Best Free email ?

[V Mad]

I need to change my free email service. I know there are many but i just want a simple to use,reliable, no nonsense account that offers up to five email addresses.

gmail seems to be tops at the moment, but I dont know anyone who has used it.

[Stagster]

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On a similar note..

My 'anti-virus software' needs re-newing and I'm reluctant to pay..! (...rather spend it on the Stag..!!)

Does anybody know of any good 'free/cheap' solutions..??

Thanks

Jer:dude:

[Arbman Al]

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Hi Chris

Every time I do a quote, I asked for an email address to send the quote to.

Of the free ones the majority are with hotmail. com or .co.uk

Hope this helps.

Al.

[DJT]

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Stagster wrote:

On a similar note..

My 'anti-virus software' needs re-newing and I'm reluctant to pay..! (...rather spend it on the Stag..!!)

Does anybody know of any good 'free/cheap' solutions..??

Thanks

Jer:dude:

AVG The free version is excellent or you could upgrade for little money and have full tech support. Been using it for several years and no problems.

http://www.avg.com/gb-en/free-antivirus

Dave

[jleyton]

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Stagster wrote:

On a similar note..

My 'anti-virus software' needs re-newing and I'm reluctant to pay..! (...rather spend it on the Stag..!!)

Does anybody know of any good 'free/cheap' solutions..??

Thanks

Jer:dude:

AVG works well and is free, however you do have to search a bit for the free one sometimes 'hidden' by the paid for services :? http://free.avg.com/gb-en/homepage

Also I use this for malware: http://www.malwarebytes.org (although I can't now get on to their website so I don't know if they're still up and running?

I don't understand it all myself but my kids have their own computer based business and rate them both.

[Wendy]

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Another vote for AVG here too, and I've also heard good things about gmail. I don't actually use Google's free service as such, but my company email gets routed via Gmail and had been very reliable indeed.

[jleyton]

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Wendy wrote:

I don't actually use Google's free service as such, but my company email gets routed via Gmail and had been very reliable indeed.

Ditto - although (& I really don't understand this part) mine is routed from gmail to Outlook so works fine, however if I access the account directly via gmail I find their screens a bit confusing :?

[V Mad]

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jleyton wrote:

Wendy wrote:

I don't actually use Google's free service as such, but my company email gets routed via Gmail and had been very reliable indeed.

Ditto - although (& I really don't understand this part) mine is routed from gmail to Outlook so works fine, however if I access the account directly via gmail I find their screens a bit confusing :?

I also use Outlook to download my emails, but it is useful to have webmail as well so you can access the emails on any computer without needing Outlook (although nowadays I hardly ever do that).

[jleyton]

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V Mad wrote:

I also use Outlook to download my emails, but it is useful to have webmail as well so you can access the emails on any computer without needing Outlook (although nowadays I hardly ever do that).

Good point and yes, I do that occasionally - that's when I find gmails screens a bit confusing :?however, when I'm away from home I usually use mysmartphone which is virtually as good as my home computer and I get all my e-mails on that as well.

[Andy Rundell]

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AVG and Gmail (google mail) would get my vote for the free services , if you don't like gmail then try hotmail

.........Andy

[mjheathcote]

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Somethings I find you are better paying for.

I've had loads of different free addresses but now I have settled on paying Apple for their 'mobileme' service which is also excellent if you have an iphone or Mac. Worth a try for free for 60 days before paying the £50 or so to see if you like it.

http://www.apple.com/mobileme/

[GDPR]

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Why not get your own cheap domain? My stag-tech.co.uk domain costs peanuts to run and I can have up to 400 mailboxes. .....

It works with outlook, outlook express, windows live etc, and there is a webmail interface. .. it also works fine on my htc android phone and the wife's iphone.....

[Stag Beetle]

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I use Google mail and it picks up my pop mail and Hotmail I use Microsoft Security Essentials its free and works.

http://www.microsoft.com/security_es...aspx?mkt=en-us




Andrew

[Andy Rundell]

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if you are after quick and simple email to iphone set ups then Mobileme (understandably), gmail, yahoo mail, aol and Exchange should all work really well

.........Andy

[adieturner]

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are you about to let us all share your knowledge Russ?