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Captain_Brain
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 Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 1:07 am Post subject: The best email service. |
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What is the best email service?
I don't mean webmail - I mean something which will work with Outlook (or Thunderbird in my case).
I currently use one which really does suck and is a lot worse than a lot of free webmail services like hotmail. And I pay ~NZ$3 a month for it which is a rip-off for the service that I'm getting.
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Fogman
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| Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:01 am Post subject: |
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| If you already have an ISP, create another mailbox through them. If not, there's always www.hotpop.com .That being I don't really like using the hotpop that much due to the fact that their servers are a bit slow (bandwidth issues, maybe???) and you can only attach TINY files, but then again, their free. If you want a POP3 account (where email gets downloaded to your computer, instead of the web) then hotpop is the only one that I know of, offhand. |
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PeterMacKenzie
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| Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:17 am Post subject: |
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Gmail supports POP3, though support for it is set to off by default, so you have to manually change the account settings. I've never bothered with it though; webmail's all I need right now. I used to download my emails from hotmail through outlook express, though I haven't bothered to set that up again since I set up a fresh system on a new HD (I no longer use hotmail).
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jeremy
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| Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 11:31 am Post subject: |
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| Unless your mailbox quota is really limited, IMAP is probably a better choice than POP3. I know a few people who use fastmail and they're quite happy with it. While they do have a limited free offering you have to pay to get decent storage space. |
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BitterGeek
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:26 am Post subject: |
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| Does it have to be a service in NZ or is the exchange rate w/ the US a buzz kill? |
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