I'm looking for an email provider not attached to my current Internet Provider. I've only ever had an account with my current provider so I'm clueless where to look, who's good, who's crap etc.
Can anyone recommend a service that is reliable, safe etc. and one I can access anywhere in the world.
Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo are 3 of the main players.
What he said. I have been very happy with Gmail. If you travel a lot, Google Calendar is very useful because it allows you to access your calendar from anywhere.
gmail is outstanding. Best spam filter I've ever seen. Being able to archive all email messages provides a very useful, searchable, history of communications.
MSN Hotmail, ok but I get a lot of spam.
Yahoo mail, better, few spam.
Google mail, opened a account 4 months ago and promptly forgot about it. I just opened it, only one message, true it was spam, but only 1 spam in 4 months, not bad.
In all the years I've used Gmail, it's had one issue of downtime that I can remember.
I LOVE GMAIL. There is also a lot of associated content that comes with it that you can use. I love their Calendar (which will text message me if I have an appointment coming up).
I guess either gmail or yahoo are the preferred. I thought gmail suffered from downtime? Perhaps that was a rare occurrence.
Appreciate you taking the time to respond.
Gmail downtime is a very rare occurrence. It got a lot of press when it happened a week or so back because it was such an unusual thing.
I've been using several Gmail accounts for years, and I wouldn't even consider switching to any other provider. In the past I've used others and didn't like them at all.
I use & like G-Mail, have used Yahoo in the past and my wife has had a Yahoo e-mail addy for ten years or so.
I like G-Mail, have an iGoogle home page, use the Google calendar, which ties in to our daughter's school calendar, and I belong to a couple Google groups.
I also have a Yahoo ID, and belong to a couple Yahoo groups as well.
Another vote for Gmail. I've never had any problem with it.
Hotmail is a PITA and getting worse. I'd say that at least half the time I use it lately it fails to send, losing everything I've composed. The same if I try to save a draft. Gmail automatically saves a draft every few minutes and has never failed for me.
