Free POP3 e-mail sites?
Andrew Ratcliffe
Having now changed to ADSL I have to change my e-mail address and update
everyone on my address book (yawn).
I am just wondering though, because people tend to chop and change ISPs and
therefor e-mail addresses, does anyone know of a site that offers free
e-mail accounts that you can send and receive from using a normal mail app
such as Outlook, Eudora etc etc. I don't want a web based one like
hotmail/yahoo etc.
I just want to set-up an e-mai account which I can keep for life no matter
which ISP I use or will use in the future!
Thanks alot
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Andrew - a.rat...@ukgateway.net
daniel.manley
regualry. Further instructions are on the yahoo site in the help section.
Also Hotmail, though not being pop3 you can still setup in Outlook express
and it's significantly faster than explorer.
Dan
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Stuart
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> Hi all,
>
> which ISP I use or will use in the future!
Nothing free is for life IMHO. Well worth forking out a fiver a year for
your own uk domain and mailforward to your "ISP of the Day".
Stuart
Jonathan E
anticipation of getting ADSL and gradually weaned people off my old address
(whilst still forwarding to it) then when I got ADSL I simply redirected my
mail.
If you want any more info let me know
Jonathan
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groovybaby
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> Yes, yahoo does do pop3 email as I have my outlook setup for it and use it
> regualry. Further instructions are on the yahoo site in the help section.
> Also Hotmail, though not being pop3 you can still setup in Outlook express
> and it's significantly faster than explorer.
> Dan
But its slower than Yahoo's POP3, and Yahoo's POP3 is more reliable than
Hotmail via OE, which goes down quite a lot in my experience.
If you are a skinflint, go for Yahoo. If not, get a domain. Under £7 at
123-reg.co.uk for mine.
groovybaby
Thomas von Carlshausen
and
> therefor e-mail addresses, does anyone know of a site that offers free
> e-mail accounts that you can send and receive from using a normal mail app
> such as Outlook, Eudora etc etc. I don't want a web based one like
> hotmail/yahoo etc.
Yahoo allows you pop3 + smptp access from any client of your choice.. indeed
I used this for years... much more reliable than hotmail, and IIRC hotmail
doesn't allow pop3 access.
Thomas
Jonathan Buzzard
You are much better off aquiring your own domain name and having
all your email forwarded to some other email address. You can
then chop and change this at will while still appearing to keep the
same outward email address. Prices start at around £10 a year depending
on what exact services you want.
JAB.
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Northumberland, United Kingdom. Tel: +44(0)1661-832195
leej
> In article <u8i0662...@corp.supernews.com>,
> "Andrew Ratcliffe" <a.rat...@excite.co.uk> writes:
[..]
>> I just want to set-up an e-mai account which I can keep for life no
>> matter which ISP I use or will use in the future!
>
> You are much better off aquiring your own domain name and having all
> your email forwarded to some other email address. You can then chop and
> change this at will while still appearing to keep the same outward email
> address. Prices start at around £10 a year depending on what exact
> services you want.
I *absolutely* agree. That is definitely the best option.
However, there is a freebie alternative. Gmx.net provide up to two
free email accounts per user which you can get with Pop3 (and send using
their SMTP actually). It helps if you understand German though too. ;o))
tschüs!
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Peter Bell
"Andrew Ratcliffe" <a.rat...@excite.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Having now changed to ADSL I have to change my e-mail address and update
> everyone on my address book (yawn).
>
> I am just wondering though, because people tend to chop and change ISPs and
> therefor e-mail addresses, does anyone know of a site that offers free
> e-mail accounts that you can send and receive from using a normal mail app
> such as Outlook, Eudora etc etc. I don't want a web based one like
> hotmail/yahoo etc.
Whilst I agree with all those who suggest that you buy a domain of
your own, there are companies who offer what you are looking for - I
have used UK2NET in the past (http://mail.uk2.net/) who offer both
POP3 and web-based access.
That works for receiving mail - you can do a POP3 fetch, no matter who
you are connected through. Sending is a little different - most
service providers will only allow access to their SMTP server when you
are connected through them. But this isn't usually a problem - you
can still set your 'from' address to be that you use for incoming
mail. SPs who allow SMTP access from anywhere often have a bad name
as sources of spam, and may well be blacklisted.
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Dave
I signed up for bigfoot (www.bigfoot.com) about 5 years ago. It is a
free email forwarding service. Every time you change isp you just log
on and tell it your new email address and all mail to the bigfoot
address is forwarded there. They also do "premium" services -
distribution to multiple email addresses, spam filtering etc for which
they charge but the basic forwarding service is free. Never had a
problem with it throughout my 5 years.
--
Dave(da...@bigfoot.com)
Phillip Deackes
> I just want to set-up an e-mai account which I can keep for life no matter
> which ISP I use or will use in the future!
Hi Andrew. I used GMX (www.gmx.net) for a couple of years and found it
very reliable. Unfortunately they have done away with their English
language web interface and have plastered the site with adverts. They
still do POP3 collection though.
I decided that email is such a very important aspect of my life that I I
was prepared to pay for a service which offered quality and reliability.
I found RunBox, a Norwegian service (in English!!) at www.runbox.com.
You have to pay around 20 USD a year but in return get a service which
is fully featured and contains absolutely *no* advertising at all.
What's more, you get 100MB for email or other storage as standard.There
is even a text-only web interface at fast.runbox.com. Highly
recommended.
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Andrew Ratcliffe
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> In article <u8i0662...@corp.supernews.com>, Andrew Ratcliffe wrote:
>
> > I just want to set-up an e-mai account which I can keep for life no
matter
> > which ISP I use or will use in the future!
>
> Hi Andrew. I used GMX (www.gmx.net) for a couple of years and found it
> very reliable. Unfortunately they have done away with their English
> language web interface and have plastered the site with adverts. They
> still do POP3 collection though.
>
> I decided that email is such a very important aspect of my life that I I
> was prepared to pay for a service which offered quality and reliability.
> I found RunBox, a Norwegian service (in English!!) at www.runbox.com.
> You have to pay around 20 USD a year but in return get a service which
> is fully featured and contains absolutely *no* advertising at all.
> What's more, you get 100MB for email or other storage as standard.There
> is even a text-only web interface at fast.runbox.com. Highly
> recommended.
>
Thanks this sounds just like what I need!
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Andrew
NOTE: Return E-mail address is a spam-trap and does not get read!