Gmail Turns 5

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As a Gmail user, I congratulate Google on coming up with an email system that doesn’t suck.

See the whole press release here.

Five years ago yesterday, Gmail starting giving people a gig. What started as an internal tool for Google employees is now used by tens of millions of people around the world in 52 languages.

In honor of the occasion, you may have noticed a little cake on the Gmail homepage today.