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IF YOU HAVE a Gmail account, soon you will be able to email anyone without needing their email address, as long as they’re on Google+.
Google is rolling out the new feature which will integrate Google+ into its mail client. This means that anyone on its social network can send messages directly to your inbox.
When you’re writing out a new message, Gmail will suggest people from both your contacts list and your Google+ circles.
If you’re connected to someone on Google+, their email won’t be displayed and won’t be visible unless they send you an email. Likewise, your email address won’t be visible to them unless you mail or reply to them.
(Image: Official Gmail Blog)
Those who have access to Gmail tabs will see each mail go into different categories. If you’re already friends with someone on Google+, the mail will appear in the Primary tab. Those who aren’t will be filtered into the Social category.
For anyone who isn’t thrilled at the idea, you will be given the option to opt-out. Users will be provided with an ‘Email via Google+’ setting which allows them to limit or switch off the feature entirely.
(Image: Official Gmail Blog)
The feature will be available to all Gmail and Google+ users over the next few days, and Gmail users will receive an email when it’s made available.
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Sure that will mean itll be only google staff that could email you. They are the only ones on google plus :)
And everyone with a YouTube account that were forced to have a Google+ :-(
Crazy that is is opt out rather than opt in
Ah not really. When I first saw this I thought “spam ahoy”, but actually if they are not your friend then it will go into a glorified spam folder anyway. Big whoop.
There’s a risk or unknowingly sending the wrong person a sensitive email with auto complete if it’s not opt in.
I hate google, the way they’ve screwed up YouTube is shameful.
I don’t think they have screwed YouTube up at all its savage, and by the way Google employ over 2500 people in this country I’m sure they don’t hate Google.
Hardly a big deal. No one uses plus anyway.
That’s what they said about Twitter and Facebook (when Bebo was around).
Plus is more about sharing content than pictures of your cat, your baby or a celebrity with an outdated quote crudely photo shopped over).
There’s a lot more people using it than you think and there’s a lot mor benefits for publishers to using it.
Every single member of the YouTube community use Google+ and that is a lot.
Yaaaay I can expect loads of emails from those nice lads in Ghana offering 5 million euros worth of gold for only 30K!!!
Make sure you meet them down by the sea.
I’m still only getting them princes of nigeria offerring me $100m’s. I’d prefer the gold you lucky fecker.
Hi Damien,
Id like a bit of that action, ill meet you to give you my half of the cash in person.
In case neither of us has a pen and peice of paper then here are my bank details to give me my share of the profits
Account no 67230013
Sort code 93.12.88
What alternative free email services are there? o2 dropped their email facility ages ago.
Outlook.com seems to be most complete
Yay! More friends! #Like #totes #amazeballs
Talk about sensationalist headline. It simply means nothing. You won’t be bombarded with spam. You choose who sees your email address. Simple. Very easy to do to. If you do get bombarded then it’s your fault for being an idiot.
At least it’s not buried deep down in layers of settings ala face book.
You can opt out in settings from your desktop
i get enough stalkers on facebook.fame is dangerous
I love Google +
I had to get a + account for YouTube. Now people I hate are trying to add me as a friend. Feck sake, I closed my Facebook account to get away from these people. Is nothing sacred anymore?
Outlook.com is the best email services out there by far.
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U can do this on most emails anyway
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