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#279060 - 04/04/2006 15:25 email Provider Recommendations
Redrum old hand Registered: 17/01/2003 Posts: 998	I've been using my internet service provider's (Direcway) email service for about four years now. Needless to say many people email me through this address. Its also use it for mailers, password resets, Paypal and other functions. Anyway, some bonehead decided that they should drop this email service and move everyone over to their parent company's email system, hughesnet. I am P. O.ed. I now have a lot of work ahead of me to get my new address out to everyone and every website. I was not thrilled with their old email service and probably won't be thrilled with their new service. Does anyone have any recommendations on email services or should I just suck it up, go with hughesnet and hope they don't screw me again? Changing service providers is not an option since I live in the sticks.
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#279061 - 04/04/2006 15:27 Re: email Provider Recommendations [Re: Redrum]
JBjorgen carpal tunnel Registered: 19/01/2002 Posts: 3583 Loc: Columbus, OH	Gmail. Seriously. _________________________ ~ John
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#279062 - 04/04/2006 15:31 Re: email Provider Recommendations [Re: Redrum]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14486 Loc: Canada	pobox.com -- "Lifetime email addresses". Cheers
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#279063 - 04/04/2006 15:32 Re: email Provider Recommendations [Re: Redrum]
cushman veteran Registered: 21/01/2002 Posts: 1380 Loc: Erie, CO	Gmail. I have invites if you want one. Or buy your own domain and pay someone to host a virtual server. It's yours until you don't want to pay for it anymore. _________________________ Mark Cushman
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#279064 - 04/04/2006 15:37 Re: email Provider Recommendations [Re: cushman]
Daria carpal tunnel Registered: 24/01/2002 Posts: 3937 Loc: Providence, RI	hosted gmail exists now
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#279065 - 04/04/2006 15:38 Re: email Provider Recommendations [Re: Redrum]
matthew_k pooh-bah Registered: 12/02/2002 Posts: 2298 Loc: Berkeley, California	I've used my university's email system as a student and employee for the last six years. I'm now looking to change, as it's now my work email and I don't feel comfortable using it for personal email. As far as I can see, if I'm going to go to the trouble of changing my email address, it's moving to a domain name that I own. A cheap dreamhost account seems reasonable for this, so I'll probably go down that road. Matthew
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#279066 - 04/04/2006 16:56 Re: email Provider Recommendations [Re: JBjorgen]
Redrum old hand Registered: 17/01/2003 Posts: 998	Thanks guys, gmail looks like the ticket. pobox.com looks way cool as well. I'm debating on whether I should use just gmail or pobox with gmail. I guy at work demo'ed gmail to me and its way better than the k-rap I was using before. He sent me an invite (thanks anyway Mark) so I think I'll go that way unless anyone has any other suggestions. I just hope gmail doesn't over do it with adds and popups.
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#279067 - 04/04/2006 17:12 Re: email Provider Recommendations [Re: Redrum]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14486 Loc: Canada	Quote: I just hope gmail doesn't over do it with adds and popups. Naw, their strategy is to simply retain a copy of everything you ever write or receive, and make it available to various USA government authoritities on demand. Nothing to worry about, now or ten years from now. Heck, I suppose someday it may even become searchable by employment agencies. Cheers
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#279068 - 04/04/2006 17:29 Re: email Provider Recommendations [Re: Redrum]
SE_Sport_Driver carpal tunnel Registered: 05/01/2001 Posts: 4903 Loc: Detroit, MI USA	Quote: Thanks guys, gmail looks like the ticket. pobox.com looks way cool as well. I'm debating on whether I should use just gmail or pobox with gmail. I guy at work demo'ed gmail to me and its way better than the k-rap I was using before. He sent me an invite (thanks anyway Mark) so I think I'll go that way unless anyone has any other suggestions. I just hope gmail doesn't over do it with adds and popups. Gmail can be accessed by Outlook or any program that does POP3 so you don't need to worry about popup or even using their web interface at all. For the reason Mark mentioned, I only use it to receive attachments from people because the hosting company I go through caps at 5mb. To be honest, I've been happy with Yahoo ever since they started blocking spam. I think their limit is 1GB too. Either way, I NEVER use email addresses provided by my ISP. It's just another reason to never price shop for service. _________________________ Brad B.
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#279069 - 04/04/2006 17:31 Re: email Provider Recommendations [Re: mlord]
Redrum old hand Registered: 17/01/2003 Posts: 998	Quote: Quote: I just hope gmail doesn't over do it with adds and popups. Naw, their strategy is to simply retain a copy of everything you ever write or receive, and make it available to various USA government authoritities on demand. Nothing to worry about, now or ten years from now. Heck, I suppose someday it may even become searchable by employment agencies. Cheers If that was my worry I think I'd have to stop using email all together. I really don't think any email system is safe from the government (any government). Electric communication of any type is only secure to varying degrees. When I was a radio tech. way back when it was fun working Saturdays and listening to cell calls on Saturday morning. You'd hear people talking about all the coke the snorted the night before, how hung over they were and couldn't believe they drove home, etc... Analog cell is open to anyone with a receiver.
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#279070 - 04/04/2006 17:54 Re: email Provider Recommendations [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
Attack addict Registered: 01/03/2002 Posts: 598 Loc: Florida	If you use the Gmail web interface I would recommand using Firefox with the CustomizeGoogle extension. The extension lets you enable using Gmail in https mode. The login screen to gmail is https but the normal usage of Gmail isn't. Also a very nice trick with gmail is you can have youremailaddress+Anything@gmail.com and then use filters on the word behind the + to sort your email. _________________________ Chad
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#279071 - 05/04/2006 14:23 Re: email Provider Recommendations [Re: Redrum]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12320 Loc: Sterling, VA	I love GMail now. It took me a while to get used to the conversations idea, but now I love it. If I'm trading back and forth with someone, it's nice to have all 20+ emails in one list, and see who replied when to what. The only other thing that I've never really like much is the lack of folder organization. Sure, labels are great, especially when a conversation falls under more than one label, but still doesn't sit well 100% with me. Other than that, I'm really enjoying it. And having my email easily accessible from anywhere is great [the key word is "easily"]. _________________________ Matt
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