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Old May 28th 08, 05:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Big Al[_3_]
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Default Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.
I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can
use for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my
ISP email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right
now and would like to keep it that way.
Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.
And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that
strictly via IE.
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Old May 28th 08, 06:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Nonny
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Default Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

On Wed, 28 May 2008 16:55:05 GMT, Big Al wrote:

I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.
I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can
use for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my
ISP email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right
now and would like to keep it that way.
Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.
And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that
strictly via IE.


I have nine email accounts g. Four of them are web-based.

For easy access without having to use the web interface, go with
Gmail.
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Old May 28th 08, 06:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
JS
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Default Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

Google's Gmail. Spam filter is very good
and it supports Outlook Express,
Outlook 2003 & 2007

JS

"Big Al" wrote in message
news:J7g%j.3557$fk.1664@trnddc06...
I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.
I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can use
for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my ISP
email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right now and
would like to keep it that way.
Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.
And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that strictly
via IE.



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Old May 28th 08, 07:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Patrick Keenan
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Default Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

"Big Al" wrote in message
news:J7g%j.3557$fk.1664@trnddc06...
I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.
I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can use
for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my ISP
email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right now and
would like to keep it that way.
Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.
And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that strictly
via IE.


What's best depends on how you want to use it. Clearly, from your mention
of Outlook and Thunderbird, you aren't only going to use it as web mail.

So, you want one that can be accessed from regular mail clients. I use
Gmail because it's easy to set up for POP/SMTP and the sending server can be
used with other email accounts. This is meaningful when your ISP's sending
server requires that you be connected to their network, which is often not
possible if you travel.

Plus, I have generally found that Google has a reasonable idea of how to
keep a server running, and I've found it to be vastly more stable than my
ISP's mail since they outsourced to Hotmail.

HTH
-pk

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Old May 29th 08, 12:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark
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Default Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

The only drawback to Gmail is that it will reject any email with an
attachment that contains an executable. Other than that it will do what you
want it to do.

Mark

"Big Al" wrote in message
news:J7g%j.3557$fk.1664@trnddc06...
I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.
I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can use
for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my ISP
email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right now and
would like to keep it that way.
Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.
And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that strictly
via IE.



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Old May 29th 08, 12:19 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R Iyer[_2_]
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Default Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

You can get round that by renaming the .exe in the executable attachment to
something like .xyz before sending, and instruct the recipient at the other
end to change it back to .exe after it arrives. It works.

"Mark" wrote in message
...
The only drawback to Gmail is that it will reject any email with an
attachment that contains an executable. Other than that it will do what
you want it to do.

Mark

"Big Al" wrote in message
news:J7g%j.3557$fk.1664@trnddc06...
I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.
I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can
use for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my
ISP email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right
now and would like to keep it that way.
Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.
And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that
strictly via IE.





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Old May 29th 08, 12:25 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark
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Default Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

Thanks for the tip. Sometimes it's the simple things.

Mark

"R Iyer" wrote in message
...
You can get round that by renaming the .exe in the executable attachment
to something like .xyz before sending, and instruct the recipient at the
other end to change it back to .exe after it arrives. It works.

"Mark" wrote in message
...
The only drawback to Gmail is that it will reject any email with an
attachment that contains an executable. Other than that it will do what
you want it to do.

Mark

"Big Al" wrote in message
news:J7g%j.3557$fk.1664@trnddc06...
I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or hotmail.
I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can
use for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my
ISP email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right
now and would like to keep it that way.
Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.
And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that
strictly via IE.







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Old May 29th 08, 11:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R Iyer[_2_]
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Default Any opinions on what web mail account is best?

You are welcome

"Mark" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the tip. Sometimes it's the simple things.

Mark

"R Iyer" wrote in message
...
You can get round that by renaming the .exe in the executable attachment
to something like .xyz before sending, and instruct the recipient at the
other end to change it back to .exe after it arrives. It works.

"Mark" wrote in message
...
The only drawback to Gmail is that it will reject any email with an
attachment that contains an executable. Other than that it will do what
you want it to do.

Mark

"Big Al" wrote in message
news:J7g%j.3557$fk.1664@trnddc06...
I'm thinking of signing up for something like yahoo or gmail or
hotmail.
I want an account that is not connected to my ISP obviously that I can
use for web based forms / purchases etc. To keep the spam out of my
ISP email. I just recently changed ISP's and I'm clear of spam right
now and would like to keep it that way.
Looking for anyone's opionion on any of these or others.
And can any of them be used via outlook / thunderbird rather that
strictly via IE.








 




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