Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Mail or GMX.com which? - Page 2

xmailer · 12 Apr 2013, 12:55 AM

Thanks nbarr, William9, and bbauri for the feedback re Outlook.com. I'll probably also do as nbarr and try forwarding my messages to it to test it out before considering using it as a "direct", or primary, address. (I was without regular Internet access for the better part of a year until a couple of months ago, so I've been playing "catch up.").

William9 · 12 Apr 2013, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bbauri

... 5. Their ads are not related to my emails so I guess they don't scan my mails. ...

Your emails are scanned to detect viruses and spam. That's the way it works.

mike1977 · 14 Apr 2013, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by bbauri

I like outlook.com.

1. They let me block an email id and email sent from those ids never make it to mailbox, not even to spam folder. They also let me whitelist email ids and mailing lists.
2. They let me have aliases.
3. They display ads only when you open a grey mail/bacon and not in ham mail.
4. Their spam filter is even better than gmail. Spam goes to spam, ham goes to inbox. Not the other way around.
5. Their ads are not related to my emails so I guess they don't scan my mails.

I know there are many other sophisticated features but I like them for the basic things a common email user will appreciate.

I like #2 too. Use the aliases to put out in the wild. NEVER use the main address (which should be uncommon and tricky, but easy to be remembered by you) FOR anything except to login, and be the only soul who knows it. I read they were going to allow aliases be used to log in to the account. I hope they decided not to go through with this stupid idea (if they still are, I hope we at least get a choice). It would be a step back in security. Right now, someone can't pick at my lastname.firstname@msn.com as an alias because it'll say account doesn't exist nor can they run up invalid login attempts.Besides, if one address gets to spammy, you can just get rid of it without having to sign up for a new account.

Tsunami · 15 Apr 2013, 03:27 AM

Not wanting to be the defender of Gmail here since I don't really trust Google's data mining that much, but one truth has to be said: Google scans your emails for advertising purposes using a bot, no human eyes of a staff member.

Also, if something is free, it's likely to have its consequences so I'd be a bit sceptic about GMX, Yahoo, Mail and Microsoft not doing some sort of data mining. They all need to get advertisement incomes, no? I think if you insist on no preying eyes you're better off using a paid email provider, an email address provided as part of your ADSL package, or a local provider which has a limited geographical area they operate in.

That said, I sometimes doubt about Gmail really. It is easy to read the horror stories about data mining, and I for sure object to the practise of data mining for commercial purposes. On the other hand, of the millions of Gmail accounts, how big is the chance some actual person (as opposed to a bot) will pick your account to manually scan your emails? Maybe the heated debates about Gmail make people a bit overconcerned and thus panicking slightly too rapidly? I am a bit in doubt myself.

drew · 1 May 2013, 05:12 AM

I need gmail for the smartphone so I joined it again.

One annoying thing is that if I am signed in or logged in
to the webmail and then read about a music file on youtube
then when clicking on it I automatically is logged in to youtube too.

Yes very practical if one want to make a comment or something
But I did not realize that is how it works. So big surprise to me.

Maybe one can change a setting somewhere to stop such?

I did a misspelling of my name so one small got big
like DRew when it should have been Drew like one expect
and despite all was set in stone if one google a lot
then one find an explanation how to change the name.

That is not the username that is something else.
I talk about the real name of the one using an account.

12 Apr 2013, 12:55 AM	#16
xmailer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 5,485	Thanks nbarr, William9, and bbauri for the feedback re Outlook.com. I'll probably also do as nbarr and try forwarding my messages to it to test it out before considering using it as a "direct", or primary, address. (I was without regular Internet access for the better part of a year until a couple of months ago, so I've been playing "catch up.").

15 Apr 2013, 03:27 AM	#19
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,532	Not wanting to be the defender of Gmail here since I don't really trust Google's data mining that much, but one truth has to be said: Google scans your emails for advertising purposes using a bot, no human eyes of a staff member. Also, if something is free, it's likely to have its consequences so I'd be a bit sceptic about GMX, Yahoo, Mail and Microsoft not doing some sort of data mining. They all need to get advertisement incomes, no? I think if you insist on no preying eyes you're better off using a paid email provider, an email address provided as part of your ADSL package, or a local provider which has a limited geographical area they operate in. That said, I sometimes doubt about Gmail really. It is easy to read the horror stories about data mining, and I for sure object to the practise of data mining for commercial purposes. On the other hand, of the millions of Gmail accounts, how big is the chance some actual person (as opposed to a bot) will pick your account to manually scan your emails? Maybe the heated debates about Gmail make people a bit overconcerned and thus panicking slightly too rapidly? I am a bit in doubt myself.

1 May 2013, 05:12 AM	#20
drew The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,626	I need gmail for the smartphone so I joined it again. One annoying thing is that if I am signed in or logged in to the webmail and then read about a music file on youtube then when clicking on it I automatically is logged in to youtube too. Yes very practical if one want to make a comment or something But I did not realize that is how it works. So big surprise to me. Maybe one can change a setting somewhere to stop such? I did a misspelling of my name so one small got big like DRew when it should have been Drew like one expect and despite all was set in stone if one google a lot then one find an explanation how to change the name. That is not the username that is something else. I talk about the real name of the one using an account.