Recommendations for email provider

Billxx

Yep, can't beat gmail imho.  Has a nice feature you can add text to the address to help with tracking, i.e address is joe.soap@gmail.com, you can use joe.soap-youtube@gmail.com as a subscriber address.  Emails will still get to you and you will know the source if they sell it on.

I also use iCloud email, which has a nice feature where you can generate random and nonsense email addresses, again can be useful where you are forced to enter and email address, random as in thatcher_emblob_0b@icloud.com.

spurdog1

flaneurs_lobster said:

I use Gmail. I access it through a web browser. 

Works for me.

Thanks all, I think our quoted friend has given me a different way of approaching my prob, hopefully pulling away from gmail app, therefore maybe resolving issues. this two-step is proving to me that i now have to write the pw down, so i can recall it. Defeats security eh!

jon81uk

spurdog1 said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

I use Gmail. I access it through a web browser. 

Works for me.

Thanks all, I think our quoted friend has given me a different way of approaching my prob, hopefully pulling away from gmail app, therefore maybe resolving issues. this two-step is proving to me that i now have to write the pw down, so i can recall it. Defeats security eh!

If you have two-step on properly it should almost never ask for your password. I log in on my iPhone (via built in Mail app), work laptop and personal laptop (both via web) and it never asks for my Google password except for the first occasion.

k_man

Billxx said:

Yep, can't beat gmail imho.  Has a nice feature you can add text to the address to help with tracking, i.e address is joe.soap@gmail.com, you can use joe.soap-youtube@gmail.com as a subscriber address.  Emails will still get to you and you will know the source if they sell it on.

I also use iCloud email, which has a nice feature where you can generate random and nonsense email addresses, again can be useful where you are forced to enter and email address, random as in thatcher_emblob_0b@icloud.com.

I think you meant + rather than -
e.g.
joe.soap+youtube@gmail.com

k_man

spurdog1 said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

I use Gmail. I access it through a web browser. 

Works for me.

Thanks all, I think our quoted friend has given me a different way of approaching my prob, hopefully pulling away from gmail app, therefore maybe resolving issues. this two-step is proving to me that i now have to write the pw down, so i can recall it. Defeats security eh!

Can you explain why two-step means you need to write down your password?

RumRat

I'll throw in GMX. Never had a problem with it and it does most of what GMail does...

Billxx

k_man said:

Billxx said:

Yep, can't beat gmail imho.  Has a nice feature you can add text to the address to help with tracking, i.e address is joe.soap@gmail.com, you can use joe.soap-youtube@gmail.com as a subscriber address.  Emails will still get to you and you will know the source if they sell it on.

I also use iCloud email, which has a nice feature where you can generate random and nonsense email addresses, again can be useful where you are forced to enter and email address, random as in thatcher_emblob_0b@icloud.com.

I think you meant + rather than -
e.g.
joe.soap+youtube@gmail.com

You are of course correct, apologies if I have confused anyone.

Grey_Critic

When I switched broadband provider years ago to Virgin it came with a preset email address. I simply told it to forward all emails to my Yahoo account and it has done so ever since with no problems.

I do have Gmail but use that for some specific accounts/transactions.

SteveJW

k_man said:

Billxx said:

Yep, can't beat gmail imho.  Has a nice feature you can add text to the address to help with tracking, i.e address is joe.soap@gmail.com, you can use joe.soap-youtube@gmail.com as a subscriber address.  Emails will still get to you and you will know the source if they sell it on.

I also use iCloud email, which has a nice feature where you can generate random and nonsense email addresses, again can be useful where you are forced to enter and email address, random as in thatcher_emblob_0b@icloud.com.

I think you meant + rather than -
e.g.
joe.soap+youtube@gmail.com

I didn't know this option, tried it and it works for me
Will come in useful in the future
Thanks
Steve

400ixl

Personally I would only use either Gmail, Microsoft or Apple depending on the eco system you live in.

Others are likely over time to disappear, even Yahoo have for many terminated the use or started charging when the user has changed from their ISP who used it as their backend.

Personally I have my own domain and use the domain service to forward emails. It means I can have accounts for each family member and be able to create unique email addresses for each service / site I use. I can then freely move email services if required or even multiple at a time.