EveryName
Wake Up
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join:2001-12-05
Montreal | reply to ZaRRaZa
Re: Best free email accounts?
GMX or Gmail |
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sream
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join:2002-08-17
Portage, MI | reply to ZaRRaZa
gmx is nice because of aliases. I still have an original hotmail account. My name with no numbers after it. Gmail wins because of integration with my blackberry however. |
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PX Eliezer
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join:2008-08-09
New Jersey
 ·Callcentric
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·voip.ms
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Consider these guys:
»www.fastmail.fm/mail/personal.html
I use their free "Guest" account. Works great.
Access by website or Mozilla Thunderbird. If using Thunderbird, set it up as IMAP rather than POP.
And TONS less spam than on G-Mail. |
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skinsfanusa
join:2001-03-09
San Marcos, CA
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I have a microsoft live account and love it.
I don't know if their free account has SMTP though... |
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mddg99
join:2009-06-26
Saint Augustine, FL
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I have Gmail and GMX accounts, but also found a no thrills but very secure niche provider, Lavabit. Messages are encrypted on the server and there is no password reset because that is stored encrypted and not accessible by support. Again, POP and IMAP, no thrills interface, but solid and secure email accounts. |
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Dustyn
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join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
1 edit | reply to ZaRRaZa
nevermind |
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ptrowski
Got Helix?
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join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
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I have used Yahoo for many years and have no complaints. I had a Gmail account but was not crazy about content being scanned to serve ads. |
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blackriders
join:2005-01-16
Bronx, NY
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Another vote for gmail.
Have it setup so that I can connect via imap on my pc and nokia n810. Can check from anywhere and even checks my old email from my provider and forward it gmail.
not to mention i'm a sucker for the themes they have »gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/s···and.html |
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Koil
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West Columbia, SC
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said by Noah Vail  :FYI: GMail requires a text message to a cell as part of the signup process now. This is absolutely false. |
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marti
Color outside the lines
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join:2001-12-14
Houston, TX
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| Koil is correct. To get a gmail account: »https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccou···e&type=2
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Voltar
join:2009-04-18
Bakersfield, CA
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said by Koil :said by Noah Vail :FYI: GMail requires a text message to a cell as part of the signup process now. This is absolutely false. It was true way back when during the beta of Gmail, but not now.
Aside from that, I'd have to say that Gmail is the best currently. |
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Koil
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West Columbia, SC
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| said by Voltar :said by Koil :said by Noah Vail :FYI: GMail requires a text message to a cell as part of the signup process now. This is absolutely false. It was true way back when during the beta of Gmail, but not now. Aside from that, I'd have to say that Gmail is the best currently. Again, this is not true. I have had my Gmail account for years, and I have never had to provide a cell number. That is completely wrong. The only time a cell phone # was required is if you wished to receive text alerts on your phone for the Google calendar app and such, not for the general email account.
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JahooFan
@verizon.net
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Yahoo Rox... it has no storage limit, and is Free... I have bounced from provider to provider and NEVER used their pathetic email systems.
although I do use gmail as well... but Yahoo should get a vote in here as well. A very nice webmail system, if not the best. |
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ZaRRaZa
join:2005-12-04
Norway
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oh wow, so many responses. Thanks a lot guys. I went with gmail. They asked no cell or phone number though. I easily configured gmail on my The Bat! client. As far as this client, i been using it for around 10 years and i love it, way better than ms outlook.
I also have dreamhost, but it makes no sense for me to make some of my domains as my main email addresses because i have no plans on resigning with dreamhost once it expires in december. I guess i will stick with gmail forever. I loved cox though... but as soon as i canceled their services, i lost all my email accounts.
thanks once more.
p.s does gmail limit the size of attachments? Cox had it at 10 or 15MB i think. |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
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join:2005-01-03
·CableOne
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At one point in time, Gmail either required an invite from another user OR a verification code sent as SMS to a cell phone. I used the SMS method myself to set up an account or a friend.
If you've had your Gmail account for years, you would have never seen this as they only did it for a short time, and the only time you would have seen it was if you were signing up, NOT if you already had an existing account. I've had my account since for just shy of 5 years now and I never had to provide a cell number either. But as I said above, I did one time when setting up an account for a friend.
There's a lot of things in this world that you've never seen; that doesn't mean that they never existed.
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Koil
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West Columbia, SC
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| said by PolarBear :At one point in time, Gmail either required an invite from another user OR a verification code sent as SMS to a cell phone. I used the SMS method myself to set up an account or a friend. If you've had your Gmail account for years, you would have never seen this as they only did it for a short time, and the only time you would have seen it was if you were signing up, NOT if you already had an existing account. I've had my account since for just shy of 5 years now and I never had to provide a cell number either. But as I said above, I did one time when setting up an account for a friend. There's a lot of things in this world that you've never seen; that doesn't mean that they never existed. Very true, but I also set up the accounts for various friends and family through out the beta, and all were done through invites. It may have been possible to use the phone as a way around having an invite, but it was never mandatory, which is my point.
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
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·CableOne
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Gmail provides a type of aliasing, but probably not what you're referring to.
You can take youraddress@gmail.com, insert a plus sign after youraddress, then stick anything you want after the plus sign and the message will be delivered to youraddress@gmail.com.
For example, if you send an email to youraddress+sometext@gmail.com, the message will be dilevered to youraddress@gmail.com.
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cork1958
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join:2000-02-26
Fruitport, MI
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·Charter Pipeline
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Gmail sucks the big green one!!
Very limited in the attachments you can send/receive. Spam is absolutely stupid!!
Get a Yahoo account instead!!
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Koil
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West Columbia, SC
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| said by cork1958 :Gmail sucks the big green one!! Very limited in the attachments you can send/receive. Spam is absolutely stupid!! Get a Yahoo account instead!! You have got to be kidding me?!
Yahoo mail is used for signing up to crap websites...might as well get a hotmail, too.
Gmail is the way to go.
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muzscman
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Florissant, MO
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| said by Koil :said by cork1958 :Gmail sucks the big green one!! Very limited in the attachments you can send/receive. Spam is absolutely stupid!! Get a Yahoo account instead!! You have got to be kidding me?! Yahoo mail is used for signing up to crap websites...might as well get a hotmail, too. Gmail is the way to go. I've used both for years. Yahoo for at least 10 years and gmail since it went beta. I love my gmail account and the only reason I still keep my yahoo account is because we have a group on there of all my high school buddies that we use all the time.
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