Serious, no nonsence answer required from those that know

Caff · 31-07-2004, 13:29

I would appreciate the very best suggestions for mail providers that anyone can provide. ntlworld is not an option any more.
Not AOL, BT, Yahoo either. There's a decent German provider that I read about recently, and have since forgotten about, but any serious suggestion would be very welcome.

MadGamer · 31-07-2004, 13:55

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Originally Posted by scuzz

I would appreciate the very best suggestions for mail providers that anyone can provide. ntlworld is not an option any more.
Not AOL, BT, Yahoo either. There's a decent German provider that I read about recently, and have since forgotten about, but any serious suggestion would be very welcome.

Hotmail? If i had a GMail invite id send it but i dont.

Caff · 31-07-2004, 14:00

Yup have resorted to Hotmail all week.

It's erm - limited though.

Appreciate the answer, Wayne.

super saiyan · 31-07-2004, 14:16

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Keep all the mails you want, for as long as you want

Get an email for life. With Rediffmail's new 1 GB storage limit you no longer have to bother with deleting mail to stay within a storage limit.

You now get more than 200 times the earlier 5 MB limit. (1 GB = 1024 MB).

Quote:

Send and receive heavy files.

Send and receive larger messages. Now send photo albums, music files,
business presentations and other large atachments

You get 10 times the earlier 1 MB message limit.

http://www.rediff.com/

Caff · 31-07-2004, 14:31

Thanks - I'll look into them.

But, waaaa, just at the moment emails that were sent/received within a few seconds, no, come to think of it weeks, would be fine. ms seconds - better, ns oh, well - maybe one day.

But I will look into them.
Thanks.

rockrabbit · 31-07-2004, 14:32

Wayne,

I'd reccomend www.fastmail.fm - you don't get huge amounts of storage but you do get a very slick interface which loads really quickly and is very well laid out. You get IMAP access as standard with a guest - free + ad's account, member US$14 ish one-time only payment, no ads 10MB ish storage. If you want POP access then you pay extra for that, upgrade to full service is USD39,99 a year then you get 150MB storage. IMAP is better anyway. Web based access or configurable through Outlook Express / Outlook. Point is it is a very good service and I'm happy with it.

The interface is a lot slicker than Gmail by the look's of it, can be "skinned" as well with templates that they provide.

if you do sign up, enter my username rockrabbit@fastmail.fm as the referrer. Cheers, Steve

Caff · 31-07-2004, 14:39

I don't need storage at all. Well - only temporarily ).

"Web based access or configurable through Outlook Express / Outlook". sounds good. But I'd be happy to "upgrade to full service is USD39,99". I'm assuming there's a facillity to allow a GBP account to send USD? When I've subscribed to stuff in the past I go for top rate - otherwise I know I'll get pestered to do it forever. Not a problem.

Bless you, Steve, for the referral.

Caff · 31-07-2004, 15:03

No other replies?
I just need a reliable service that will allow me to send/receive within a reasonable time, fw jokes etc. ?

It's not that tricky, surely.

Neil · 31-07-2004, 15:06

www.spymac.com

rockrabbit · 31-07-2004, 15:12

Wayne, your welcome...I can't give you full details as I can't get access to the page just now...have a look yourself...

The signup is all done over SSL & Paypal so it's pretty secure, no need to sign up to Paypal if you haven't got an account....

Steve

Caff · 31-07-2004, 15:20

Neil - good advice, I'm sure.
"Up to 2500 MB of storage space" Wow!
Thanks.

No, folks, I just want to send and receive emails reliably. And maybe forward the odd joke now and again.)

Neil · 31-07-2004, 15:43

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Originally Posted by scuzz

Neil - good advice, I'm sure.
"Up to 2500 MB of storage space" Wow!
Thanks.

No, folks, I just want to send and receive emails reliably. And maybe forward the odd joke now and again.)

All my emails go through my ISP (Pipex)

Never had one issue.

zovat · 31-07-2004, 15:45

GMail seems pretty reliable - and 1Gb storage is more than enough.

Unfortunately I don't have any invites ATM

Caff · 31-07-2004, 16:54

GMail it is then.

How? (

I'd email my friends to see if they could help me out - if the email was working!
How ironic. )))

zovat · 31-07-2004, 17:02

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Originally Posted by scuzz

GMail it is then.

How? (

I'd email my friends to see if they could help me out - if the email was working!
How ironic. )))

Unfortunately you need to be invited - and I have no invites ATM....