Free e-Mail service wanted.
Doesn't it always happen...
I had a great Free email provider with 5 megs of storage +up to 2 meg transfers..
Now they've been taken over by a bunch of cash jocks who want to start charging for use...the temerity of these pip sweaks...!
In the meantime I'm using Hotmail which is really totally crap.
I know how savvy you guys are..so I'd really appreciate your naming names here....
Thanx a bunch
I had a great Free email provider with 5 megs of storage +up to 2 meg transfers..
Now they've been taken over by a bunch of cash jocks who want to start charging for use...the temerity of these pip sweaks...!
In the meantime I'm using Hotmail which is really totally crap.
I know how savvy you guys are..so I'd really appreciate your naming names here....
Thanx a bunch
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Steven
I'm still pissed that Apple started charging $100 a year for .Mac e-mail.
Escher
Originally posted by Escher
pissed that Apple started charging $100 a year for .Mac e-mail.
Awww....sour grapes.
But seriously.. me too. I dropped my free account and never paid. It's a shame. I had [email protected]
--Dale
Also, Low End Mac has a decent page about free email providers:
http://www.lowendmac.com/misc/03/0609.html
They list 11 free providers & 2 low cost providers.
Originally posted by Logan
Sure Escher, sure. Yahoo for years and no spam I really believe that.
Escher is probably the last guy here that would lie about anything. I assume you're being a tad sarcastic?
I also have email accounts that have never received a single spam email. It's not THAT unheard of. My hotmail account is just terrible though - I haven't used it in at least 2 years, and I still get around 25 emails a day. That's 25 emails a day, for 2 years, and not one single legitimate email - 100% spam. I just have it around because some family members only use MSN Messenger, and I fire it up when I need to talk to them. I log into the email every few weeks and just delete everything in the inbox.
Originally posted by aquafire In the meantime I'm using Hotmail which is really totally crap.
Actually, with the capability of setting your Inbox to exclude ALL email other than from addresses and domain names you know and trust, Hotmail has the most powerful spam filter imaginable. Add everyone in your Address Book to your online Hotmail Address Book, set your Junk Mail Filter at Exclusive, and welcome to ZERO spam heaven.
Furthermore, you can check your email via an actual email program instead of a slow cumbersome website. On OS9 you have Outlook Express, on OSX you can use Entourage, and on Windows you can use Outlook or Outlook Express.
EDIT: Ah, nevermind. It's got a five meg limit, the bastards.
Originally posted by Dog Almighty
I got a netscape.net acount when I downloaded Netscape 7.01. As far as I know, there aren't any restrictions, and it's free.
EDIT: Ah, nevermind. It's got a five meg limit, the bastards.
Well, that's better than free Hotmail's puny 2MB limit.
And Netscape.net email works pretty well, and you can check it via Netscape 7's email client, which is available for Mac, Windows, and even Linux. Plus it gets you a Screen Name which you can use on AIM.
The downside is, while the email software is just as good as Outlook Express, Netscape.net email itself doesn't have nearly the same feature options that Hotmail does. Clicking on Options on the Hotmail website gives you a great array of powerful choices, including filters to send incoming mail to various folders according to criteria you decide, and so on. Also, again, Hotmail has server-level spam blocking, with the Exclusive setting being by far the best that I've seen.