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Elon Musk to Take on Gmail with New Xmail Service
- pavel_lishin 3y ago> the message was a reply to a question tweeted by X security engineer Nate McGrady that asked when the company would be developing Xmail. Musk was quick to respond with two words: It’s coming. Any day now.
- sidibe 3y agoNeed to know exactly which of the two time frames this is, in two weeks or by the end of the year?
- sylware 3y agoipv6? no auto-spam for active and sane domestic smtp servers (pure IP|SPF)? noscript/basic (x)html web interface (in order to give the finger to google)?
- 7thaccount 3y agoIs this exciting for people? I'm legitimately curious. I mean more competition is generally always good outside of maybe natural monopolies, but I'm not really interested in having a Twitter email after the whole debacle.
- mac3n 3y agoI wouldn't even be excited about google email at this point, and there's no way I'm getting mail from an unreliable source
- frans 3y agoThis is related to the message [1] going viral claiming that Google is to shut down the Gmail email service on August 1 — part of the setup of course. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/02/25/is-google-closing-gmail-service-down-from-august-1/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/02/25/is-googl...
- downrightmike 3y agoNo thanks
- rsynnott 3y agoI'm sorry, you cannot convince me that 'xmail' is not some sort of 90s porn site. Particularly if you say it out loud. Just _awful_ branding.
- x13 3y agovaporware; Space Karen just wants to stir the pot.
- frendiversity 3y agoCool