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| From | Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: recommended free email? |
| Date | 2016-01-22 14:23 -0500 |
| Organization | National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.02.1601221418070.3907@darkstar.example.org> (permalink) |
| References | <4d02e0c0-31e6-4263-a4c1-a74e2682d4ec@googlegroups.com> <n7tu17$e5o$2@dont-email.me> |
On Fri, 22 Jan 2016, philo wrote: > On 01/22/2016 12:16 PM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >> Would anyone care to recommend what free email service they think is best? >> >> --AOL >> >> --GMAIL >> >> --YAHOO >> >> others? >> >> Thanks! >> >> P.S. Someone suggested _not_ to use the email from your ISP (ie. >> comcast.net) because if you change ISP's, you have to change all >> your email contacts. >> > > > > Gmail for sure > I think at this point the others are way secondary to gmail. I have three gmail accounts, but I'd not use them for anything important. I was at my first ISP for nine years, I've been at my current ISP for ten, though at this point I'm not actually getting access from them, just a shell account, a webpage and email. But I keep paying after getting DSL for continuity sake. I post from the Ottawa Freenet, I give them a $20 donation once a year because I'm not actually getting internet access from them, but they have good Usenet. I've had membership there since about 2003, so that's another way to get an email account that's longstanding but separate from internet access. Though at this point I'm not sure how many freenets still exist. But free is free, it's not paid for by big advertising like so much of the internet has become "free". I don't count on the Freenet for email because I've just never given it out to people other than on Usenet, but if I had to, I'd drop the second ISP and just keep the email at the Freenet. Sadly the days are gone when the internet was seen as a revolutionary space, so now everyone flocks to the big ISPs (and flips at a moment notice if they don't like the service) and gives everything to commerce, when there are still smaller ISPs one can dig out, or things like the Freenet which at least started in the days when such things matter. Michael
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recommended free email? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-22 10:16 -0800
Re: recommended free email? philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-01-22 12:59 -0600
Re: recommended free email? mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-22 19:05 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-22 14:23 -0500
Re: recommended free email? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-22 13:32 -0600
Re: recommended free email? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-22 20:31 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-22 17:10 -0600
Re: recommended free email? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-22 19:09 -0500
Re: recommended free email? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-22 15:45 -0500
Re: recommended free email? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-22 21:19 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-01-22 14:49 -0600
Re: recommended free email? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-23 04:58 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-22 22:52 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-01-27 14:57 -0600
Re: recommended free email? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-27 21:47 +0000
Re: recommended free email? "kipg" <io@nospam.com> - 2016-01-23 12:58 +1100
Re: recommended free email? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-23 10:57 -0500
Re: recommended free email? mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-23 16:49 +0000
Re: recommended free email? "kipg" <io@nospam.com> - 2016-01-24 04:42 +1100
Re: recommended free email? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-23 20:24 +0000
Re: recommended free email? "kipg" <io@nospam.com> - 2016-01-24 04:34 +1100
Re: recommended free email? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-01-27 15:00 -0600
Re: recommended free email? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-27 17:22 -0600
Re: recommended free email? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-28 11:46 -0500
Re: recommended free email? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-01-31 13:36 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-31 11:03 -0500
Re: recommended free email? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-01-31 17:29 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2016-01-23 09:25 +0000
Re: recommended free email? David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 10:31 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-23 13:54 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2016-01-23 14:58 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-23 15:35 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2016-01-23 16:04 +0000
Re: recommended free email? mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-23 16:42 +0000
Re: recommended free email? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 13:39 -0500
Re: recommended free email? David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-24 00:43 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-24 10:56 +0000
Re: recommended free email? David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-24 16:27 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-24 16:34 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-24 11:53 -0600
Re: recommended free email? Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-01-25 08:22 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-25 11:25 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-01-25 13:32 +0100
Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-25 11:21 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2016-01-25 14:18 +0000
Re: recommended free email? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-25 09:54 -0800
Re: recommended free email? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-01-25 13:56 -0600
Re: recommended free email? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-26 08:10 -0800
Re: recommended free email? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 12:07 -0600
Re: recommended free email? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-26 13:32 -0500
Re: recommended free email? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-01-27 15:15 -0600
Re: recommended free email? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-28 10:33 -0800
Re: recommended free email? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-28 20:57 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-28 21:47 +0000
Re: recommended free email? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-02-06 20:20 +0300
Re: recommended free email? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-28 20:50 +0000
Re: recommended free email? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-26 11:06 -0800
Re: recommended free email? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-26 16:13 -0600
Re: recommended free email? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 21:32 -0600
Re: recommended free email? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 21:20 -0600
Re: recommended free email? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 19:19 -0500
Re: recommended free email? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-25 15:45 -0600
Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-25 22:24 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-01-27 15:11 -0600
Re: recommended free email? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-25 18:14 +0000
Re: recommended free email? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-01-23 18:42 +0000
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