Who's your email provider? [Archive]

808_m3

November 20th, 2004, 03:14 AM

I got many email accounts, but these are my main email providers:
- Hotmail
- Gmail
- Yahoo
- dodgeit.com (a free no login site)

What about you?

hotmail
yahoo

I have my own email server which runs on a Sun Ultra 10 running Solaris 9. I mainly use the ones above for spam buckets

Serenity

November 20th, 2004, 08:40 AM

Well....... I got Road Runner as main provider,
As well as many other ones. ;) (which I am not sharing, sorry.)

Well Aloha, alll.

Take Care. :)

Albert

November 20th, 2004, 01:56 PM

LavaNet, of course.

I do have email accounts at Hotmail, Yahoo, and some other places but very rarely use them.

Strange thing is, I have one email account which I have NEVER used but it gets hundreds of spam mails each week.

Hmmmm, if you create a UNIX .forward file to dev/null, does that work?

Linkmeister

November 20th, 2004, 02:04 PM

Eudora 6.1. I have others set up as personalities within it, and gmail forwards to it.

al_kohallik

December 1st, 2004, 08:11 AM

For me, hotmail and yahoo. funny... i have so many email addresses that i use for "spam-collecting" that i cannot keep track of them all. sheesh

hinokei

December 1st, 2004, 10:31 AM

Linkmeister

July 29th, 2005, 12:13 PM

Anybody know how to get around or work with Verizon Business E-mail's authentication requirement for SMTP? I've set up a new personality in Eudora, but I can't seem to send/receive. I keep getting authentication required errors.

It's weird. I have another Verizon DSL account and I have never had any trouble with it, but this new one doesn't work. I've tried creating a new mail personality by copying existing settings from the other Verizon account, but it still doesn't take.

1stwahine

July 29th, 2005, 12:18 PM

I have Hawaiian Tel Dial-Up and Gmail for my email!

Auntie Lynn

kamapuaa

August 1st, 2005, 09:58 AM

That's kind of cutting off the nose to spite the face. Maybe you should consider setting up greylising instead. It's cut the spam on my mail server to almost nothing. If you're not familiar with the concept, it works thusly: the SMTP specification mandates that an MTA should attempt to retry after a certain period if the remote mail server rejects the message or is down. Most spam clients won't do this, as it would make them too easy to track down. With greylistng, the MTA rejects the first delivery attempt from a new mail server, deferring for 300 seconds. An RFC compliant mail server will attempt to re-deliver, and when it does, the mail is accepted, and the sender address is added to the greylist. Future messages from that sender are accepted without delay. It's pretty groovy. I'm implementing this with postfx + postgrey. The installation and configuration are pretty trivial.

LavaNet, of course.

I do have email accounts at Hotmail, Yahoo, and some other places but very rarely use them.

Strange thing is, I have one email account which I have NEVER used but it gets hundreds of spam mails each week.

Hmmmm, if you create a UNIX .forward file to dev/null, does that work?

pzarquon

August 1st, 2005, 01:47 PM

That's an interesting approach. Sure boosts the size of the queue and increases network traffic, but versus the mountainload of spam, it's probably insignificant.

I have addresses affiliated with each of my two dozen or so domains, though only a few are real mailboxes and the rest just redirect. My primary online e-mail address is Gmail, and I'm slowly converting most of my Hotmail and Yahoo! friends. My primary "real" address is on my server and allows IMAP, which is great for checking mail from different locations (including my phone).

pinakboy

August 3rd, 2005, 08:03 AM

i get:

roadrunner mail

work email

hotmail

gmail

yahoo

:)

Adri

May 16th, 2006, 09:49 AM

Has anyone tried Windows Live Mail Beta? Is it any good? There are so many email provider options now, I'm confused as to which one to use (I have several). Which email provider do you think is best and why?

cprompt0806

May 16th, 2006, 06:27 PM

gmail.

dodgeit.

jkpescador

May 16th, 2006, 11:54 PM

iav.com (first ISP account, 12 years of e-mail)
hcc.hawaii.edu (seldom checked ... 1st 90s Internet e-mail account)
yahoo.com (for all my Yahoo stuff)
hawaii.rr.com (for "important" stuff)
opihi.com (my own domain, which is spam filled)
work
gmail.com (primary now)

Although people do send me PMs here, on Ohanalanai, via myspace.com. Never had a hotmail.com account.

pzarquon

May 17th, 2006, 07:00 AM

Microsoft Live Mail is basically their replacement for Hotmail, right? Full of Ajax-y interface goodness? It's their answer to Gmail, I'd imagine, and if it's coupled well with Outlook/Outlook Express, I'm pretty sure they'll give Google a good fight.

Since I posted last August, I've definitely fallen completely into the Gmail camp. I check it most often. I still have my "main" addresses on my own domain, for important correspondence, but most conversations now flow through the hungry maw of Google.

I'm also happy that UH has so far let me hold onto my account there. Not counting a long-forgotten all-digits Compuserve account, it's my oldest e-mail inbox. It mostly overflows with spam until I remember to clear it out, but every so often an old contact will reach me there.

Adri

May 17th, 2006, 08:52 AM

I wasn't sure if Microsoft Live Mail was a replacement for hotmail or just an alternative. Right now, they are giving us an option to sign up for Live Mail (as opposed to dead mail? :rolleyes: ) not saying that we have to convert. I have a couple of gmail accounts but have always been wary of gmail since it admits that it scans email content for targeted ads. I know, not that I say anything that interesting anyhow and the other email providers probably do the same but aren't as up front about it, but still... :p

Glen Miyashiro

May 17th, 2006, 09:27 AM

I hadn't been aware of Live Mail till now. Apparently it's what used to be start.com, which was bought and then retooled by Microsoft.

pzarquon

May 17th, 2006, 09:38 AM

I wasn't sure if Microsoft Live Mail was a replacement for hotmail or just an alternative. Right now, they are giving us an option to sign up for Live Mail (as opposed to dead mail? :rolleyes: ) not saying that we have to convert.Here's a decent write up on the genesis of Windows Live Mail and its relationship to Hotmail (http://news.com.com/Hotmails+new+address/2009-1038_3-6064507.html). Hotmail users can stick with their addresses, but Microsoft is giving up on the Hotmail brand and new users are being pointed to Live.com (where free webmail is only a small part of the overall picture). That's where most of the development is being focused.

I didn't even know about some of the improvements made to Hotmail in parallel with Windows Live Mail development. I guess making it look more like Outlook makes for a more consistent user experience, but for me that's not really a plus.

Adri

May 17th, 2006, 09:43 PM

Thanks for the link! That was an interesting article :)

adrian

May 17th, 2006, 11:13 PM

To update my list, I use Hawaiian Telcom (atleast configured in outlook - their webmail stinks) and I primarily use gmail now, but I did sign up for another microsoft and msn email address.

1stwahine

September 28th, 2006, 09:03 AM

Excuse me! I can't remember nor find my Password for my Gmail Account. :o If anyone can invite me to have another account, I would really appreciate it very much.

I gotta start from scratch. :(

Auntie Lynn

manoasurfer123

September 28th, 2006, 09:12 AM

1stwahine

September 28th, 2006, 10:14 AM

you goof...

I'll take a guess at your password.... PUPULE!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You were RIGHT!!!!!! :D

I wen change um!!!!

MAHALO

Auntie Lynn

manoasurfer123

September 28th, 2006, 10:17 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You were RIGHT!!!!!! :D

I wen change um!!!!

MAHALO

Auntie Lynn
goes to show how much I DO really know you;)

adrian

September 28th, 2006, 10:45 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You were RIGHT!!!!!! :D

I wen change um!!!!

MAHALO

Auntie Lynn
LMAO!!

Auntie, you better change 'um, or else people will take advantage of you.

1stwahine

September 28th, 2006, 10:57 AM

LMAO!!

Auntie, you better change 'um, or else people will take advantage of you.

heheheh. Yeah. I just changed HT's too. It was the same. PUPULE!!!

Too funny.

Auntie Lynn :p

Konaguy

September 28th, 2006, 10:59 AM

heheheh. Yeah. I just changed HT's too. It was the same. PUPULE!!!

Too funny.

Auntie Lynn :p

Oh my Aunty, good you change em :)

1stwahine

September 28th, 2006, 11:02 AM

Oh my Aunty, good you change em :)

Everybody Smiling today!!! Auntie Lynn is back Full On on HT!!!! :D

"PUPULE" das me...not President. :p

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Auntie Lynn

Konaguy

September 28th, 2006, 11:07 AM

Anyway back on topic, my primary e-mail through Hawaiian Telcom.

Konaguy

September 28th, 2006, 11:09 AM

To update my list, I use Hawaiian Telcom (atleast configured in outlook - their webmail stinks) and I primarily use gmail now, but I did sign up for another microsoft and msn email address.

Oh my, Outlook is so 90's :), you really need to upgrade and get
Mozilla Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/)

jungbum

September 28th, 2006, 11:10 AM

I've been using Windows Live Mail beta for about 2-3 months. It's fairly neat and user-friendly, but you might have some lags if the computer specs are not so high. I wouldn't say it's an upgrade from Hotmail, but next generation of Hotmail (just like the iPod?)

The e-mails won't show any type of images unless you allow the sender (or add them in your contact list).

You can always opt out if you don't like the beta, so give it a try.

I use it with MSN and Live.com, it's pretty good. If you do get to try live.com, it's really useful.

Because you can see everything from your daily horoscope, your Hotmail, stock quote, local news, international news, tech stuff, sports news, your favorite sports team scores, cooking recipes, etc on one page. (you can set it up to as much tabs you want, just like the new Internet Explorer 7)

jungbum

September 28th, 2006, 11:11 AM

and I have g-mail for all the spam mails. ;)

adrian

September 28th, 2006, 11:36 AM

Oh my, Outlook is so 90's :), you really need to upgrade and get
Mozilla Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/)
I know yeah? I'm already using Firefox and got my feet wet in Ubuntu, so why should I use more open source software? I'll play with it soon.

GeckoGeek

October 8th, 2006, 12:32 AM

Anyway back on topic, my primary e-mail through Hawaiian Telcom.

I've got HT. But Verizon ticked me off my selling. From what I've read, I'm thinking the owners are going to do their "business magic" and sell out. So I moved my primary email to GMail. Now I can change ISPs (or have them sold out from under me) without any more hassle.

Konaguy

October 8th, 2006, 08:01 AM

I've got HT. But Verizon ticked me off my selling. From what I've read, I'm thinking the owners are going to do their "business magic" and sell out. So I moved my primary email to GMail. Now I can change ISPs (or have them sold out from under me) without any more hassle.

Thats how I survived when the Verizon/HT transition happened, by using Gmail
during the interim