Recommend me an email provider

earthstorm

martin2345uk wrote: »

^^^ though I've just realised I don't know what IMAP means, so Outlook.com might not have it! :-/

yes outlook does have IMAP, but Windows mail/live mail is the newer version of outlook

Jivesinger

earthstorm wrote: »

Windows mail/live mail is the newer version of outlook

As far as Outlook.com is concerned it's the other way round - outlook.com is the new webmail site for live mail etc.

martin2345uk

Jivesinger wrote: »

As far as Outlook.com is concerned it's the other way round - outlook.com is the new webmail site for live mail etc.

Yes it's outlook.com I was on about - it's what Hotmail used to be I understand, but it's very different as you can see. :beer:

Edit: though having re-read the OP, he's already ruled out Outlook! That'll teach me to skim-read, apologies! Even though Outlook meets all the criteria in the first post, doesn't scan the mail either apparently...

earthstorm

Jivesinger wrote: »

As far as Outlook.com is concerned it's the other way round - outlook.com is the new webmail site for live mail etc.

No

win 95,98,ME come with Outlook ( which also is part on MS office 2003.2007)
win 2000,Vista,XP Outlook was upgraded to Outlook Express, then with Win 7 MS moved MSN, Outlook Express merges to into their Live Essentials package and renamed Outlook Express to Windows Mail and then Windows Live Mail.

With Win 8 you get Windows Live Mail

martin2345uk

earthstorm wrote: »

No

win 95,98,ME come with Outlook ( which also is part on MS office 2003.2007)
win 2000,Vista,XP Outlook was upgraded to Outlook Express, then with Win 7 MS moved MSN, Outlook Express merges to into their Live Essentials package and renamed Outlook Express to Windows Mail and then Windows Live Mail.

With Win 8 you get Windows Live Mail

You're not talking about the same thing, Outlook.com is the new version of Hotmail; it's not been replaced by anything... quite separate from the Outlook that used to come with Windows :beer:

earthstorm

martin2345uk wrote: »

You're not talking about the same thing, Outlook.com is the new version of Hotmail; it's not been replaced by anything... quite separate from the Outlook that used to come with Windows

oh, sorry been a long day, so the new name for hotmail, so this is what MS think changing the name will stop the spammer/hackers etc. from using it like they did with hotmail to a point a lot of mail servers block hotmail addresses

martin2345uk

earthstorm wrote: »

oh, sorry been a long day, so the new name for hotmail, so this is what MS think changing the name will stop the spammer/hackers etc. from using it like that did with hotmail to a point a lot of mail servers block hotmail addresses

True, though it's a lot more than just a re-naming... I used to be on Hotmail before I was on Gmail... and now Outlook... and the difference is striking. And I do like the no-scanning/no targetted ads thing.

But I fear tis a moot point as it's still not what the OP wanted :j

earthstorm

martin2345uk wrote: »

But I fear tis a moot point as it's still not what the OP wanted

True. I think my suggestion earlier with a domain registrar or even a hosting plan would be best suited for OP, but he would be pushed to find general email hosting at 5GB as most are just 1 or 2 GB as this does most people

esuhl

earthstorm wrote: »

True. I think my suggestion earlier with a domain registrar or even a hosting plan would be best suited for OP, but he would be pushed to find general email hosting at 5GB as most are just 1 or 2 GB as this does most people

I don't mean to keep plugging it, but GMX has "unlimited" online mail storage, although there's a 50MB maximum attachment size.

http://www.gmx.com/email-large-files.html/wicket:pageMapName/wicket-0

earthstorm

GMX are part of 1 & 1 which on this forum and hosting forums they dont have a good reputation