Lus.com

King Of Email · 14 Sep 2010, 10:55 PM

Lus.com is a Zimbra based, free email service with the a full range of Zimbra options comparable or better than Lycos' Zimbra interface but faster and smoother as far as I have seen. On test, both send and receive functions worked and quickly. Registration will require a working alternative email address to activate registration. Lus.com also uses an ingenious, simple, and unique method for thwarting robot auto registrations by requiring the registrant to complete a simple mathematical equation with the correct answer, so brush up on your math people.

I haven't seen any other email service do this. The features listed are as follows:

Email

*Compose and send new mail messages
* Read and reply to mail messages
* Track mail exchanges using the Conversation feature or optionally switch to a traditional message view
* Include attachments with your message
* Forward mail messages to one or more recipients
* Search email messages and attachments by particular characteristics or specified text
* Create your own folders to organize mail
* Create tags with which to organize your mail
* Create filters to route incoming mail to designated folders
* Set up different account identities and addresses to manage different roles in your job or personal life
* Configure your account to receive email from your POP3 or IMAP accounts directly into your ZWC mailbox.
* Delegate permission to view or manage your mail folders

Address Book

* Create and manage multiple address books
* Import and export contact lists
* Share personal address books

Calendar

* Create and manage multiple calendars
* Create appointments, meetings, and events
* Delegate permission to view or manage your calendars
* See attendee's free/busy schedules
* Import and export other calendar programs

Tasks

* Create multiple Tasks Lists
* Create to-do tasks
* Add attachments to you task
* Manage a task, set the priority and track the progress
* Delegate permissions to view or manager your Task Lists

Documents

* Create multiple notebooks to organize your Web documents
* Design pages using an HTML editor, create tables and spreadsheets, add graphics, and create links to Web pages
* Delegate permissions to groups and individuals within your organization to create and edit your Documents notebooks
* Delegate permission to the public to view your Documents notebooks

Briefcase

* Upload any type of file to your briefcase so that you can access the file whenever you log on to ZWC
* Create folders to organize files that you upload
* Delegate permissions to view or manage your Briefcase folders

Instant Message (IM) Beta

* Instant real-time communication
* Create group chats or chat with individual buddies
* Maintain a buddy list and see their availability status
* Select your availability status or create a custom status message
* Quickly send your chat by email
* Chats are automatically saved to your Chat folder

Preferences

* Manage how your mailbox features work for Mail, Address Book and Calendar
* Create mail filters
* Assign shortcut keys to quickly access email folders, saved searches, and tags

Here's the link:

http://signup.lus.com:81/index.php/c.../user/register

nbarr · 15 Sep 2010, 12:06 AM

I see the Domain lus.com is for sale.
http://whois.domaintools.com/lus.com

B4its2L8 · 15 Sep 2010, 12:18 AM

They must not have many users (yet). I just signed up using my (relatively common) first name (5 letters).

**ReuvenNY** · 15 Sep 2010, 02:30 AM

Nice find and thanks for sharing.
Does anyone know how big storage the account has?

janusz · 15 Sep 2010, 02:53 AM

The site contains practically no information about its services. No T&C. No information who runs lus.com. The page title is Hot Deals, Coupon codes, free Email account, News,lus mail So email deserves only the 3rd place....

In brief: unprofessional.

nbarr · 15 Sep 2010, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by janusz

... In brief: unprofessional.

Agreed.

There is a link to the Terms of Sevice on the Regristration page.

I could not find a Privacy Statement.

I could not find anything about a storage quota either.

janusz · 15 Sep 2010, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nbarr

There is a link to the Terms of Service on the Registration page.

ok, I looked for them on the home page only....

The final paragraph of the Terms of Service reads:

Quote:

others
1. use of lus.com account to send and receive spamm messages is prohibited.
2. you should not register multiple accounts.
3. if you did not used your accout in 3 monthes, your account maybe deleted automatically by the system.
4. violent the above terms may result deleting of your account.

This makes a typical Nigerian 419 Letter word-prefect in comparison....

goodguy · 15 Sep 2010, 12:30 PM

love united states= Lus

webecedarian · 17 Sep 2010, 10:07 AM

Love the fourth one, Janusz.

4. violent the above terms may result deleting of your account.

Merovingian · 7 Nov 2010, 08:36 PM

ha, love the grammatical incorrectedness

I registered my short, 5-letter first name, just in case

Ennis · 8 Nov 2010, 02:10 AM

So where is this lus.com located? Anybody know?

Anyway. I registered and logged in for the first time. Moved away from the site, came back and logged in. This is the message I get:

"The username or password is incorrect. Verify that CAPS LOCK is not on, and then retype the current username and password."

The username and password are correct. I've tried to log in several times. Nothing. So goodbye lus.com. Thanks for the memories.

curvefan · 8 Nov 2010, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ennis

So where is this lus.com located? Anybody know?

Anyway. I registered and logged in for the first time. Moved away from the site, came back and logged in. This is the message I get:

"The username or password is incorrect. Verify that CAPS LOCK is not on, and then retype the current username and password."

The username and password are correct. I've tried to log in several times. Nothing. So goodbye lus.com. Thanks for the memories.

Ennis,

Sorry to hear about those problems with your account.

Both of my accounts are working just fine.

The only issue I had was with java script. I use Firefox with the no script extension and I couldn't log on until I allowed scripts.

Doesn't sound like your problem though.

Good luck................

sheprd · 8 Nov 2010, 04:52 AM

I had same experience as Ennis. Sorry, I offer an apology to LUS. I received an email to click on to activate my acct and now can log in.

communicant · 8 Nov 2010, 06:39 AM

I doubt I'd ever use it for anything important, but in all fairness I must report that every test I've put it through since creating an account ten days ago has been passed without any problems and the interface works well and is responsive, even the basic slow-speed interface. I agree that it seems to lack some things whose absence is surprising and perhaps "unprofessional" (as has been noted in this thread), and yes, the grammar is deplorable. But hey, it works! Just don't use it for anything crucial.

Nikolaos · 8 Nov 2010, 11:14 AM

Ennis, a domain name whois search shows a registrant with an asian name and an address in Illinois. For some reason I keep getting this mental image of a high school kid trying to be entrepreneurish and make some money on the side with ad-based mail services. If so, more power to him

Like communicant, however, I don't think I would put anything crucial in that account. Especially not anything related to important financial info or anything that could potentially be used by a hacker

I took a look at the ToS for the amusement value and was slightly disappointed to find he'd updated it with a more professional one - the English there is now perfectly decent

(Still crappy on some of the other status updates though

)

Am slightly disappointed. Didn't read the original post thoroughly and signed up for fun, thinking there'd be pop3/smtp. Doesn't look like it though, or at least I can't find any server info in the help/FAQ pages. Too bad, will probably let the account die if it's web-only. Also - the ajax interface fails to work with opera. Sigh. Had to default to standard html view just to get working clickable interface links. Overall, so far I have to say I'm not really impressed. Too much trouble keeping it alive!

14 Sep 2010, 10:55 PM	#1
King Of Email Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 622	Lus.com Lus.com is a Zimbra based, free email service with the a full range of Zimbra options comparable or better than Lycos' Zimbra interface but faster and smoother as far as I have seen. On test, both send and receive functions worked and quickly. Registration will require a working alternative email address to activate registration. Lus.com also uses an ingenious, simple, and unique method for thwarting robot auto registrations by requiring the registrant to complete a simple mathematical equation with the correct answer, so brush up on your math people. I haven't seen any other email service do this. The features listed are as follows: Email Compose and send new mail messages Read and reply to mail messages * Track mail exchanges using the Conversation feature or optionally switch to a traditional message view * Include attachments with your message * Forward mail messages to one or more recipients * Search email messages and attachments by particular characteristics or specified text * Create your own folders to organize mail * Create tags with which to organize your mail * Create filters to route incoming mail to designated folders * Set up different account identities and addresses to manage different roles in your job or personal life * Configure your account to receive email from your POP3 or IMAP accounts directly into your ZWC mailbox. * Delegate permission to view or manage your mail folders Address Book * Create and manage multiple address books * Import and export contact lists * Share personal address books Calendar * Create and manage multiple calendars * Create appointments, meetings, and events * Delegate permission to view or manage your calendars * See attendee's free/busy schedules * Import and export other calendar programs Tasks * Create multiple Tasks Lists * Create to-do tasks * Add attachments to you task * Manage a task, set the priority and track the progress * Delegate permissions to view or manager your Task Lists Documents * Create multiple notebooks to organize your Web documents * Design pages using an HTML editor, create tables and spreadsheets, add graphics, and create links to Web pages * Delegate permissions to groups and individuals within your organization to create and edit your Documents notebooks * Delegate permission to the public to view your Documents notebooks Briefcase * Upload any type of file to your briefcase so that you can access the file whenever you log on to ZWC * Create folders to organize files that you upload * Delegate permissions to view or manage your Briefcase folders Instant Message (IM) Beta * Instant real-time communication * Create group chats or chat with individual buddies * Maintain a buddy list and see their availability status * Select your availability status or create a custom status message * Quickly send your chat by email * Chats are automatically saved to your Chat folder Preferences * Manage how your mailbox features work for Mail, Address Book and Calendar * Create mail filters * Assign shortcut keys to quickly access email folders, saved searches, and tags Here's the link: http://signup.lus.com:81/index.php/c.../user/register

15 Sep 2010, 12:30 PM	#8
goodguy Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1	what lus stand for love united states= Lus

8 Nov 2010, 02:10 AM	#11
Ennis Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 984	So where is this lus.com located? Anybody know? Anyway. I registered and logged in for the first time. Moved away from the site, came back and logged in. This is the message I get: "The username or password is incorrect. Verify that CAPS LOCK is not on, and then retype the current username and password." The username and password are correct. I've tried to log in several times. Nothing. So goodbye lus.com. Thanks for the memories. Last edited by Ennis : 8 Nov 2010 at 02:23 AM.

8 Nov 2010, 04:52 AM	#13
sheprd The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: VA, USA Posts: 2,789	I had same experience as Ennis. Sorry, I offer an apology to LUS. I received an email to click on to activate my acct and now can log in. Last edited by sheprd : 8 Nov 2010 at 05:07 AM.

8 Nov 2010, 11:14 AM	#15
Nikolaos Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 345	Ennis, a domain name whois search shows a registrant with an asian name and an address in Illinois. For some reason I keep getting this mental image of a high school kid trying to be entrepreneurish and make some money on the side with ad-based mail services. If so, more power to him Like communicant, however, I don't think I would put anything crucial in that account. Especially not anything related to important financial info or anything that could potentially be used by a hacker I took a look at the ToS for the amusement value and was slightly disappointed to find he'd updated it with a more professional one - the English there is now perfectly decent (Still crappy on some of the other status updates though ) Am slightly disappointed. Didn't read the original post thoroughly and signed up for fun, thinking there'd be pop3/smtp. Doesn't look like it though, or at least I can't find any server info in the help/FAQ pages. Too bad, will probably let the account die if it's web-only. Also - the ajax interface fails to work with opera. Sigh. Had to default to standard html view just to get working clickable interface links. Overall, so far I have to say I'm not really impressed. Too much trouble keeping it alive! Last edited by Nikolaos : 8 Nov 2010 at 11:17 AM. Reason: ETA

15 Sep 2010, 12:06 AM	#2
nbarr Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Calgary Posts: 606	I see the Domain lus.com is for sale. http://whois.domaintools.com/lus.com

15 Sep 2010, 12:18 AM	#3
B4its2L8 Master of the @ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hiding under my bed Posts: 1,465	They must not have many users (yet). I just signed up using my (relatively common) first name (5 letters).

15 Sep 2010, 02:30 AM	#4
ReuvenNY Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York Posts: 4,259	Nice find and thanks for sharing. Does anyone know how big storage the account has?

15 Sep 2010, 02:53 AM	#5
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,943	The site contains practically no information about its services. No T&C. No information who runs lus.com. The page title is Hot Deals, Coupon codes, free Email account, News,lus mail So email deserves only the 3rd place.... In brief: unprofessional.

17 Sep 2010, 10:07 AM	#9
webecedarian Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 479	Love the fourth one, Janusz. 4. violent the above terms may result deleting of your account.

7 Nov 2010, 08:36 PM	#10
Merovingian Master of the @ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 1,583	ha, love the grammatical incorrectedness I registered my short, 5-letter first name, just in case

8 Nov 2010, 06:39 AM	#14
communicant Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 879	I doubt I'd ever use it for anything important, but in all fairness I must report that every test I've put it through since creating an account ten days ago has been passed without any problems and the interface works well and is responsive, even the basic slow-speed interface. I agree that it seems to lack some things whose absence is surprising and perhaps "unprofessional" (as has been noted in this thread), and yes, the grammar is deplorable. But hey, it works! Just don't use it for anything crucial.