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Brian Hunter wrote:I currently use gmail for emails, but I have been gradually moving away form Google - at least not relying on it for most of my web services. I was wondering what email providers you fine people use if not one of the common webmail ones?
Nuke wrote:I use the mailbox provided by my ISP, front-ended by kmail. I am a bit puzzled why people use web mail - what is the advantage [genuine question]? I know we are not allowed to use it at work.
paulm wrote: systems like Gmail offer both POP3 and IMAP mail as well as the webmail, and are independent of any ISP. If you've ever gone through the pain of changing ISPs .. you'd understand why that is appealing.
Nuke wrote:I use the mailbox provided by my ISP, front-ended by kmail. I am a bit puzzled why people use web mail - what is the advantage [genuine question]? I know we are not allowed to use it at work.
Nuke wrote:I use the mailbox provided by my ISP, front-ended by kmail. I am a bit puzzled why people use web mail - what is the advantage [genuine question]? I know we are not allowed to use it at work.
guy wrote:Nuke wrote:I have my own domain name and my hosting service provides web/pop/imap email hosting for a few extra quid. I recently started to use gmail to wean my fallback account away from my ISP but given that Google goes dark for 2 minutes, kills 40% of world's net traffic (The Register) I am now rethinking how much of my life I want to put in the hands of a single supplier.
Brian Hunter wrote:guy wrote:I have my own domain name and my hosting service provides web/pop/imap email hosting for a few extra quid. I recently started to use gmail to wean my fallback account away from my ISP but given that Google goes dark for 2 minutes, kills 40% of world's net traffic (The Register) I am now rethinking how much of my life I want to put in the hands of a single supplier.
Thanks guy, I am wondering if that's the best option. How large of a mailbox does your hosting service allow?
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