Looks like a nice alternative to Hotmail, etc. when travelling (as I
soon will) and a lot easier than the webmail options that I was
thinking of. (Sorry, 'of which I was thinking.') The tag line on the
free version is unobtrusive - unlike some of the ones I see on other
free services, advertising all sorts of crap. Thanks for that.
AndrewF
On 23/03/2006, at 8:59 AM, James Royall wrote:
>
>
>
> I wanted a mail account for potentially spam attracting activities -
> registering online, buying things online, receiving this mailing list,
> etc - something free so that if I did start receiving spam, I could
> just
> drop it when I wanted. The IMAP service is really flexible as I can
> synchronise mail on my laptop, desktop and via web interface also. The
> web interface is refreshingly uncommercial, and there's no push to
> take
> up any other service. It's been working fine aside from once when I
> tried logging on via the web to get a server restarting message.
> The one
> downside is being unable to send from a mail client without paying,
> but
> I suppose there has to be an incentive to part with your cash. So
> far it
> hasn't been annoying enough for me and I'm still on the free
> version. I
> suppose another downside to the free version is the one line ad for
> fastmail that you'll see at the bottom of this posting, but that's
> minimal.
>
> James
>
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:06:23 +1100, "Andrew Fildes"
> <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>>
>> Hmmm - a Melbourne invention according to this -
>> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/07/1033538891792.html
>> What do you like about it - are you a subscriber or do you just use a
>> free 'guest' account?
>> AndrewF
>>
>>
>> On 22/03/2006, at 10:09 AM, James Royall wrote:
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>>> As a (temporary) solution you could set up a free account at
>>> fastmail.fm
>>> - it's where I've been receiving list mail from for several months
>>> with
>>> no trouble I'm aware of. Different domains are available for your
>>> mail
>>> address, and the free account allows for the service that allows
>>> you to
>>> sync mail client and web based mail. The only limitation of the free
>>> service that I've found, aside from space and bandwidth, is
>>> having to
>>> send mail from a web browser. But that isn't so hard.
>>
>>
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