Best free Email account?

waynedance

Looking to move from my ISP and would like a permanent free Email address for the long term should I ever move ISP's again.

So need a reliable free Email account I can use with windows Mail.

davb

Googlemail is one of the best at the moment

waynedance

thank you, can you use this will Windows Mail?

ahillsy

Googlemail or Hotmail

I've had a hotmail account for yeeears. If it hadn't been for the fact it's difficult to change the email over fully, I'd be with google solely.

ahillsy

@wayne - yes, you can easily setup Windows Mail for gmail (and hotmail).
Here's the start of google guide for setting up your email client.

Bikertov

Hotmail is far to 'spammy' for me

I find Googlemail brilliant, it filters spam really well and is much better repected. To me, a Hotmail account is a bit 'dodgy', whereas we even use a Googlemail account for work, as backup to our 'proper' email system.

spud17

Hotmail is far to 'spammy' for me

Agree, plenty of threads about possibly hacked accounts and spam flowing in all directions.

Personally I have 4 Gmail accounts for different things, only one gets spammed but Google filters it all out very efficiently.

eyeinthesky

I recommend www.gmx.co.uk , you can have 10 email addresses and can send and recieve attachments up to 50mb, and it will work with windows mail, outlook express etc. I think they also offer online storage, all free.

waynedance

Got a GMX account...got to change all my email addresses now...............

Lakeuk

I use Gmail (aka googlemail), their web interface is so good I ditched Windows Mail

Well worth reading Google ninja tips to using Gmail:-
http://www.google.com/mail/help/tips.html

ckerrd

Another vote for Google.

Got a GMX account as well but the interface is nowhere near as good (IMHO)