boppia Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Yahoo and Hotmail seem to be the most popular sites with free email that I know of. Are there any good alternatives to them? Are there any rising stars out there which offer better services for free? How about local email? Are there any in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcm Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Yahoo and Hotmail seem to be the most popular sites with free email that I know of. Are there any good alternatives to them? Are there any rising stars out there which offer better services for free? How about local email? Are there any in Thailand? I like Gmail it's free and has Pop support and 2,5 GB storage too rcm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briley Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Prefer gmail to the others except you can not send an .exe type file without a bit of a fiddle to hide it. Yahoo and Hotmail insist on adding a line or two of advert to the e-mails they send. Mind Gmail reads your e-mail and can provide tageted adverts, not that I have had any yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Betong Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Prefer gmail to the others except you can not send an .exe type file without a bit of a fiddle to hide it.Yahoo and Hotmail insist on adding a line or two of advert to the e-mails they send. Mind Gmail reads your e-mail and can provide tageted adverts, not that I have had any yet. I use Hotmail, Yahoo, company business account, personal web site email and Gmail. Yahoo is a pain when trying to download umpteen attachments, about five click and waits for each item so I just forward the email to one of my Hotmail accounts. All the items can then be dragged & dropped to my desktop. I like Hotmail because it is so easy to integrate with Outlook Express. Gmail is simple, has a good search facility, also good for the vast storage. I use it for storing personal references, passwords, etc. I did have a "Gmail Drive" on my computer which alllowed one to drag and drop items to be automatically sent to Gmail but have not used it for a long time. A Gmail account is only available by invitation. If you would like an invitation send me a personal message with your current email and I will send you the invite. Cheers, John_Betong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dclaryjr Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 A Gmail account is only available by invitation. If you would like an invitation send me a personal message with your current email and I will send you the invite.Cheers, John_Betong Looks like G-mail is going to beta forever! Whassup with that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 GMail and Yahoo, with Eudora as the client to read the mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushdepth Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Another vote for Gmail. Or Hushmail if you're a paranoid type. I think you can apply for gmail without an invitation now, so long as you use your mobile phone (see the website). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visarunner Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 (edited) I use Hotmail , Yahoo and Gmail and prefer the features and practical approach of Gmail. Edited March 13, 2006 by visarunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endure Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I'm also happy to send a Gmail invite to anyone who PMs me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I am happy with yahoo. For hotmail: I don't know the situation now, but before maybe 2 years ago, if customer did not pay I gave the hotmail adress to my friend in former east germany and got 1 day later the login, but I don't know most probably they repaired that problem already. For confidential things I would keep my fingers away from hotmail anyway. Yahoo and Hotmail seem to be the most popular sites with free email that I know of. Are there any good alternatives to them? Are there any rising stars out there which offer better services for free? How about local email? Are there any in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terdsak_12 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Yahoo. 2GB, pop3 works for me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Yahoo. 2GB, pop3 works for me!!Is yours the type of Yahoo account that costs $19.99 per year?-------------- Maestro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agsnowdon Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Gmail Also if anyone likes an invite PM me with your email addy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prakanong2005 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Hotmail (or Livemail as its now labeled with 2GB) and Gmail I use pop3 to download mail to my PC from Gmail but prefer the interface on the web actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayo Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Since Gmail came out I hardly look back. Easiest to manage, works well with other problems. The only issues I've had so far were of my own illiteracy, and not the program. It is still under development, but you can rest assured gmail will be/remain at the top of the line, for free email providers. pm me for an invite, if you can't get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terdsak_12 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Yahoo. 2GB, pop3 works for me!!Is yours the type of Yahoo account that costs $19.99 per year?-------------- Maestro That's the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBlondie Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I'm a Luddite who started with free Yahoo in 1997, and have been paying them $30 and now $20 every year for the extras. Works for me, and I understand it. But yes, downloading photos takes forever, not to mention all those clicks (somebody else already mentioned it). Now my home PC can't do Yahoo properly, but it works fine in the internet shops. I really need to send a photo to a doctor in Bangkok, and my home PC won't do it. I guess I download the photo(s) to a CD, take the CD to the internet shop, and try to download it there and send it to BKK. Should that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udon Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Gmail, brilliant with free picasa2 and google talk, can't beat it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary A Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I have had problems with Yahoo lately and Yahoo says there is no problem that they can see. I went so far as to open a new Yahoo identity and still had problems. Hot-mail is not that great either. Gmail has been flawless for about six months now. No SPAM, no problems, great search capability for existing emails and HUGE storage. I'm VERY happy with Gmail. I did subscribe to MSN Plus and it sucked. I had a TERRIBLE time cancelling the account. In fact I cancelled the credit card and told them to stick MSN Plus up where the sun doesn't shine. I think MSN took lessons from AOL to learn how to scam customers to pay for a product that stinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 http://www.mail.com/ Choose from dozens of different domain names so you aren't needing usernames like [email protected] or something. cv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmine6 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Another good feature of Gmail is you can set the language to a lot of different languages, including Thai. So you can refer your Thai friends and they can have the instructions and things in Thai. The only downside is the features aren't the same with different languages so you lose some features in Thai, like being able to instant message through the main page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groo Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Yahoo mail !! .. and Gmail. Nothing beats them both. I started hating my hotmail. 2MB limit. I have to check it everyday so that some of the mails dont get rejected cause of "mailbox full". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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