Best free email account ?

BritBrat

Make your self a Dilaup ISP account like Orange.

DO NOT INSTALL THE SOFTWARE - Just set it up manually.

Then although not free, will only cost you around 50p a year as you have to dial in evey now and then.

I still use a freeserve account that is 9 years old now and Orange now manage that.

cheqmate06

Gmail all the way. Have had mine for around 5 years and never had a single bit of bother. Look no further!!!

superscaper

BritBrat wrote: »

I still use a freeserve account that is 9 years old now and Orange now manage that.

Didn't they only just recently do a u-turn on deleting all the freeserve accounts?

Conor_3

Microsoft do free domain registration and hosting including e-mail.

wendy_ann1983

i have lycos and have constant problems with it telling me i have 5 unread emails so i go to my inbox and it says empty which i know its not and all the extra folders disapear, this happens quite regularly, so you may wanna stay clear of them

BritBrat

Didn't they only just recently do a u-turn on deleting all the freeserve accounts?

Not that I know of, they did delete accounts that people never used (Dialed into) but I have always done it so have never lost it.

What I have set up is modem is disabled in system, I reactivate modem, dial in for 1-2 mins, note the date I did it and do it again in around 2 months time.

Deactivate modem again in system, for resons of security. All this is done while still having broadband active.

The above is aslo handy if you want to send a FAX via PC as ADSL does not let you.

SALOPMAN

I use YAHOO for my email - I have a GMAIL one too but find yahoo the easiest, never has let me down.

Reluctant_spender

I use this one - http://mail-eu.gmx.com/

Like Gmail this also has 5GB of storage

superscaper

BritBrat wrote: »

Not that I know of, they did delete accounts that people never used (Dialed into) but I have always done it so have never lost it.

What I have set up is modem is disabled in system, I reactivate modem, dial in for 1-2 mins, note the date I did it and do it again in around 2 months time.

Deactivate modem again in system, for resons of security. All this is done while still having broadband active.

I seem to remember they were going to deactivate all those accounts (well the freeserve branding doesn't exist any more so I guess Orange wanted to homogenise their branding) and they changed that decision when there was an uproar from all their customers over it. I'll look for the article.

Edit: this is what I was trying to remember http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/06/orange_rethink_deleted_emails/

sho_me_da_money

GMAIL all the way!

It supports IMAP and POP3 protcols for three.

You can also transfer 20MB of attachments between Gmail accounts.

This is a no brainer.