Please recommend a free email service
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Please recommend a free email service
I'm ditching the cable company and losing my 12 year old email addresses from that domain in the process. I don't want to have the same problem later with the new provider.
I need a recommendation for an email provider, but I have certain parameters:
1. Must work with outlook
2. Must not try to integrate with everything else I open on my computer or phone (compartmentalization is important to my security) (sorry gmail/youtube/google/plus/evil meglamonstrosity)
3. Must be free or free-ish (I don't mind $10 bucks a year)
4. Would be nice if it was semi-permanent
I need a recommendation for an email provider, but I have certain parameters:
1. Must work with outlook
2. Must not try to integrate with everything else I open on my computer or phone (compartmentalization is important to my security) (sorry gmail/youtube/google/plus/evil meglamonstrosity)
3. Must be free or free-ish (I don't mind $10 bucks a year)
4. Would be nice if it was semi-permanent
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</p><p>Not sure the hatred for Gmail...</p><p>1. Free</p><p>2. Integrates with Outlook (IMAP)</p><p>3. Best SPAM filters on the planet.</p><p>4. Did I mention FREE.</p><p>You can also look at OUTLOOK.COM if you trust Microsoft more then anyone else. Also free.</p><p> </p>
I'm ditching the cable company and losing my 12 year old email addresses from that domain in the process. I don't want to have the same problem later with the new provider.</p><p> </p><p>I need a recommendation for an email provider, but I have certain parameters:</p><p> </p><p>1. Must work with outlook</p><p>2. Must not try to integrate with everything else I open on my computer or phone (compartmentalization is important to my security) (sorry gmail/youtube/google/plus/evil meglamonstrosity)</p><p>3. Must be free or free-ish (I don't mind $10 bucks a year)</p><p>4. Would be nice if it was semi-permanent
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Anything to do with microsoft mail/outlook.com will likely drive you mad with needless total overhauls of the internet based inbox.
I guess if you use outlook/imap it wouldn't matter, though I thought outlook (the program) was dead and replaced with microsoft live apps or some other bullshit. I used thunderbird around the end of XP, when outlook express was dead, gmail will give you imap logins for free. Gmail app isn't too bad, but you don't have to use it if you don't want, use the imap login.
I guess if you use outlook/imap it wouldn't matter, though I thought outlook (the program) was dead and replaced with microsoft live apps or some other bullshit. I used thunderbird around the end of XP, when outlook express was dead, gmail will give you imap logins for free. Gmail app isn't too bad, but you don't have to use it if you don't want, use the imap login.
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Yahoo no give imap, not for free. You can't search the spam folder and there will be maad spam, there's also no way to go add your own custom bayes based filter either, really blows chunks. Mark the same subject message spam twenty bagillion times, never will it filter the next one that somehow sent from the future...
I've been using the same one for sigunps stuff for at least a decade, though. It won't likely be going anywhere soon.
I've been using the same one for sigunps stuff for at least a decade, though. It won't likely be going anywhere soon.
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</p><p>I guess, maybe. Same as Hotmail (which is on par with yahoo mail in my book) and owned by Microsoft so pick your poison. I run my business on gmail for business apps, and use gmail for personal account. Nice to always have synced stuff.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>No Outlook (the program) is still alive and well in the business world... Once in a while you have the googlers pissing on the leg of the microsofties and screwing up sync but it's a rare event and typically resolved with an update.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
Anything to do with microsoft mail/outlook.com will likely drive you mad with needless total overhauls of the internet based inbox.</p><p> </p><p>I guess if you use outlook/imap it wouldn't matter, though I thought outlook (the program) was dead and replaced with microsoft live apps or some other bullshit. I used thunderbird around the end of XP, when outlook express was dead, gmail will give you imap logins for free. Gmail app isn't too bad, but you don't have to use it if you don't want, use the imap login.
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