Webmail?

renegade

Is this reliable or is down to your ISP?
I read some people have had bad experiences with Tesco webmail.
I am with plusnet and want to use their webmail rather than stick with BT.
Your comments please.

Gordon_Hose

Why not use something tried and tested?

I use Gmail, have done since the Beta, and can't fault it.

renegade

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

Why not use something tried and tested?

I use Gmail, have done since the Beta, and can't fault it.

Thanks for that, ignorance is not bliss in my case, it is a bloody incumberance.
Can I use my Plusnet e mail address with Gmail or do I have to create one?

Gordon_Hose

You need to set up a new Gmail account, but you can add your Plusnet POP3 email account to Gmail, and Gmail will retrieve all your email.

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&ctx=mail&answer=21288

Alternatively set up an Alias or Redirect from your Plusnet email account to your new Gmail account.

http://www.plus.net/support/email/email_explained.shtml#alias

InsideInsurance

Would personally never use an ISP's email address, its a very simple way that they create lock-in.... they can inch the prices up because its too much of a pain for you to have to update your email address with all your friends, family, forums, facebook etc

renegade

Thank you, all done. How do you save e mails in gmail?:T

Gordon_Hose

Just click the star, then tick the box and hit archive.

Jmarles

Gmail, in my opnion is by far the best and most reliable form of webmail. I used to use Hotmail, but my account got hacked and started spamming all my contacts. Go with Gmail, it's free and they have tonnes of space!!

BalkerneHi

I use mail.com been using them for years, very reliable and you get a choice of addresses

zee_2

best way so that you never loose email if you change isp....buy a .co.uk domain and open gmail a/c , then redirect your isp email to your domain , then redirect to gmail , sound complicated but very easy at under £8 for 2 years then renew.
examp. [email]smith@bt.com...smith@[domai...say[/email] abc1.co.uk]...to [EMAIL="smithabc@gmail.com...alldon"]smithabc@gmail.com...all don[/EMAIL]e just lookup email on google...have done it for years with a 4letter .co.uk , saves a lot of typing , plus at 123reg you can have many email address redirected to gmail... [email]mail@..postbox@....ect[/email].