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2 Aug 2002, 01:35 AM | #17 |
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Free: Laposte.net, Email.it, Email.is, and humour.com/alinto.com
Paid: Mailsnare.net. I did some trial with Runbox and Oddpost but did not suit my needs. Fastmail is not appealing enough (contrary to millions of rave revues) to go above guest. |
2 Aug 2002, 02:50 AM | #18 | |
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http://www.commonplace.net/email/paidcomp.html What I liked mostly about MailSnare was the ability to retrieve messages from other IMAP accounts too. In the long-term, they plan to introduce voicemail and fax services too making it a complete communication service. What I didn't like about MailSnare was its domain/s. What is 'Snare'? No .dot domain. MailSnare even if it is a meaningful word is a bit too long. A two word combination of upto eight characters is acceptable as in "rushpost" but beyond that would be too long. Snare is also not a very common word that people would have heard and would be knowing the spelling. Not ideal for a primary email address. It is however already a full feature service for just 15 per year and fully worth it when compared to most other services. |
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2 Aug 2002, 05:34 AM | #19 |
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Mail2me, in case you didn't know, Mailsnare began allowing use of a new shoter domain: msbx.net as well as mailsnare.net
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2 Aug 2002, 08:07 AM | #20 | |
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2 Aug 2002, 11:45 AM | #21 | |
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1) Both are still not DOTcom 2) Both still contain "Snare" which means a trap often consisting of a noose for catching birds or mammals I can't see any connection with email. 3) Snare is not a popular word that everyone is familar with. 4) MSBX is short but will anybody who has not heard of MailSnare ever remember it by memory as in eml.cc. Abbreviations like AOL or MSN are heard of by everyone but not MSBX. Also it doen't roll off the tongue easily. RushPost is a synonym for FastMail. RunBox can be interpreted as FastBox. Eml.cc as Email Copy similar to Hard Copy and Soft Copy. Even OddPost is nice sounding. Somehow the name MailSnare was not attractive enough for me to consider making it one of my primary email addresses and of course I was looking for a DOTcom address after I myself typed .com instead of .net for the previous FastMail email address that I had. The MailSnare features and support are well commented and very good value. It's just that I didn't like the domain to consider it. |
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2 Aug 2002, 01:58 PM | #22 |
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My Best
I recommed for Paid to be as
Runbox.com Fastmail.fm OddPost.com Free : Yahoo(everGreen Services) Fastmail.fm(guest Accoutn) Hostbet.com and Australia.edu) Can some body give me a feed back on Australia.edu and Hostbet.com |
2 Aug 2002, 08:27 PM | #23 | |
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2 Aug 2002, 09:35 PM | #24 | |
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3 Aug 2002, 04:28 PM | #25 | |
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Problem solved. Less worrying about the name, more worrying about what really counts: FEATURES. This way, you can get a domain name and something like MailSnare for less than a FastMail Enhanced account in most cases. Just another way to look at things. Trip |
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3 Aug 2002, 06:04 PM | #26 | |
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Wouldn't it make sense for a Email Service Provider to have a good domain/s to be used by several users rather than expecting each one to register their own domain? I will not do that. I did look at subscribing for MailSnare at one time but later realized that I already have two reliable accounts even though each service has features that the others don't have at the moment. I was also looking for a good primary email address to use as my default. Now I have two that I like with both Runbox and FastMail. |
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3 Aug 2002, 09:19 PM | #27 | |
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4 Aug 2002, 03:07 AM | #28 |
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I agree with mail2me; "snare" is not a good domain name unless one wants connotations of entrapment, capture etc., and not everybody can register their own domain name (I've yet to find a UK registrar which (1) is affordable to me and (2) accepts payment by postal order), so MailSnare doesn't appeal to me either...
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4 Aug 2002, 12:14 PM | #29 |
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1. Runbox.com 2. Another.com 3. Onebox.com (recently has been a little slow, though) 4. Fastmail.fm (somewhat OVER-RATED on these forums here) FREE: 1. Laposte.net (My overall favorite email service) 2. Inbox.net (new service, great performance so far -- looks very promising). 3. Yahoo (An all-round reliable service). Last edited by lion : 4 Aug 2002 at 12:24 PM. |
4 Aug 2002, 12:28 PM | #30 | |
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Deutsche Post has free email? What is the exact URL? I went to their Web site, but could not find any link for setting up an account. (Or maybe you have an email account with them because you work for them ) |
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