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@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

📧 Years before Google, “Gmail” lived on Garfield․com: fan email with @​gmail․garfield․com addresses for anyone thinking I hate Mondays.
It vanished like a pan of lasagne into Garfield’s belly… but its pawprints can still be seen on the #WaybackMachine ⤵️
https://web.archive.org/web/20000815064308/http://gmail.garfield.com/

🐈 By May 2001, it was replaced by @​e-garfield․com via Everyone․net. Google didn’t adopt the name until April 2004.

#Wayback1T #InternetHistory

Screenshot of a May 16, 2001, Wayback Machine capture of the webpage gmail.garfield.com. The page announces a change to Garfield.com’s free email service, now offered through Everyone.net, with twice the storage and personalized addresses ending in “@e-garfield.com.” It notes that users under 13 cannot register due to government regulations and suggests Hotmail or Yahoo as alternatives. A bold message invites users age 13 or over to click to register for their new free Garfield email account, followed by a link that says “Click here.” The interface shows the Wayback Machine navigation bar at the top, with the year 2001 highlighted.
Screenshot of a May 16, 2001, Wayback Machine capture of the webpage gmail.garfield.com. The page announces a change to Garfield.com’s free email service, now offered through Everyone.net, with twice the storage and personalized addresses ending in “@e-garfield.com.” It notes that users under 13 cannot register due to government regulations and suggests Hotmail or Yahoo as alternatives. A bold message invites users age 13 or over to click to register for their new free Garfield email account, followed by a link that says “Click here.” The interface shows the Wayback Machine navigation bar at the top, with the year 2001 highlighted.
Screenshot of a May 16, 2001, Wayback Machine capture of the webpage gmail.garfield.com. The page announces a change to Garfield.com’s free email service, now offered through Everyone.net, with twice the storage and personalized addresses ending in “@e-garfield.com.” It notes that users under 13 cannot register due to government regulations and suggests Hotmail or Yahoo as alternatives. A bold message invites users age 13 or over to click to register for their new free Garfield email account, followed by a link that says “Click here.” The interface shows the Wayback Machine navigation bar at the top, with the year 2001 highlighted.
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@wgarmil@mastodon.sdf.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@internetarchive This reminds me that SpeedRacer.com ran an email server that anyone could sign-up for. I had an account on it for years that I actively used. Unfortunately the company that ran it had to shut down, but gave users a lot of notice so they could move to another email server.

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