[adrian2055]

I've used hotmail since 2000 and everything was ok up until recently when they made some changes that I hate. It basically looks like outlook express and windows mail now which I absolutely hate plus I get a ton of vulgar junk mail now. The filter that they have does nothing no matter what setting you use. I want to shut my address down and move to another one. What free e-mail service do you guys like\recommend?

This post has been edited by adrian2055: 10 November 2008 - 08:11 PM

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

gmail is the only one ill recommend these days but thats only because it has pop access.
yahoo and hotmail both annoy the crap out of me though.

word of warning though: gmails junk mail filter is just as bad. ive marked junk as junk since the invite-only beta and still get more crap from my non published gmail as i do to my work email.

[gamehead200]

geek, on Nov 10 2008, 09:18 PM, said:

word of warning though: gmails junk mail filter is just as bad. ive marked junk as junk since the invite-only beta and still get more crap from my non published gmail as i do to my work email.

Really? At least my spam actually gets marked as spam properly. Don't really care if I get it or not.

Anyways, I second Gmail as a great e-mail provider. Also supports IMAP which works great on my iPhone. Filters and labels are AWESOME, as well as all the other tricks you can do with your e-mail.

[Tripredacus]

I use Yahoo mail since 1997. I have unlimited space and the spam filter is great. It also has a virus scan in it. I never bit on Gmail, It doesn't offer anything i don't already have.

[Nerwin]

Gmail FTW!

[Dude111]

I recommend

https://mail.dubmail.net

Secure and very good

This post has been edited by Dude111: 11 November 2008 - 11:03 AM

[FthrJACK]

Gmail

[blackhartct]

Gmail.
Its what the new hotmail, yahoo ect emails are all based off of now a days anyway. (feature wise)
But i love my gmail. Its fast and lightweight. In my experience yahoo and hotmail are bloated with ads and a pretty UI. gmail is about your email and what you want to do with it. It lets you get to it and go without any distractions.

[gamehead200]

You guys should see how many labels and filters I have in place on my Gmail account.

[nitroshift]

Another vote for gmail

[beats]

And yet another vote for gmail. xD

[CaptainStacks]

I would say use Gmail.

I've never had a problem with spam, it all gets into my spam folder, and nowhere else.

[Chozo4]

I've always stuck with using Juno for email services. Coupled with using an external mail manager such as Mozilla Firebird or any other client of your liking.. and it's pretty good. Been using the same service for nearly 12 years without any complaints whatsoever.

[CoffeeFiend]

Yet another vote for gmail.

CaptainStacks, on Nov 12 2008, 12:54 PM, said:

I've never had a problem with spam, it all gets into my spam folder, and nowhere else.

Ditto. Can't say the same about other services unfortunately.

[Tripredacus]

Chozo4, on Nov 12 2008, 01:44 PM, said:

I've always stuck with using Juno for email services. Coupled with using an external mail manager such as Mozilla Firebird or any other client of your liking.. and it's pretty good. Been using the same service for nearly 12 years without any complaints whatsoever.

Is Juno still around?

[eyeball]

I use hotmail + Outlook 2007 + outlook connector.

[Idontwantspam]

Another vote for Gmail!

Some other nice features which have not been mentioned:

• Integrated chat client - you can talk to anyone else with a gmail account or even with a non-gmail XMPP account. They also introduced video chat recently
  
• Lots and lots of fancy labs features -
  • custom keyboad shortcuts
    
  • mouse gestures
    
  • google calendar integration
    
  • automatic responses (more customizable than traditional vacation responses)
    
  • forgotten attachment detector
    
  • vacation response date customization - only enable vacation response for a certain date period, rather than starting/ending it manually
  
  
• Login tracking - view the last 5 IP's your account was logged in from, and log out all sessions other than the one you are in. This is so that if someone has obtained your password, you can see if a different IP is using your account, and log them off with the click of a button. Also handy for when you leave yourself logged on to, say, a school computer and don't remember until you get home - you can just click the log off other sessions button and it'll log off remotely.

So yeah! Gmail is awesome!

[adrian2055]

I see the majority says gmail. Thanks for the recommendation and thank you Idontwantspam for posting some of the features that they have. I'll sign up for a gmail account today and give it a try.

[Idontwantspam]

No problem, glad to provide some helpful information.

Another feature they recently added: themes. I'm not really sure if I like the themes or not, but there's some interesting ones. It would be nice if they had a way for users to make their own themes. Also, they have video chat now.

[DL.]

Yahoo mail, I've been using it since -98.

+
Clean interface (if you're using the premium service).
Drag and drop.
Virtually unlimited space.
Good spam protection and antivirus.
Has built-in chat client for YM and MSN.
You can create additional addresses for your account.

-
Only a limited number of filters allowed: 15 for the free version, 50 for premium.
Displaying the mail folders may be a bit slow at times.
Spam protection could be even better.

I haven't tried Gmail, but maybe I will some day.

This post has been edited by DL.: 24 November 2008 - 08:58 PM