Never use email provided by a service provider

because - as you just found out - if you switch you'll lose your address...

As others suggest use a web based service that provides *free* POP email so you can use it with Outlook, etc. - if you want - I'm happy with the web interface to be honest.

Don't use hotmail, it's s**t and a virus magnet. I use Yahoo and that's fine, except since I have a yahom.com email address POP access is not free (it is for co.uk addresses though). Many people rate googlemail/gmail and it is very good; but they do record *everything* so they can target advertising at you.

Posted By: BerlinCanary on May 29th 2009 at 15:56:16

Message Thread

Email advise please. (General Chat) - CB41, May 29, 15:30:27
- GMail (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, May 29, 15:47:15
  - Gaymail (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 29, 15:49:18
    - Butchmail (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, May 29, 16:01:59
- if your interested in your own site, set up a site and have whatever email addy you want (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 29, 15:38:38
- when you do get a new email addy (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 29, 15:34:25
  - actually if you've got an Orange mobile you can sign up for a free email account with them (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 29, 15:39:40
    - I'm O2 - I'll look into it. How do you use that forwarding thingumy and what does it do? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, May 29, 15:40:52
      - Never use email provided by a service provider (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 29, 15:56:16
        
        ^^^ that's why you use it in conjunction with summat like MyHandle (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 29, 16:05:25
        
        Had I ever heard of it before today... (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 29, 16:08:23
        
        had i? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 29, 16:13:35
        
        Yes "I" - I hadn't heard of it (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 29, 16:56:08
        
        yes, but had I? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 29, 17:00:02
        
        Oh I dunno (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 29, 17:01:49
        
        no (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 29, 17:03:42
        
        Cheers bud. Looks like I've learnt the hard way. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, May 29, 16:01:35
        
        yahom, LOL (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, May 29, 15:57:21
        
        haha (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 29, 16:01:22
  - What is thaT/ It seems to just be a blank page with "myhandle" and "password" on it (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, May 29, 15:37:41
    - it's a mail forwarding thingy (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 29, 15:42:43
      - Ah cheers. Wish I'd known that a while ago. I've got my email addy with (General Chat) - CB41, May 29, 15:46:22
- I read that first line a bit differently (General Chat) - Brandonio, May 29, 15:34:11
  - phew (General Chat) - camcan, May 29, 15:54:01
    - I just spat tea out at your 'Bill Normalie' (General Chat) - Small, May 29, 16:01:13
    - that's 2 people who have him down as a groomer (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 29, 15:59:31
- You could sign up for one of the free ones: googlemail, yahoo, hotmail (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 29, 15:33:52
- googlemails is good. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, May 29, 15:32:42
  - Yeah I'd thought of that. Can I use outlook to interface with it? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, May 29, 15:33:51
    - Yep see my post just VVVVV down there. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, May 29, 15:38:03
  - You can sync outlook to that. I know I done it. (General Chat) - jafski, May 29, 15:33:41
    - Ok think I'll go with that. And no, I'm not getting anything with fucking (i) in front of (General Chat) - CB41, May 29, 15:38:52
      - What about getting iPissed or an iLegover? (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, May 29, 15:40:53
        
        review app called irate (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 29, 15:45:55
        
        iWon't (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, May 29, 15:47:00
        
        iMachicken (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, May 29, 15:48:12
        
        iVegotgayporninmahoose. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, May 29, 15:50:58
        
        by daft punk? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 29, 15:55:26
        
        LCD Soundsystem (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 29, 16:14:15
        
        You get yaself pissed. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, May 29, 15:41:44
        
        I might get iPissed tomorrow with Malcolm-bar-kid and Garry "2 R's" Brroke off of wrath of (General Chat) - jafski, May 29, 15:44:31
        
        Garry Brooke (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, May 29, 15:57:25
- hotmail (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 29, 15:31:55
  - is shit (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, May 29, 15:48:17
  - Yeah but what, how. Can I synch Outlook to it? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, May 29, 15:32:40
    - by downloading outlook connector yeah (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 29, 15:36:48
    - Yes. Google it. (n/m) (General Chat) - sheffieldcanary, May 29, 15:36:36
    - you can, but Hotmail is shite (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 29, 15:36:00

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