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Comment from Josh on 2012-01-04

2012-01-04T22:22:22Z

Recommending to use your ISP email is flat out bad advice. What happens when you would like to use a different ISP, well you likely lose your email account that is what. Use a rock solid free hosting like gmail, or hotmail. Wouldnt use yahoo because AFAIK doesnt support POP/IMAP without premium package...

Based on the questions I get here, I would never ever use the phrase "rock solid" to refer to Hotmail. Never. Gmail is a reasonable approach these days, but it does still suffer from many of the same limitations of free email providers.

06-Jan-2012

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Comment from akhil on 2011-05-28

2011-05-28T07:37:44Z

I want to receive new mail alert through sms immediately. There are many useful mail landing my yahoo id. Rediffmail has such facility but there is time difference in sms. Yahoo also have such facility but my mobile and sim card is not supported. Can you provide such facility.
A. K. Tamboli

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Comment from Hosted Email on 2011-05-05

2011-05-05T23:20:27Z

If this can help, have a look at this page..

http://www.rackspace.co.uk/email-apps/email-hosting/microsoft-exchange

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Comment from Email Hosting on 2011-05-05

2011-05-05T23:18:58Z

I totally agree that support is by far the biggest issue when implementing and using a hosted email system. If your email hosting provider cant offer 24x7 support then you re are putting your business at risk. Since nowadays a day of work lost only based on an email system's technical failure can cost the company a big loss in terms of business and profits..

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Comment from JR" on 2011-01-23

2011-01-24T00:18:54Z

I would NOT recommend mail.com, now owned by AOL. Was once a great provider; for a low fee of $10 per year could have no spam and ads-free email accounts.

AOL took over in January 2010, with no notice to customers, and deleted all my group contacts and mail sitting in my "trash" folder, which I used as a holding bin and occasionally had a need to reference.Had I known they would delete without warning, I could have filed and saved. Could never help me recreate the group lists. Could not./would not locate the deleted items. Today support is terrible- always with an automated response, which you must respond to in order to have a human read your tech. problem. So it takes 2 emails before a human reads about your issue. Usually then it is still not resolved. No phone support.
Site access is also down occasionally- about 6-7 times last year with no explanation.

Now must also log in on a page that is not always secure-must click EVERY time to get an SSL log-on, even though I pay $20 per year for a "premium" account. And log-in screen often takes several clicks to go, presumably to make you look at the scrolling "news/entertainment" feed which plays on the log-in screen. Premium users used to have a no-add log in page.
Would love a long-term alternative that is not gmail, yahoo, or hotmail. Suggestions?

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Comment from T. C. on 2011-01-21

2011-01-22T04:12:48Z

Good article. Everything I read reminds me of what Bluetie email has to offer. This email company is outstanding! Their customer service is the best I have ever dealt with. I will never leave this company!

I have no idea if this is spam or not - I've never heard of BlueTie - but could be ok so I'll leave it. I just find it ironic that the commenter used a gmail.com email address.

22-Jan-2011

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Comment from James on 2010-09-08

2010-09-08T10:25:54Z

They simply lose their email address!

For going on 20 years, through three ISPs, I've kept my email address by having all email forwarded by ACM, which has a pretty good spam filter. Of course, you have to be a member, but surely there are other such services. I also have a Gmail address, mail sent to which is also forwarded; but I don't use it much.

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Comment from Robert Cervone on 2010-08-30

2010-08-30T17:48:37Z

Nice article. I always thought it was strange how people take email for granted, despite its significance. I used to use Hotmail, never again. Spam overload and as someone said their ads are annoying. Also tried GoDaddy, but after a series of messages inexplicably went missing, I left. Been using www.pobox.com for a year and they've been great. Meets all 3 criteria and really like that I have someone to call and interface with.

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Comment from Bill Mann on 2010-08-30

2010-08-30T16:28:38Z

Leo gives good advice about using Gmail's POP/IMAP interface with a desktop mail program. If you want to set this up with Outlook as the desktop program, check out these links:

for Outlook 2003 & 2007:

http://www.living-with-outlook.com/gmail-outlook.html

for Outlook 2010:

http://living-with-outlook-2010.com/emailaccounts/2010/08/use-pop3-or-imap-for-your-gmail-outlook-connection/

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Comment from Michael Horowitz on 2010-08-29

2010-08-30T04:46:38Z

An important point that was not mentioned is security. POP, IMAP and SMTP all come in secure and insecure versions. Most email providers offer both versions, but I suggest verifying that whatever provider you are considering offers the secure versions of email. You may not care today, but its likely you will care in the future.
Note: this has nothing at all to do with HTTPS, which can be used for secure webmail, but is not an email protocol.

By the way, I have email addresses at *many* different domains and the spam filtering ability offered by different email providers is quite varied.

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Comment from Mike on 2010-08-25

2010-08-25T07:24:00Z

While you may still have to pay for a host server to maintain your own domain's email, there are several that offer a $0 option that's well-served for simply handling email. A search for "free hosting" will turn up many of them.

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Comment from Chris on 2010-08-24

2010-08-25T00:58:57Z

Hi Leo,
Excellent article, and for an email junkie such as myself, it's pushing me towards consolidation of my existing email accounts. I used to use AOL Mail for it's functional IMAP access until an enormous glitch prevented me from accessing the account for nearly three days straight, three days in which I could not access my bank account due to the fact that my bank didn't recognize my laptop. (It does this since it did not recognize the IP of the laptop.) Of course, this was "free" AOL Mail, from which I have completely extricated myself. Gmail is okay, too, but I would caution that users use at least 12 characters in their passwords from now on. Additionally, "secret" phrases or answers to questions should be something they only know, nothing that can be sought out in the public domain. Like, for instance, your father was named "Robert" - public knowledge.

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Comment from Pete B on 2010-08-24

2010-08-24T22:02:47Z

Leo,

Great article - thanks.

I have just changed ISPs after many years - what a great inconvenience to update my registrations at numerous (50+) web sites.

I did look at buying my own domain, but couldn't work out how to handle e-mails without paying for hosting as well. So I now have an ISP and a gmail account.

Can you expand on your throw-away comment that with your own domain, e-mail could be run through gmail at no extra charge, as that is the part I though would be an ongoing expense that I was reluctant to pay.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks

That took a new article: How do I route my email through Gmail?

27-Aug-2010

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Comment from Reid on 2010-08-24

2010-08-24T19:42:04Z

I agree with Larry that using your ISP email is a bad idea. My father, brother and others I know have done this, then later got bitten when they switched ISPs, a common occurrence for those looking to save money. They simply lose their email address! They're novices and don't know how to salvage their emails, contacts, etc. when moving to another provider -- that's not novice stuff.

And Leo, advising people to use their ISP email breaks Rule #1, Portability, that you just got done describing in the previous paragraph! Sorry, but this is the first time I've disagreed with you and have to say, bad advice.

Fair enough, but I still refer ISP mail (with support) over free email accounts (without). In either case changing providers - be it email or ISP - you lose your email address. The only way to truly get one you can keep forever is to own your own domain.

27-Aug-2010

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Comment from Richard K on 2010-08-24

2010-08-24T16:13:43Z

Over the last few years many universities probably for affinity reasons give graduates an e-mail for life. So if you graduated from "Great University" they may have a program that you can get an e-mail ex. me2006@greatuniversity.edu". These addresses are free, last forever, are portable, have fairly good access and you only have to receive the occasional e-mail from the university.

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Comment from Al Simons on 2010-08-20

2010-08-20T12:25:56Z

Thanks for the great summary, Leo.

Another consideration for choosing a mail provider, which is probably only interesting to the geekier portion of your audience: Does the provider offer you control of the amount of filtering performed before you see the mail? I exchange technical email, much of which can appear similar to spam or phishing attempts. I left GoDaddy for 1and1 to host my domains (websites and email addresses) because GoDaddy had a fixed set of email filters which they do not customize. More accurately, that they did not customize when I left about two years ago; things may have changed. Nor did they offer the ability to whitelist / blacklist email from arbitrary users and domains. For me, this inflexibility made GoDaddy an inappropriate mail host. Other hosting services including but not limited to 1and1 offer filtering, but offer you control of that filtering. My addresses have filtering turned completely off; my wife's address' filtering is turned up fairly high.

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Comment from Ken B on 2010-08-19

2010-08-19T15:15:48Z

It still amazes me how many times someone gives me a business card with their own domain name for a website, and a yahoo.com (or gmail, aol, hotmail, etc.) e-mail address.

Me too. I just shake my head. It's wrong in so many ways. Particularly: Why is using Hotmail for my business such a bad idea?

19-Aug-2010

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Comment from Larry Benster on 2010-06-04

2010-06-04T12:41:44Z

To the person who wrote:

"I was happily using Hotmail and blocking the banner ads with Adblock successfully. However since the change to Windows Live, Adblock has become ineffective. I find the banner ads really annoying. Anybody any suggestions?

Say, I have used Sponsored Ad Blocker to block all ads from all the email sites, including many others, such as dictionary. Sponsored Ad Blocker if free. However, Super Ad Blocker, is a paid version. Currently I stopped using Sponsored Ad Blocker, due to the fact that I know how to use my hosts file now, in order to manually block out those [edited] advertisers. I have learned more and more about how to manually protect my computer from invaders, and taking the time to respect yourself and learn how to use a computer is important I feel. I feel that atomic bombs and computers are not toys and should not be in the hands of common savages.

So, all regular websites that I go onto now, I have simply researched the "Webpage Privacy Policy...", and determine what I need to see on the page and what I don't, and I simply manually block those [edited] advertisers from ever downloading into my computer in the first place in my hosts file.

So many sites nowadays claim to now be spies, yet they freely allow advertisers on their websites that are spies. Go figure. Nowadays, I view advertisers not only or organized crime, but also they are a detriment to a liberty-based private society in "free nations". Online voluntary surveillance has become the popular norm nowadays with the [anti-]social networks of Fakebook, Twister & MySplat. There may be no hope for anyone on the internet in the near future.

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Comment from MIKAEL MYTOU on 2010-01-02

2010-01-02T08:37:29Z

http://www.fastmail.fm/

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Comment from Larry on 2009-07-17

2009-07-17T15:08:40Z

I truly dislike using an ISP for and email account. The problem is portability. When, not if, you chnge your ISP you lose your email account.

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Comment from Andrew on 2008-12-01

2008-12-01T23:54:39Z

I've been using http://www.fastmail.fm for about eight years now, who also have IMAP and POP access; a webmail interface, with e-mail filering, and good tech support.

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Comment from Tom Collins on 2008-11-27

2008-11-27T14:39:17Z

Hi,

For the last two years i have been using a company i found during a google search - www.UkMailExchange.com. i can access my email via webmail, Outlook and my mobile phone. But i am aways looking for alteratives so let me know if any one has found anyone better / cheaper.

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Comment from DAVID WRIGHT on 2008-11-26

2008-11-26T11:17:26Z

I was happily using Hotmail and blocking the banner ads with Adblock successfully. However since the change to Windows Live, Adblock has become ineffective. I find the banner ads really annoying. Anybody any suggestions?

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Comment from Denise on 2008-10-07

2008-10-07T12:19:51Z

I recently started with a new provider, MyPTSMail. They meet the three standards Leo talked about, Portability,Reliability and Support. They have IMAP and POP access and a Webmail Interface, and the email is filtered, but they have tech support by phone which is what drew me to them. I like to talk to someone if I have an issue.

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Comment from Doug on 2008-10-02

2008-10-03T00:49:49Z

Thanks for an informative and candid discussion. I'm in the midst of transitioning email accounts and find this to be the best presentation of options I've found anywhere.

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Comment from diyer on 2008-08-13

2008-08-14T04:54:00Z

GoDaddy is NOT a good choice. They do NOT offer IMAP. I know, because all my accounts are with Godaddy, and I noticed this problem recently after trying to set up my Nokia E71 email client.

I am now looking for alternative email hosts (Paid) that offer IMAP support, which is essential when using different devices to access email (PC, Laptop, and mobile phone).

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Comment from Kasuan on 2008-06-08

2008-06-08T10:42:47Z

Iam looking for an email addresses where my
correspondence can be secured.

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Comment from Zack Martin on 2006-12-28

2006-12-28T15:35:51Z

I have now been with Bigstring for 2 years and after their recent upgrades its something to check out. They offer email tracking which is huge for my sales job as well as being able to recall, erase, or destruct a message before or after it has been read. I think its pretty cool.

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Comment from Bill Holland on 2006-11-03

2006-11-04T02:36:20Z

I have been using netaddress.com for over five years now. I've found them to be very reliable and dependable. They have increased their services periodically. Though I don't use all of the services they provide, I like knowing that they're out there, ready for me when I need them.

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Comment from Mark on 2006-10-30

2006-10-31T01:54:12Z

Leo,

As a student, and a person not tied down to an ISP,I like your suggestion about GMAIL. But I have a suggestion for people more strongly tied to the net interface (those of us who have a home computer, but live at the school computer labs for example), is to simply use an email client to make the occasional backup on your home machine. You use Thunderbird or what have you, and get a basic copy of all of your email. You then would also simply use the export function to get a separate copy of your contact lists. You work from the web interface, but you still have a decent backup. It's not as clean as simply sticking with an email client, but I think it's an alternative.

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