Which email provider to use?

ChiefGrasscutter

londonTiger wrote: »

hotmail/outlook only works well with live mail (dont think it even works with outlook). So gmail will have to do.

Yes it does
Been using my Hotmail .co. uk account accessed via my MS Outlook 2003 email client since well errr 2003.

Fightsback

londonTiger wrote: »

Just get hotmail or gmail. gmail is slightly more universal in that it has IMAP support. hotmail/outlook only works well with live mail (dont think it even works with outlook). So gmail will have to do.
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Hotmail (aka live/outlook) also has IMAP support and has done for the last couple of years now, works just fine for me in Thunderbird on Linux.

http://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/how-to-set-up-outlook-com-imap-in-windows/

Office 365 corporate on the other hand is a completely different matter as IMAP support has been broken for all O365 users since last week thanks to Microsoft's total incompetence and are still struggling to fix a week later.

Norman_Castle

Irony wrote: »

I've been a talktalk customer (9yrs) & have decided to leave them(for sky/plusnet) I know that I can't keep my email addresses

Are you sure you cannot keep your email?. Have you been told you cannot keep the email address?. A friend who used AOL as a ISP and uses their email. delayed leaving them as she thought she would loose years of emails. Now, about 5 years after leaving she is still using the same AOL email account and has all her old emails.

londonTiger

ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »

Yes it does
Been using my Hotmail .co. uk account accessed via my MS Outlook 2003 email client since well errr 2003.

its pop only though, not iMAP. pop isn't great for synching. It's been a long time since I used pop as far as I can recall I don't it's only a one way sync. If you delete or mark a message as read it doesn't update the server. Also it doesn't upload sent messages to the sent box on the email account. I could be wrong on this, but always stayed away from pop since as long as I can remember.

londonTiger

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Are you sure you cannot keep your email?. Have you been told you cannot keep the email address?. A friend who used AOL as a ISP and uses their email. delayed leaving them as she thought she would loose years of emails. Now, about 5 years after leaving she is still using the same AOL email account and has all her old emails.

it's worth asking but sooner or later, like all antiquated ISPs they will cease to exist. I had this with o2 email account, (used it to register some strict forums that dont like free emails, and also ebay). O2 let me keep the email after I stopped using their ISP but then they stopped broadband altogether and then shut all email accounts.

Fightsback

londonTiger wrote: »

its pop only though, not iMAP. pop isn't great for synching.

Stop this nonsense now, Hotmail (outlook/live) supports IMAP as stated above in post 13.

You've not only failed to read my post but continue to assert incorrect information.

Server : imap-mail.outlook.com

Port : 993

Connection security : SSL/TLS

Authentication: Normal Password

Bigphil1474

I still use my Tiscali account from years ago, which is now part of TalkTalk I think. Not sure of the technicalities about POP and IMAP, but I linked it to Outlook no problem, along with my gmail account. The OH has a plusnet account (our current provider) and she has a master account and a secondary account. Apparently we can setup as many e-mail addresses as we want from the master account, but never bothered.

RumRat

londonTiger wrote: »

i'm 32 now and when i first started messing with the internet age 14 (18years ago now). I knew from the get go that it's best to use a hotmail email which I can use from any ISP and is with me for life.

Back in those days though to access you email you had to dial into the ISP, it would detect your IP when trying to connect from a different email and bar you from access.

Just get hotmail or gmail. gmail is slightly more universal in that it has IMAP support. hotmail/outlook only works well with live mail (dont think it even works with outlook). So gmail will have to do.

I prefer hotmail because i dont want google to run my life. Just hope microsoft doesn't kill it with bing in the future and starts to dominate search - then i'll have to use some other email as I will be binging everything.

londonTiger wrote: »

its pop only though, not iMAP. pop isn't great for synching. It's been a long time since I used pop as far as I can recall I don't it's only a one way sync. If you delete or mark a message as read it doesn't update the server. Also it doesn't upload sent messages to the sent box on the email account. I could be wrong on this, but always stayed away from pop since as long as I can remember.

I think you may have to move forward with your ideas of hotmail and other providers....You seem to be a little out of date.
If you don't want to be 'Googled' then GMX is as good but not as invasive...;)

fiendishlyclever

Chances are you send up with an account with everyone anyway. I've got Gmail (ordinary and Google apps), Microsoft and Apple email accounts just because I have devices that require them. I don't use them all but it's handy to see features etc, or you might not use the email but use other linked services like Microsoft Onedrive or Google photos...

Open one everywhere and see which suits - there's nothing worse than a rubbish email system (I've left and returned to my Google Apps several times but it suits me)

cairndog

pappa_golf wrote: »

http://www.gmx.co.uk/


sometimes "looks" better than a Gmail account , and receives a lot less junk


when setting up in outlook it take a few minutes , give it time

When you set up a gmx account you have to give it an email address, but am I right in thinking (sorry not tech savvy) you can still use your current email accounts/addresses?