Need new e-mail address but not a free one!

maniac886

Hi,

I would like to set up a new e-mail address that is not one of the free ones like gmail/hotmail. Preferably one that will allow me to attach a large file rather than the small limits that google and hotmail provide. I don't mind if I have to pay a low yearly fee as long as the company is reliable. Also need to be able to use it on Outlook 2007.


Thanks

superscaper

What's wrong with google's limits? They're actually about at the maximum end of standard attachment size limits for any email. What size were you thinking of. 10 MiB is probably the max you'll find anywhere and even then many recipients' ISPs may not even be able to accept that.

maniac886

superscaper wrote: »

What's wrong with google's limits? They're actually about at the maximum end of standard attachment size limits for any email. What size were you thinking of. 10 MiB is probably the max you'll find anywhere and even then many recipients' ISPs may not even be able to accept that.

I just want something that looks more proffessional, plus I cannot get googlemail to work on outlook 2007.

superscaper

maniac886 wrote: »

I just want something that looks more proffessional, plus I cannot get googlemail to work on outlook 2007.

I'd advise getting your own domain name. I buy mine from UKreg. You can use your ISP's email address in outlook and simply set the domain to forward the emails to your ISP email address. Alternatively you could pay extra for webspace (maybe £30 to 40 per year) which includes pop3 and so you can use your domain's email settings directly in outlook without any forwarding. I've also found it advantageous giving different email addresses to different companies online, eg amazon@mydomain.co.uk and ebay@mydomain.co.uk that way you know if (and who) they are passing on your address to others.

maniac886

superscaper wrote: »

I'd advise getting your own domain name. I buy mine from UKreg. You can use your ISP's email address in outlook and simply set the domain to forward the emails to your ISP email address. Alternatively you could pay extra for webspace (maybe £30 to 40 per year) which includes pop3 and so you can use your domain's email settings directly in outlook without any forwarding. I've also found it advantageous giving different email addresses to different companies online, eg amazon@mydomain.co.uk and ebay@mydomain.co.uk that way you know if (and who) they are passing on your address to others.

Hmm I am with bulldog at the moment, and to have an e-mail address with them is around £30 a year. Is there anyone cheaper than this?

superscaper

maniac886 wrote: »

Hmm I am with bulldog at the moment, and to have an e-mail address with them is around £30 a year. Is there anyone cheaper than this?

I'd have thought your ISP would provide a default email address anyway. But there's always exceptions I guess. I use fasthosts for hosting http://www.fasthosts.co.uk/email/mailplus/. They seem to charge about £15 per year for pop3 plus £3ish per year for domain registration from UKreg and that should still be much cheaper than Bulldog and you have a professional looking address that's independant of the ISP you're with.

maniac886

superscaper wrote: »

I'd have thought your ISP would provide a default email address anyway. But there's always exceptions I guess. I use fasthosts for hosting http://www.fasthosts.co.uk/email/mailplus/. They seem to charge about £15 per year for pop3 plus £3ish per year for domain registration from UKreg and that should still be much cheaper than Bulldog and you have a professional looking address that's independant of the ISP you're with.

Can I just ask...do I need a domain...I just really want the professional looking e-mail address?

I am not familier with the whole domain thing!

Thanks

Debt_Free_Chick

maniac886 wrote: »

Hmm I am with bulldog at the moment, and to have an e-mail address with them is around £30 a year. Is there anyone cheaper than this?

Don't you get FOUR email accounts (addresses) with Bulldog anway?

See here. Have you used them all up?

maniac886

I am not sure because when I try and sign-up I always get this page. Unfortunately they charge.

computerwoman

a friend of mine has this
http://www.lycos.co.uk/
dont know anything about it though
but it will be cheap as he's a skin flint.
cw

MarkyMarkD

maniac886 wrote: »

Can I just ask...do I need a domain...I just really want the professional looking e-mail address?

I am not familier with the whole domain thing!

Thanks

You can buy the domain and use it for nothing but e-mail, if that's what you want.

In other words, you can register maniac886.com and then use maniac@maniac886.com as your e-mail address. You don't actually need to set up a website on https://www.maniac886.com if you don't want to.

The whole of my extended family use a shared domain name for e-mail purposes only.