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Free Email account with POP3?

RatAtAt
RatAtAt Posts: 100 Forumite
in Broadband & internet access
I want to change ISP, but before I do I would like to change my email address to a free ISP-independent email which allows POP3. Any advice welcome :)
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  • 10JH
    10JH Posts: 287 Forumite
    Why not buy a domain name (costs a couple of pounds for two years).

    Then use googlemail for email (free) and get forwarding.

    Then you could have the email address ...@yourdomain.com
  • almillar
    almillar Posts: 8,621 Forumite
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    Yahoo does this, Hotmail (or whatever it's been rebranded to this month) does this now I think too, but GMail gets my vote, not for POP, but for IMAP. Look it up if you don't know what it is, but I find it far better for when you get your email in multiple locations/devices.
  • RatAtAt
    RatAtAt Posts: 100 Forumite
    No, Yahoo does not do POP3 for free, and YPOPS does not seem to
    work any more - so anyone got any other answers to my question?
    (i.e. I'm looking for a free email account with free POP3 and SMTP)
  • bryanb
    bryanb Posts: 5,034 Forumite
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    Try mail.com But I'm not sure what POP3 is, someone please tell
    This is an open forum, anyone can post and I just did !
  • spud17
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    Post #2 has your answer.
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • DUTR
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    bryanb wrote: »
    Try mail.com But I'm not sure what POP3 is, someone please tell

    PoP = point of presence, which the ISP has a seperate server just for mail
    isp.domain
    username@isp.doamin

    so you access your mail via
    mail.isp.domain
    to get to your user account you will need your username + password, but to send mail, you send via whoever internet you are using at the time .
  • RatAtAt
    RatAtAt Posts: 100 Forumite
    Okay - being up-front, I was hoping to propose a reliable solution for a friend who is not computer savvy. However it seems there are problems setting up POP3 and SMTP on Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail, and I am reluctant to propose anything that is unlikely to stay reliable.
  • JustPassingBy
    JustPassingBy Posts: 710 Forumite
    DUTR wrote: »

    PoP = point of presence, . . . . . .

    POP3=Post Office Protocol, version 3.
  • JustPassingBy
    JustPassingBy Posts: 710 Forumite
    RatAtAt wrote: »
    Okay - being up-front, I was hoping to propose a reliable solution for a friend who is not computer savvy. However it seems there are problems setting up POP3 and SMTP on Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail, and I am reluctant to propose anything that is unlikely to stay reliable.

    I use POP3 with Gmail all the time and have never noticed any unreliability in the service. What problems in setting it up have you met?
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