Email Services

[Cali]

Which one do you use and why?

I am trying to downsize my email accounts from too many to maybe 1 or 2. I want fast, secure and safe.

[DebtorDan]

i really like gmail. it gives you an address not dependent on your internet provider, if you change who that is or move, or even go without service for a while and just check your email at the library.

you can forward other email addresses you have to your gmail account, so you can receive all your email in one account.

you can access via web, so not tied to one machine. you have over 6 G of space, so you can archive lots of messages.

its free.

anyway, its worked well for me and my family and my parents, too.

[One Half Full]

I like using a regular e-mail address. (I have cox). Basically, if you have yahoo, or AOL or some other "Free" ones like that, you can't join groups like this. My cable provider gives me an account w/ a little start screen. All I did was attach mozilla's firefox as my main browser, and use the cox email using outlook. I could get mozilla's Thunderbird. I have it but I forgot my log in. I also have Yahoo Incase I loose all e-mail accounts. I never use it except to clean up the spam occasionally, but someone actually could reach me through there. Try Thunderbird. It is supposed to be very secure. I really trust Mozilla (firefox is the web browser) and have used it for a few years. The only flaw I have seen is whether you use it or not, you should have internet explorer at least "active" on the desk top because some web sites will not accept firefox without IE somewhere in the operating system. ??? don't know why. This is something I found only recently.

[epiphany]

I like using a regular e-mail address. (I have cox). Basically, if you have yahoo, or AOL or some other "Free" ones like that, you can't join groups like this.

Um, I use free aol mail (which is my regular email address) and I access this site. Puzzled by this statement.

EP

[One Half Full]

Sorry. I was pretty sleepy when I wrote that & was not as accurate as I should have been. I'll try to clarify. Sometimes I have joined a message board group that does not allow the use of "free" e-mail addresses. AOL began to give out "free" e-mail accounts at some point, and so some message boards don't allow it. (I didn't know this before a month ago). I belong to a dog breed specific dog message board that does not allow "free" accounts. Some of the members that might have previously had AOL, are "grandfathered" in. Everyone's experience is different, but I have come upon a few sites that do not accept e-mails that are from the "free" companies (hotmail is a good example, so is yahoo). I don't know technically what this is called. My e-mail (as I said, cox) came with the high speed internet hook-up. I agree with you that it's a good idea to have only a few e-mails. I have 2.

I feel that free internet e-mail accounts are a great idea. I have friends who work in Eastren Europe who do not have regular cable hook-ups, and do most of their on-line work using wireless and free accounts. There are actually large areas of some towns that are wired for wi-fi and you can connect nearly anywhere.

[Cali]

My primary email is Road Runner(they give you 25 accounts) and my back up is Gmail.

[AMISLANDER]

Um, I use free aol mail (which is my regular email address) and I access this site. Puzzled by this statement.

EP

Me, too? I've had my AOL screen name since 2002 when I actually had to pay (thank god no more!). Internet access is provided through my work.

[Cali]

There are a few services that used to be pay to use that are now free(AOL, MSN).