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| From | "kipg" <io@nospam.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: recommended free email? |
| Date | 2016-01-24 04:34 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <dghrtiFotnhU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <4d02e0c0-31e6-4263-a4c1-a74e2682d4ec@googlegroups.com> <dgg531Fbnf9U1@mid.individual.net> <alpine.LNX.2.02.1601231053280.5652@darkstar.example.org> |
"Michael Black" <et472@ncf.ca> wrote in message news:alpine.LNX.2.02.1601231053280.5652@darkstar.example.org... > On Sat, 23 Jan 2016, kipg wrote: > >> >> >> <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote in message >> news:4d02e0c0-31e6-4263-a4c1-a74e2682d4ec@googlegroups.com... >>> Would anyone care to recommend what free email service they think is >>> best? >>> >>> --AOL >>> >>> --GMAIL >> >> That works fine and has a very decent automatic spam filter >> that works very well. >> > Does it? Yeah, I have used it as an unmunged email address in usenet and it gets very little spam that doesn't end up in the spam folder. Unlike the result you get with a yahoo address used like that. > I have one gmail account that I check multiple times, I use it to get > basically junk mail (all those stores trying to lure me in by offering > deals). I rarely get spam there. > > But the other two get a lot. Actually, the reason I got one of them is > long in the past, but there is a constant flow of email from I don't know > where. Near as I can tell, someone went around and gave out the wrong > gmail address, so is started getting it. It's all either mailing lists or > someone sending out to their list of contacts. That gets spam, but not > that much. > > The third is the one I gave my sister, and there's a trickle of real email > there. But, the spam is amazing. Not only lots of it, but I swear it's > related to my sister's use of gmail, since there is a lot of dog and > health related stuff. Almost relevant, but I sure didn't ask for it. > > So I suspect gmail is more careful with accounts that get used regularly, > but that's speculation. None of my gmail accounts get much spam at all into the inbox. It does end up in the spam folder. > > Some don't like the idea that google snoops on your email. >> >>> --YAHOO >> >> Works fine too. >> >>> 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. >> >> Yeah, the ISP free email is to be avoided for that reason.
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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
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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
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Re: recommended free email? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-01-31 13:36 +0000
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Re: recommended free email? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 13:39 -0500
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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
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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
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Re: recommended free email? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-28 20:57 +0000
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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
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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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