dodoburd
join:2009-06-15 | Does @rogers.com email work with iPod/iPhone mail app?
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elwoodblues
Elwood Blues
join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON | It's just POP mail, so it should be no issue at all |
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ken12345
@gc.ca | reply to dodoburd
even better i selected yahoo mail on my itouch, entered my rogers details, and it's imap. |
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Arcturus
join:2008-04-18
London, ON
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I'm sorry to be off topic..
But my honest opinion from being around on the internet even before people really used email much
If possible do not use an ISP specific email address
This has been good advice for the last 15 years and I see absolutely no reason why it will not continue to be good advice.
Reasons.
1. You move your #(*$&#(*'d
2. They are the most unreliable on the internet, especially in terms of lost emails and downtime.
3. You never know what company next month will be hosting it and what rules or crap might come down the pipe to ruin your functionality
4. Unlike real email providers (google/hotmail etc) they consider it an addon service that is a money drain and hence..treat it as such.
My suggestion migrate to a gmail (or other) email address now *in your own timeframe* before you're forced to for some other reason. |
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Daphoid
join:2005-01-04
| I'm sorry but you reasonings are highly over-rated and purely opinion based.
reply to dodoburd
I'm sorry to be off topic..
But my honest opinion from being around on the internet even before people really used email much
If possible do not use an ISP specific email address
This has been good advice for the last 15 years and I see absolutely no reason why it will not continue to be good advice.
1. You move your #(*$&#(*'d
A: If you're moving within the Rogers service area, they'll happily move your email for you. If not, it's not the end of the world to tell the few people you really email about your new address.
2. They are the most unreliable on the internet, especially in terms of lost emails and downtime.
A: Pure opinion. I've had the some @rogers.com address since it was @home.com back in 1998, and I've never lost email and maybe twice had a day or two of downtime.
3. You never know what company next month will be hosting it and what rules or crap might come down the pipe to ruin your functionality.
A: Um? What? It's an ISP hosted address, especially considering the discussion is based on Rogers. How exactly is "some other company" going to come along and start hosting your email? That and your mail is downloaded to your computer once you receive it.
4. Unlike real email providers (google/hotmail etc) they consider it an addon service that is a money drain and hence..treat it as such.
A: Again, opinion? If it was such an 'addon' they would charge extra for it, not give you 6-9 addresses with your account free of charge, provide detailed instructions on how to configure it with the multitude of email programs out there, AND offer you web-based email at rogers.yahoo.com.
Gmail isn't a "real email company" by any means. Rather its a project created by Google that has only been mainstream for the past 5 years or so and just last month lost its "Beta" label.
Also all your email inside of gmail is stored by Google, so you're trusting that all your messages are fine with them (which they most likely are, but I'm just using an example) and two, Gmail doesn't have very robust address negotiation. Sending email to johnsmith@gmail.com or john.smith@gmail.com will go to both people. It's a known and documented issue.
While I personally have a gmail account, I also have a @rogers.com account, as well as a handful hosted on my private web host, I use all of them for different reasons and the ISP based email from Rogers has never given me any issues that the others haven't as well over the past 11 years.
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Daphoid
join:2005-01-04 | reply to dodoburd
To the OP:
Yes it works just fine! Either via the "Yahoo!" icon, or by entering the information manually.
Enjoy!
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