to the FIRST Contact Database.

[nehalita]

team 1345 has an e-mail address: 1345.FIRST@gmail.com and is on the gmail group =)

[Quantumman]

Team 303 now has 303.first@gmail.com and we joined the group. We will now hold our breath till the emails come pouring in.

[Cyberguy34000]

662 is now registered at 662.FIRST@gmail.com though I've set it up as just a shell account to our mentor's box BTW, I've got more invites then I know what to do with, so if anyone wants one just shoot me an e-mail. Please e-mail me at cyberguy34000@gmail.com not the above address as it is just a shell for our team's mentor.

[Babyhueyhnx]

This is pretty cool.
486.first@gmail.com

[Guyute]

gmail rocks i mean you have soo much space and its lick chatting w/ iother people i have gmail and am really glad

[Ryan M.]

Yeah... ChiefDelphi isn't exaclty the greatest place to give out invites. Too many people already have 'em.

You guys who just saw this thread should check out this one as well.

[Rohan_DHS]

1620.FIRST@gmail.com is online

[Ryan M.]

Originally Posted by Rohan_DHS

1620.FIRST@gmail.com is online

But not online in the FIRST Contact Database!

(Man, I'm starting to spam. There's got to be a pill for that.)