Web email choices

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  1. RuJFan

    RuJFan Well-Known Member

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    I've about had it with yahoo. Don't mind a little $$-grabbing, but the shit they are doing is just fucking ridiculous. I won't bore you with the list of BS "improvements" they introduced -- all you gotta do is read recent update reviews.

    Anyway.... I'm looking for a new email host. My needs are very simple -- secure and intuitive. I don't mind paying a little for the access.

    I don't need quick-access media, social or news updates. I'm not on Facebook, twitter, kik or any other social media and if I don't need news in my email, I know how to get them on my own. In fact, I'd consider it a plus if there are no media icons at all.

    Gmail, AOL, hotmail? Any other? Any suggestions?

    Thank you!
     
  2. mute

    mute Well-Known Member

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    Gmail.
     
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    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    you gotta go with gmail man. surprised you still use yahoo

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  4. JStokes

    JStokes Well-Known Member

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    You know there's nothing wrong with having a hard copy handy.

    :oops:

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    mute Well-Known Member

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    Cman69 The Dark Admin, 2018 BEST Darksider Poster

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    Been using Gmail for a few years now Drama Free. No glitches, no issues, nothing but good service and a great spam filter too.
     
  7. RuJFan

    RuJFan Well-Known Member

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    Thanks, guy..
    What about Outlook and Zoho mail, anyone tried?
     
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    Cman69 The Dark Admin, 2018 BEST Darksider Poster

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    I use Outlook for work via an exchange server. Very good with no complaints. I use Hover email for my private (bill paying and such) email but it also comes with your private email name so you have to be VERY selective when you use it. Folks make fortunes out of selling email lists. Stay with Gmail if this isn't job related. Go with something proven beyond a doubt.
     
  9. RuJFan

    RuJFan Well-Known Member

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    WTF, man!!!
    It's well documented by the scientific community that Bill Gates did in fact have a hand in hard drive destructions.
     
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  10. RuJFan

    RuJFan Well-Known Member

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    I separate my accounts: one for bill pay, another for purchases, another for BS registrations, etc... Sounds like I want to check this Hover email, at least for bill paying
     
  11. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    i love BS registrations. go with AOL for that and come up with a hilarious domain..one of my favorite games

    "Oh, you mean I have to submit my email in order to get the 20% off?... okay, ready, here's my email: buttpincher6969@ aol (dot) com "
     
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    Cman69 The Dark Admin, 2018 BEST Darksider Poster

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    I've used it for years without issue once I wised up and stopped giving out the address for damn near everything. I had to abandon my original email addy because of the flood of spam I was getting. Wifey uses Hover as well. Itsa pay service but its not very expensive (annual fee). www.Hover.com
     
  13. deathstar

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    I do something similar:

    Yahoo for BS registrations
    One Gmail for purchases
    One Gmail for normal email
     
  14. RuJFan

    RuJFan Well-Known Member

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    Thank you, all!
    I have a couple of days off coming up, will spend some time setting up the new accts and updating.
     
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    I always have like 20 gmail addresses in rotation.
     
  17. RuJFan

    RuJFan Well-Known Member

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    I knew it was somehow your fault I can't get the handle I want :mad:
     
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    Protonmail.ch

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    ".ch"? What country is this?
     
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    The founders of this service work at the CERN research facility as well as MIT. This was formed due to concerns over government spying and programs such as NSA's Epsilon.

    The theory with this service is that they provide the means for secure communication without retaining any of your data, so that if they were ever drawn under by government actors, there wouldn't be any data to retrieve like you could with normal webmail.

    That said, the most perfectly secure webmail in the world is useless if other precautions are not taken with it. A man in the middle attack could render encryption on data in transit useless. If you send private email to someone else who isn't practicing security themselves, then your own security goes right out the window.

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