What Email service do you use?
So, I have had the same MSN.com email address for almost 10 years, but they make it really difficult (Read: impossible) to use it with Mail. So, I am looking to switch. I could go with Gmail or .Mac, but would love to hear people's feedback on the options that are out there.
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.Mac's $100 a year.
Choose your poison
.Mac for primary email, Gmail for secondary. I have my Gmail forwarded to .Mac.
By far the best email service I know is www.fastmail.net It's a fast but feature rich service. They have free accounts but with the one-time member fee of US$20 you can have your own sub-domain and unlimited email addresses. This is great for spam protection! I use unique email addresses for various online boards and if I ever get spam (not had a single one yet) I can just block that address and I know where it came from!!!
.Mac, on the other hand, is OK but not too great and charges you for a service which Google gives for free.
... and don't even get me started on Hotmail - it is owned by Microsoft, that should give you a clue!
.Mac for primary email, Gmail for secondary. I have my Gmail forwarded to .Mac.
Excellent choice!
I've lost mail on Gmail. Multiple times. Really important mail.
.Mac's $100 a year.
Choose your poison
I have never had that happen to me.
i've never lost email with it and this is the first time i've ever heard of mail being lost.
It's a matter of if you wanna take that chance. Gmail has screwed me pretty royally, twice, so I personally don't.
(Also, have you personally verified that every single email that you've sent or had sent to you was actually delivered? I only noticed two really important emails that didn't go through. I've probably also lost a number of unimportant ones.)
the yahoo is my junk account as it has no pop support. I send all my trash their and never once look at it save when Im expecting a password or login verification.
The gmail, hotmail and Imap all go through entourage on my mac. Works like a charm.
(Also, have you personally verified that every single email that you've sent or had sent to you was actually delivered? I only noticed two really important emails that didn't go through. I've probably also lost a number of unimportant ones.)
Well, one could ask the same question to you. Have YOU personally verified that every single email you've been sent was properly addressed, or that the fault did not lie somewhere else between the sender and receiver?
I've never used .mac, but I vouch for Gmail. I've yet to be disapointed by the service. And if you decide you don't like it, you can always foreward the email to your new address for free.
Well, one could ask the same question to you. Have YOU personally verified that every single email you've been sent was properly addressed, or that the fault did not lie somewhere else between the sender and receiver?
I've never used .mac, but I vouch for Gmail. I've yet to be disapointed by the service. And if you decide you don't like it, you can always foreward the email to your new address for free.
Are you serious? Of course I checked. For both incoming messages that didn't get through, and messages that I sent.
keep my hotmail just for ordering stuff.
There really is no excuse for that...