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From this[1] report: "'I’ve had that account for the last, say, 15 years,' said Peterson to TheDCNF. 'All of my correspondence is in that account. It’s hundred

by miles 9y ago

From this[1] report: "'I’ve had that account for the last, say, 15 years,' said Peterson to TheDCNF. 'All of my correspondence is in that account. It’s hundreds of thousands of emails from people all over the world.'" Setting aside the fact that Gmail hasn't even existed for 15 years[2], this underscores the need for users to backup their cloud-based email accounts. A few of the many options include MailStore Home for Windows[3], Horcrux for macOS[4], imap-backup[5] for *nix (or anything Ruby runs on apparently), and Gmvault[6] for Windows, macOS, and Linux. [1] Google And YouTube Ban Prof Who Refused To Use Gender-Neutral Pronouns http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/01/google-and-youtube-ban-prof-who-refused-to-use-gender-neutral-pronouns/?utm_source=site-share http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/01/google-and-youtube-ban-pro... [2] History of Gmail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gmail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gmail [3] https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/ https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/ [4] https://thehorcrux.com https://thehorcrux.com [5] https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup [6] http://gmvault.org/ http://gmvault.org/

blusterXY 9y ago
Gmail launched in 2004, about 15 years ago.
- miles 9y ago
  Gmail was in a very limited public beta during 2004 and 2005, not moving out of beta status until mid 2009. Even if he was an early adopter (which seems unlikely given the length of his email address and the fact that the oldest reference to it Google turns up appears to be from 2011), we still don't arrive at 15 years. Whether he has 13 years or 13 months worth of email stored in his Gmail account, I hope he has started archiving it now!
  - blusterXY 9y ago
    My email address is also my full name and I was in at the very beginning as well. And 2004-2017 is 14 years.
  - rayiner 9y ago
    It wasn't that limited. Anyone who got an invite could forward them along. Gmail still being in "beta" was a running joke for awhile.
icefox 9y ago
From your first link: > UPDATE: Peterson reported that he regained access to his Google and YouTube accounts shortly after the publication of this piece, but the company still has not provided the professor with specific reasoning for his ban. There is no indication that this is related to any gender pronoun usage

by miles 9y ago

blusterXY 9y ago

Gmail launched in 2004, about 15 years ago.

miles 9y ago
Gmail was in a very limited public beta during 2004 and 2005, not moving out of beta status until mid 2009. Even if he was an early adopter (which seems unlikely given the length of his email address and the fact that the oldest reference to it Google turns up appears to be from 2011), we still don't arrive at 15 years. Whether he has 13 years or 13 months worth of email stored in his Gmail account, I hope he has started archiving it now!
- blusterXY 9y ago
  My email address is also my full name and I was in at the very beginning as well. And 2004-2017 is 14 years.
- rayiner 9y ago
  It wasn't that limited. Anyone who got an invite could forward them along. Gmail still being in "beta" was a running joke for awhile.

icefox 9y ago

From your first link: > UPDATE: Peterson reported that he regained access to his Google and YouTube accounts shortly after the publication of this piece, but the company still has not provided the professor with specific reasoning for his ban. There is no indication that this is related to any gender pronoun usage