Hints At “Gmail For Domains” In JavaScript
Garett Rogers at ZDNet notices that hidden within Gmail source code are hints that Google is developing a future version of Gmail, “Caribou”, that will allow people to point their domain DNS servers at Google to use Gmail.
The source includes:
function vJ(){if(uy){;return’‘+”Manage this domain”+” | “}else{return”"}}
var kQ=ob([”Contact us …”,”Report bug”,”Caribou is slow”,”Send a suggestion”,”I need personal help!”,”Caribou-only features”],5);
Rogers suggests that Google may be developing a service like Windows Live Domains that will let you point your mail servers at Google and use Google services as part of your businesses .com. Of course, to compete with Live’s planned features, Google will have to do far more than just let you use your own domain…
Uhm, no. Caribou is the internal GMail at Google. It’s not terribly surprising that there are references to it in the code.
Comment by Jeremy Zawodny | February 9, 2006
It has been suggested that Google tests the new features internally in Caribou, and that any references to Caribou in the code should not be dismissed lightly. Yes, it could be nothing, but we won’t know until we know, will we?
Comment by Nathan Weinberg | February 9, 2006
[…] According to Inside Google Gmail might let you use their e-mail servers to host your .com mail. You would simply point your mail server to Google’s mail server. You would then be able to check your .com e-mail with the Gmail service. […]
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According to a local community college newspaper, Google is ready to implement Gmail for domains. Well, the college’s domain, at least. An excerpt from the article:
”
Students, college debate e-mail plan
COLLEGE PROPOSAL: GOOGLE EMAIL FOR ALL STUDENTS
By Robert Balicki / La Voz
February 03, 2006
A proposal to automatically create Google Gmail electronic mail accounts for all students sparked heated debate that led to postponement in the De Anza Associated Student Body Senate Wednesday.
[…]
Google is willing to provide the service, including an “@deanza.edu” suffix, for free.
[….]
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Link to article:
Comment by Jay Caliguiran | February 9, 2006
Apologies. The link got stripped in the previous comment (I had enclosed it in angle brackets).
http://www.lavozdeanza.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/02/03/43e416a333115
Comment by Jay Caliguiran | February 9, 2006
[…] As predicted, Google has announced Gmail for domains. For now, businesses can express interest in using Gmail for their .com email addresses, and Google will contact them back if they’ve been selected to participate in the beta test. […]
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