Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

[Guest Big Al]

I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.

I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can

use for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my

ISP email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right

now and would like to keep it that way.

Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.

And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that

strictly via IE.

[Guest Nonny]

Re: Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

 

On Wed, 28 May 2008 16:55:05 GMT, Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:

>I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.

>I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can

>use for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my

>ISP email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right

>now and would like to keep it that way.

>Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.

>And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that

>strictly via IE.

 

I have nine email accounts <g>. Four of them are web-based.

 

For easy access without having to use the web interface, go with

Gmail.

[Guest JS]

Re: Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

 

Google's Gmail. Spam filter is very good

and it supports Outlook Express,

Outlook 2003 & 2007

 

JS

 

"Big Al" <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote in message

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> I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.

> I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can use

> for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my ISP

> email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right now and

> would like to keep it that way.

> Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.

> And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that strictly

> via IE.

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

 

"Big Al" <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote in message

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> I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.

> I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can use

> for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my ISP

> email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right now and

> would like to keep it that way.

> Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.

> And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that strictly

> via IE.

 

What's best depends on how you want to use it. Clearly, from your mention

of Outlook and Thunderbird, you aren't only going to use it as web mail.

 

So, you want one that can be accessed from regular mail clients. I use

Gmail because it's easy to set up for POP/SMTP and the sending server can be

used with other email accounts. This is meaningful when your ISP's sending

server requires that you be connected to their network, which is often not

possible if you travel.

 

Plus, I have generally found that Google has a reasonable idea of how to

keep a server running, and I've found it to be vastly more stable than my

ISP's mail since they outsourced to Hotmail.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest Mark]

Re: Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

 

The only drawback to Gmail is that it will reject any email with an

attachment that contains an executable. Other than that it will do what you

want it to do.

 

Mark

 

"Big Al" <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote in message

news:J7g%j.3557$fk.1664@trnddc06...

> I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.

> I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can use

> for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my ISP

> email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right now and

> would like to keep it that way.

> Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.

> And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that strictly

> via IE.

[Guest R Iyer]

Re: Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

 

You can get round that by renaming the .exe in the executable attachment to

something like .xyz before sending, and instruct the recipient at the other

end to change it back to .exe after it arrives. It works.

 

"Mark" <markshark@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> The only drawback to Gmail is that it will reject any email with an

> attachment that contains an executable. Other than that it will do what

> you want it to do.

>

> Mark

>

> "Big Al" <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote in message

> news:J7g%j.3557$fk.1664@trnddc06...

>> I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.

>> I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can

>> use for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my

>> ISP email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right

>> now and would like to keep it that way.

>> Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.

>> And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that

>> strictly via IE.

>

>

[Guest Mark]

Re: Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

 

Thanks for the tip. Sometimes it's the simple things.

 

Mark

 

"R Iyer" <rviyernospam@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> You can get round that by renaming the .exe in the executable attachment

> to something like .xyz before sending, and instruct the recipient at the

> other end to change it back to .exe after it arrives. It works.

>

> "Mark" <markshark@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:%23PSjVbRwIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> The only drawback to Gmail is that it will reject any email with an

>> attachment that contains an executable. Other than that it will do what

>> you want it to do.

>>

>> Mark

>>

>> "Big Al" <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote in message

>> news:J7g%j.3557$fk.1664@trnddc06...

>>> I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.

>>> I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can

>>> use for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my

>>> ISP email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right

>>> now and would like to keep it that way.

>>> Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.

>>> And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that

>>> strictly via IE.

>>

>>

>

>

[Guest R Iyer]

Re: Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

 

You are welcome

 

"Mark" <markshark@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks for the tip. Sometimes it's the simple things.

>

> Mark

>

> "R Iyer" <rviyernospam@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:%232fcjlRwIHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> You can get round that by renaming the .exe in the executable attachment

>> to something like .xyz before sending, and instruct the recipient at the

>> other end to change it back to .exe after it arrives. It works.

>>

>> "Mark" <markshark@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:%23PSjVbRwIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> The only drawback to Gmail is that it will reject any email with an

>>> attachment that contains an executable. Other than that it will do what

>>> you want it to do.

>>>

>>> Mark

>>>

>>> "Big Al" <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote in message

>>> news:J7g%j.3557$fk.1664@trnddc06...

>>>> I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or

>>>> hotmail.

>>>> I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can

>>>> use for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my

>>>> ISP email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right

>>>> now and would like to keep it that way.

>>>> Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.

>>>> And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that

>>>> strictly via IE.

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

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