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Title: Any ideas on a good email server/account?
Post by: VANGUARD on August 17, 2011, 06:35:18 AM: To make a long story short; I don't trust or even like Gmail. Not fond of Yahoo, MSN/hotmail or even AOL.

I'm wanting to find an email account/server (pop/smtp server) that is free.

Any ideas?
Title: Re: Any ideas on a good email server/account?
Post by: Scyphi on August 17, 2011, 06:37:33 AM: I think those are your only options...

I know Techpro investigated this some not too terribly long ago, he might be able to provide better input.
Title: Re: Any ideas on a good email server/account?
Post by: VANGUARD on August 17, 2011, 06:57:54 AM: I was afraid of that. most are through your internet providers, which may not be bad; but if you move and they don't service that area; there goes the account.
The free ones are the few I don't like.
Title: Re: Any ideas on a good email server/account?
Post by: -<WillyP>- on August 17, 2011, 12:37:09 PM: I have had an account at fastmail.fm for years and have had no complaints. The recently got bought by Opera. Not much change that I could see.
Title: Re: Any ideas on a good email server/account?
Post by: Matthew on August 21, 2011, 04:12:18 PM: I don't see any problem with Gmail, tbh, and I've never had to look for any others. I use the one provided by my ISp, and a private email server hosted by Wormaus. Maybe you could ask him?
Title: Re: Any ideas on a good email server/account?
Post by: Scyphi on August 22, 2011, 06:32:26 AM: Techpro and I also use Gmail, and the only real issue I can recall us having with it is that every now and then it decides it doesn't like my account for a day and refuse to deliver mail, but it always has fixed itself by the next day, so I at least have learned to live with it, and this seems to be more of an unusual exception in comparison to other Gmail accounts.
Title: Re: Any ideas on a good email server/account?
Post by: Foil on August 22, 2011, 09:49:46 AM: I've never had any major issues with my Gmail account, and I'm finding that their spam filter is better than any of the others out there.
Title: Re: Any ideas on a good email server/account?
Post by: VANGUARD on August 22, 2011, 01:28:23 PM: gmail, besides less privacy; I hate their setup. too much there. all of these labels, and it's no simple "from" and "to", it's D Meyers, me, (2) or something.

It's obnoxious. I am just going to try Ymail (yahoo). I appreciate everyone's help.
Title: Re: Any ideas on a good email server/account?
Post by: Matthew on August 22, 2011, 08:15:58 PM: Quote from: Vanguard on August 22, 2011, 01:28:23 PM
gmail, besides less privacy; I hate their setup. too much there. all of these labels, and it's no simple "from" and "to", it's D Meyers, me, (2) or something.

It's obnoxious. I am just going to try Ymail (yahoo). I appreciate everyone's help.

Any real email program will have those labels, they are legitimate and useful features of email. Not all emails are between 2 people. You don't have to use them if you don't want them.