Elon Musk to Take on Gmail with New Xmail Service

[frans]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/02/26/elon-musk-to-take-on-gmail-with-new-xmail-service/

[frans]

This 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-googl...

[pavel_lishin]

> 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 → pavel_lishin]

Need to know exactly which of the two time frames this is, in two weeks or by the end of the year?

[rsynnott]

I'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.

[downrightmike]

No thanks

[sylware]

ipv6? 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)?

[x13]

vaporware; Space Karen just wants to stir the pot.

[7thaccount]

Is 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 → 7thaccount]

I wouldn't even be excited about google email at this point, and there's no way I'm getting mail from an unreliable source

[frendiversity]

Cool