which free email?

[alorenzo]

Hei!

I'm normally using gmail as email, I'm quite fine with it but I've heard some critics about it. I have had hotmail and yahoo and didn't like them as much.

What other choices are out there? And why choose them?

Thanks in advance, ciao!

[uberlube]

google 'free email' and see which one tickles your fancy. Then see if its workable with linux. Youve already pretty much named the main ones.

[ad_267]

What criticism have you heard about Gmail? It works great for me.

[uberlube]

what criticism have you heard about gmail? It works great for me.

+1

[sahabcse]

gmail is great one.

Try rediffmail,mail.com,AIM mail, GMX mail, zenbe, gawab.com,inbox.com, fast mail etc

[starcannon]

I like gmail myself as well.
*Free Pop and Imap access
*lots of storage space
*iGoogle tied in.
*use any email client you wish, or use the browser when on foreign machines.

[hellocatfood]

GMAIL works great for me. Better user interface and lots of options for using your own software with it.

[billgoldberg]

Gmail provides the best user experience.

It has pop and imap support (so you can use evolution of thunderbird if you want) and has most likely the best spam filter in the world.

I tried various others hotmail, yahoo, mail.com, ... and none had the same level of useabilty.

[WorfSOM]

Another vote here for Gmail.

I had been using Hotmail for years then finally made the switch, never looked back. I love the ability to add tags to messages, it is far easier and customisable to manage than physically moving messages into different folders.

For a free webmail account i don't think it can be beaten in my opinion.

[solitaire]

+1 for gmail

Gmail via google apps is a great way to manage multiple domain Email addresses under a single login.

[valex]

Gmail is the best mail ever I used. I can manage easily may mails. the best thing is google lab. it gives more features other than yahoo , hotmail

[kirsis]

Here's another vote for gmail.

[sertse]

Is this the most agreed upon thread ever? lol

[uberlube]

Is this the most agreed upon thread ever? lol

I agree

[WorfSOM]

I agree

Same here.

[Sublime Porte]

+1 gmail.

Can any other service even be considered to compete with gmail?

[Deamos]

+1 Gmail.

Haven't had a real issue with it at all. I use to w/ my iPhone to get dispatched for work. Also, you get a load of storage space :)

[sharathpaps]

I never looked backed since Gmail. It's full of features and yet so simple.

+100 for Gmail.

[Dragonbite]

I use GMail because I can connect to it via IMAP from all of my machines and via the web interface at work. This way, whether I'm at home's desktop or laptop, I don't have to worry about which computer did I download the message to. It's in the server in the same exact place I left it (same folder, same state of being read/unread, etc.)

I also like how Thunderbird and Evolution (not sure about KMail) can import my Google Contacts every time I open the program so I have access to one place for contacts.

Evolution, Kontact and Thunderbird are able to access my Google calendars and open them in read-write mode so I don't just "see" them, I can add and edit entries. Sometimes this connection is spotty but usually I can get it to work (eventually).

Of course, all of this is available in the web interface.

[amitabhishek]

There are emails and then there is Gmail!!!

[pwnst*r]

What criticism have you heard about Gmail? It works great for me.

^this

[mxboy15u]

There is just no comparison to Gmail. Yahoo beats them for storage space but their interface is horrid and they do not support IMAP unless you pay. Gmail all the way.

[lovinglinux]

+1 for Gmail

I also have accounts on hotmail and yahoo. Hotmail is terrible and I use it only to receive all the junk from registering on web sites. I only open it when I need to confirm a new account :)

Yahoo also sucks, but I like the disposable e-mail feature. So I redirect all messages to my Gmail account.

[The Real Dave]

Hei!

I'm normally using gmail as email, I'm quite fine with it but I've heard some critics about it. I have had hotmail and yahoo and didn't like them as much.

What other choices are out there? And why choose them?

Thanks in advance, ciao!

Personnaly I use Inbox (http://www.inbox.com/), probably not the best out there, but its nice to have your email as whatever@inbox.com :lolflag:

Its got a nice couple of feature though, 2Gb Storage as standard (some people can get 5gb free storage) a good picture storage/sharing facility, notes, and other cool little apps as well as the regualar email POP/SMTP stuff

Reccomended :D

[ukripper]

+1 for GMAIL

[elianthony]

Gmail by far

[mharrison]

+1 for Gmail...I'm not the biggest fan of the "conversation" threading style, because it makes it hard to filter one person if you are on a list server, but it does help to keep everything together nicely.

[gn2]

What are you G-mailers goig to do when Google decides to start charging?
Then there's the privacy issues to consider.

I was burned when Lycos pulled the plug on my old e-mail address, now I have my own url and it's definitely worth the small price to have full control.

[mharrison]

What are you G-mailers goig to do when Google decides to start charging?
Then there's the privacy issues to consider.

I was burned when Lycos pulled the plug on my old e-mail address, now I have my own url and it's definitely worth the small price to have full control.

Same thing I did when G-mail came out and overturned Yahoo....Move on to the next best free thing like a clone. Thankfully only use G-mail for unimportant things that I could live without if I lost the e-mail address. Have my own domain with it's own e-mail service I use for important things. Helps keep spam down as well.

As for the privacy issue...that's why I don't use it for anything of utter importance. I don't care that Google knows that you replied to this thread and the Ubuntu Forums notified me of a reply. But I do care if they know my Phone Bill is ready and how much it is and what phone service I use.

[chucky chuckaluck]

i want to have gmail's baby. (that should settle it.)

[Dragonbite]

What are you G-mailers goig to do when Google decides to start charging?
Then there's the privacy issues to consider.

I was burned when Lycos pulled the plug on my old e-mail address, now I have my own url and it's definitely worth the small price to have full control.

I may be effected by that, but my wife won't. She has her own website with email and her email account is forwarded to her Gmail account which is accessed via IMAP like I wrote before.

All she needs is to either have another IMAP account to point to, or change it into a POP account, or have a POP account pull it from her account.

Or we take our address book and inform everybody of our new email address.

[ukripper]

What are you G-mailers goig to do when Google decides to start charging?
Then there's the privacy issues to consider.

I was burned when Lycos pulled the plug on my old e-mail address, now I have my own url and it's definitely worth the small price to have full control.

I agree to have a small personal mail server but gmail provides plenty of features like docs/orkut/news/videos not fogetting GSPACE firefox extension to upload files, all linked. therefore i will still have gmail account even if i got my own mail server running.

[pwnst*r]

What are you G-mailers goig to do when Google decides to start charging?
Then there's the privacy issues to consider.

I was burned when Lycos pulled the plug on my old e-mail address, now I have my own url and it's definitely worth the small price to have full control.

i'd pay for it without hesitation. privacy issues? so you don't worry about any of the other free services?

[gn2]

~ so you don't worry about any of the other free services?

I don't use them for anything even semi-important.

[starcannon]

For my top secret 007 stuff I have my own mail server. For day to day stuff I have Gmail.

[LookTJ]

+1 for GMail. I like the IMAP feature.

[MrDelish]

I've had a Hotmail account for years, but haven't been able to reach the site for the last three days or so without a proxy involved. I've had emails sent from my Hotmail address to the same Hotmail address take about half a day to get to the inbox. Firefox's Adblock Plus plugin took care of the annoying ads that normally surround the UI. You get what you pay for, so I'm not complaining really. I've never had any qualms with Gmail since I started with it a year ago, and it leaves everything else in the dust as far as I'm concerned.

[swoll1980]

Gmail for sure. Any Thing else that comes close, charges you for pop access.

[dioltas]

Gmails great. I've got gmail, lavabit and my college email and I just get gmail to check them all. I don't think google will start charging anytime soon. The reason so many people use it is because it's free and they're making loads from advertising i'd say.

[BackwardsDown]

+1 for gmail ;)

[n4mgr]

+1 for gmail. I've been using gmail now for about 4 years or so. I really like the ability to use either pop/imap or webmail depending on where I am at the time. Also gmail has a decent spam filter that stops the spam before it hits the pop server. I hate canned meat anyways.

[FuturePilot]

GMX. I got sick and tired of trying to make Gmail's broken IMAP work. (I wrote about this on my blog if you want to know more) So I switched to another provider, GMX, that offers real IMAP.

[spike_naples]

Hei!

I'm normally using gmail as email, I'm quite fine with it but I've heard some critics about it. I have had hotmail and yahoo and didn't like them as much.

What other choices are out there? And why choose them?

Thanks in advance, ciao!

I use all three (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) but in all honesty, I am most comfortable with Gmail.

[Pax-Man]

I'll stick to Gmail! The best free mail solution I've tried.

[LookTJ]

I use Gmail and ATT(Yahoo), but prefer Gmail to any other any day.

[LookTJ]

GMX. I got sick and tired of trying to make Gmail's broken IMAP work. (I wrote about this on my blog if you want to know more) So I switched to another provider, GMX, that offers real IMAP.
I registered a GMX address, and it wouldn't let log in via the web browser. Strange.

[CJ Master]

Google wave, when it comes out.

Until then, Gmail.

[treesurf]

I just discovered that Hotmail has enabled free POP support, which means I can have Gmail handle all of my email accounts now. Sweet! And with Gmail Offline it's also like having an email client! Gmail rocks.

[philcamlin]

i use gmail:popcorn:

[virusiidx]

Switched from Yahoo completely over to Gmail, I love the free imap feature. Never looked back.

[sim-value]

Sorry but i hate gmail ...

[cptrohn]

gmail for me too!