Best email account provider?

NinkyNonk_2

After doing some research about my problem (see https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4017013)
I have decided that Yahoo is not keeping up with their security. A lot of people are saying they've been with yahoo for 10+ years and not a single problem (myself included) until the past year or so, many people's accounts are being hacked.
A lot of people are moving to gmail. I was wondering if this is the best one to go with?

-TangleFoot-

Gmail, GMX (.com) or GMX (.co.uk). If you're worried about privacy, go for one of the latter.

jamespir

gmails not bad

-TangleFoot-

jamespir wrote: »

gmails not bad

It's a bit much if all you're after is an email account.

Google stuff:

• Plus
• Play
• YouTube
• Documents
• Calendar
• Reader
• ...and more!

lyndsyh

I've used Hotmail, yahoo mail and Gmail.

I like Gmail the best out of the three but as above poster said it also registers you to Google+, Youtube as they're all tied in.

LincolnshireYokel

I use hotmail and Hushmail, the only decent secure free web email. It can incorporate with Private Idaho as well.

robmar0se

I'm not too happy with Google's privacy practices, I guess if you don't want to use the service provided by yr ISP (or set up yr own domain - assuming you want yr email addresses to be transportable), then I would use hotmail (you can use it in conjunction with Windows Live Mail).

Incidentally on the Yahoo hacking, a friend of mine had his Yahoo account hacked on 9/6/12, both my wife and I received the fraudulent emails - changing his password resolved the issue. Sounds as though Yahoo accounts have been subject to a larger scale attack. Read this.... http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&y=PROD_MAIL_CLASSIC&locale=en_US&id=SLN3420&pir=TMFJJUJibUmFnZ3rkUZiC5fZQaCZI.76IEXC7yQqGdywnreY9jgr_t_UfyLNFQswFIWDcHvHshk6iJMeml831qppJ5jD9Qza8AcI8a2lQu2dipTOel4cq1DRfxrbHEYF.zeMkmYSi4_3HCDmANf8lQ5qURTc6XtcRnonzk0UZSBDri0D4SUzUR1GJb7W6F4ZmDKygbO081DyiyEEYIYFJVjmvX1CszsFDE5PYR_1tDU_e23HCqObj4bvd.Q.fx3Vpg2y7criZC9WQLgmmez08yzGN1SMnIUpp6HCvbagqNTcqbb30LIjPpI6L0Mk_QLeKmsj06qhDbuEDQApZxxsXIGZbMVRpsR3mir_apXXC.7PFGXRzo25nHFNVB0zgm6mKFM.YLx3zgowqwA-

chunter

I regularly (about every two months) get email from someone's hacked hotmail account. I'm assuming that there's some mass password pounder program out there that works on the hotmail / live website.

Google and yahoo emails don't seem to have that problem.
Maybe it's simply because hotmail has a bigger percentage of email accounts.

NinkyNonk_2

Thanks for the recommendations. I have read that gmail is the best for security. But I do wonder that if it is linked to youtube etc. isn't that making you more open to a possible hack. I really don't care about any extras. I just want security.

-TangleFoot-

NinkyNonk wrote: »

I just want security.

Google uses HTTPS for nearly everything now and there's also their optional 2-step verification system should you feel you need it.

tyllwyd

I use fastmail https://www.fastmail.fm/
You can have free accounts, but I decided to pay for a member's account, which has better spam protection.