Free email address

[pjphilli]

Hi
I am changing to a different server that does not have a free email address facility. Any comments on a good free email address that could be used with
Microsoft Outlook Express?
Cheers Peter

[Poita]

I'd stop using outlook express and go to gmail.

But you can use Gmail with Outlook Express if you want to:

http://email.about.com/od/outlookexpressfreemail/qt/Access_Gmail_with_Outlook_Express.h tm

[LewisM]

Use gmail.

Hotmail is not the best (or the live.com spin-off). Yahoo is seriously garbage.

[Pi]

Just be aware that gmail does read your mail for Googles data mining purposes.

[ZeroID]

Yeah, Gmail despite the aforementioned data mining issue.
Quick, easy and ubiquitous ...

[pjphilli]

Thanks all for your advice.
Cheers Peter

[Stardrifter_WA]

Sorry Lewis, Gmail ain't much better! :mad2:

[MrB]

I also use an ISP that doesn't provide a POP server.
I tried gmail when it was first launched but didn't like it.
Sure it's probably improved a lot, but I didn't like the idea of data mining either.

I ended up simply downgrading my original dial-up ISP account (one I had before joining the current ISP) back to a cheap $10 per month plan which preserved my whole family's original 6 email addresses. Worked well as I didn't have to send out bulk email for each email account notifying everyone of the change or having to change email address for any of the countless forum's and other things I have registered with over the last two decades.
I just use current ISP to access the old ISP's POP server and Bob's yer uncle. :thumbsup:
I even access it thru the phone.

[pjphilli]

Hi Simon
Yes, it is a real pain to have to change your email address.
In my case it is unavoidable as I am with the old Hutchinson
"three" network which has been taken over by "vodaphone"
and it is not possible to upgrade as I wish and it is likely to
be turned down in the near future. The free email address
provided by "three" cannot be transferred over to "vodaphone".
With more foresight I should have gone for a transferable
email address in the first place but I did not anticipate
this takeover. It appears that the service providers do
a lot of churning for their own benefit with little regard
to the effect on their customers. When I worked for Telstra
would you believe that one clause in their "mission statement"
was "Customer First policy" (hollow laughter).
Cheers Peter

[Meru]

If you are using gmail for work purposes too, you can download a software from google that completely syncs all your contacts, emails and calender from outlook to gmail and vice versa.

[GTB_an_Owl]

Peter

have you had a look at "paid - mail only" providers

my son owns Jumpnet.com.au and he does domain and "mail only" hosting

he is charging $20 a year for mail accounts

geoff

[pjphilli]

Hi

Thanks for the further advice. I have decided to go with gmail.
Meru, you may be able to help me further. I will normally use gmail
on my home PC but I would like to be able to use it anywhere on my
IPad. If this is possible how would I set it up?

Cheers Peter

[Octane]

http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=77702

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[pjphilli]

Hi Humayun

Thanks - just what I needed.

Cheers peter