Email service

**ICouldBeAnyone** · January 12th, 2013

Not sure if I'm posting in the correct place but...

I am over Google, its a good service and all but I'm over it. I use Gmail but would quickly convert if Canonical made an email service, maybe even Ubuntu One Email! If this service came out, I would switch ASAP!

If Canonical did create this theoretical service would you switch?

**MadmanRB** · January 12th, 2013

Maybe, but for now gmail is fine for me.
I rarely get spam in it and it has a great amount of space.

**CharlesA** · January 12th, 2013

Originally Posted by MadmanRB

Maybe, but for now gmail is fine for me.
I rarely get spam in it and it has a great amount of space.

Same here.

There is also the time spent updating contact information...

**lisati** · January 12th, 2013

If a new service came out, I'd probably stick with the service I currently use. Until, of course, I have too many "senior moments" to cope with keeping my email server up-to-date and spam free.

And yes, I do have a handful of hotmail, Yahoo and gmail accounts, most of which are either forwarded to my server or retrieved via fetchmail.

**ICouldBeAnyone** · January 12th, 2013

Originally Posted by CharlesA

Same here.

There is also the time spent updating contact information...

There is that, and I have nothing against Google (well, maybe I do a little) but, with the Ubuntu Phone OS coming out, I think it would be a nice feature to have.

Gmail is a good service but I like to be a bit different

**cariboo** · January 12th, 2013

Originally Posted by ICouldBeAnyone

There is that, and I have nothing against Google (well, maybe I do a little) but, with the Ubuntu Phone OS coming out, I think it would be a nice feature to have.

Gmail is a good service but I like to be a bit different

Doesn't your ISP provide email service?

I use both my ISP, and Gmail, I also have an Ubuntu.com email address, but that is only an alias to one of my ISP provided email accounts.

**iponeverything** · January 12th, 2013

I'm over it too. Free, functional, reliable, fast, lots of features, great integration -- yea, so over it. Give me drama over reality any day..

**ICouldBeAnyone** · January 12th, 2013

Originally Posted by iponeverything

I'm over it too. Free, functional, reliable, fast, lots of features, great integration -- yea, so over it. Give me drama over reality any day..

Fair enough, I just don't want to help Google take over the world!

And I like anything Ubuntu, and would persionally love to have my email with my favorite company (Canonical), not one I dislike (Google) or one I hate (Microsoft), and not one that I kinda dislike (Yahoo).

(No offense to anyone that likes those companies)

I just don't like Google, and if I were to move I would love to move to something made by Canonical!

**ICouldBeAnyone** · January 12th, 2013

Some people do want this, I don't care if the email address is example@one.ubuntu.com!
I would use it!

Think about it this way, Ubuntu one, a great cloud service, all it's missing is email!

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30477/

^^ I did not submit this, other people want it too!

**The Spectre** · January 12th, 2013

I would also be interested in an Ubuntu E-Mail Account.

And it would also help increase the awareness of Ubuntu every time someone receives a E-Mail from a @Ubuntu.com user.

There are many options that could be used such as...
@Ubuntu.com
@Ubuntu.org
@UbuntuOne.com
@UbuntuOne.org
@UbuntuMail.com
@UbuntuMail.org

My two preferences would be either @Ubuntu.com or @UbuntuMail.com.

In the meantime there is the option to create a @Linuxmail.org E-Mail address at Mail.com...
http://service.mail.com/registration...-getaccount1-1

Or you could also add a Signature to your E-Mail like I have that also includes a Link to Ubuntu.com to help increase the Awareness of Ubuntu (See Attached Screenshot).