Best free email account ?

1jacks64

I currently have a free email account with hotmail. I don't really like the email address I have with them and am thinking of switching to another provider e.g yahoo.

Can anyone recommend any decent ones?

Is it possible to redirect mail from an old email account to your new one so that you don't loose any current emails as well as recive new emails that have been sent to your old email address?

Thanks.

Little_Star_3

gmail rocks

robt_2

gmail but you will have a tough time getting a 'good' address now.

You could get your own domain for a few quid and use the gmail interace with it though. eg you@yourdomain.com

save-a-lot

try https://www.any-mail.co.uk as you can register against your town or village name. I have myname@chapel-en-le-frith.co.uk for example. I think it is still free

Ice_2

I have free yahoo one's and free gmail one's
I prefere yahoo...
gmail is ok I have been with them from the start...
https://www.lycos.co.uk
is free but you get loads of crap emails from them...
if you have vista...windows live is good
or the new windows mail is hotmail...
just make up what you want and see if you can have it...:D

save-a-lot

I once registered a domain name for my home address, i.e. 20whereilive.co.uk and used that for a while. There is a cost though, but kinda cool to have. Anyway, I let the domain name lapse, I just did it when we got married a few years back.

Swan_2

robt wrote: »

gmail but you will have a tough time getting a 'good' address now

I was going to recommend Gmail too, I love it & rarely use my ISP's mail ... but what's up with the addresses?
I've had mine more or less from the start, so I must a have one of the good addys

& I like that you can integrate it into your Outlook Express ... don't know about any of the others (Yahoo etc) but with Hotmail you now have to pay for the privilege :rolleyes:

richt71

Not free but you get a free email addy with all domain purchases and renewals at godaddy. You can get one for $6.95 (about £4) a year with a discount code. So you can have anyhing@yourdomain.com

beefcarrot

Until recently I was with Lycos but suddenly had nothing but trouble with logging in. I've got a gmail account and managed to get an address with my name on it without any problem. Mind you, I don't suppose there are many other people called Xerches Dnadtle around, are there?

russ_gillespie

Google Mail every time.

Their webmail setup is fantastic. They have build in spam filters that actually work. You can use the account in Outlook or Outlook Express free of charge (unlike others), you can even just have the account forward to another email address.

Go for GMAIL, you wont be disappointed.

Lakeuk

you can still get a decent address on gmail by playing about with whats available, best thing to do is put a single initial between the names

[EMAIL="name.initial.surname@gmail.com"]name.initial.surname@gmail.com[/EMAIL]