free pop...whats the most reliable ones?

dazco · 22 Jun 2003, 02:16 AM

What are the most reliable 2 or 3 free pop email providers that have been around long enough to trust for any length of time?

Thanks

Adrian Bell · 22 Jun 2003, 02:59 AM

www.gmx.net
NB. the whole site is in German only but they provide 20Mb space and are very reliable. E-mail over 30 days old (not downloaded) is deleted though, I think.

www.lycos.co.uk
15Mb space and have been around a long time and look likely to stay. (www.lycos.com only 5Mb of space)

www.yahoo.co.uk
6Mb space and have been around a really long time. (www.yahoo.com only 4Mb of space)

There are other foreign language ones but i've never used them. Bear in mind that what is offered now by any company may not last as a lot of services are downgrading their free versions eg. by removing POP access in order to get people to pay.

yuvaraj · 22 Jun 2003, 08:52 AM

In terms of longevity and reliability, some of the free pop3 email services that I know in English are:

In terms of reliability,

Among these email services, my favorite is www.lycos.co.uk and I recommend anyone to use it if they want more features and reliability without spending any money

robu · 22 Jun 2003, 02:46 PM

Check out www.post.cz offers a large Mail box, mail forwading, very good mail filters, NO - smtp servers and Web & POP3 access.

Myrealbox.com offers both POP3, Web or IMAP servers with incoming and outgoing mail servers. Run by Novell and very reliable.

toco154 · 23 Jun 2003, 04:08 AM

Don´t forget to mention laposte.net - it´s french and the signup-process is a little bit complicated - but it is one of the beste free emailservices around. It doesn´t only offer POP, it also has IMAP and is very reliable...

xmailer · 24 Jun 2003, 02:19 AM

Yuvaraj, do you (or does anyone) know how much space online.ie provides for email? I haven't been able to find any mention of the mailbox capacity anywhere on their site. Thanks.

GR8Madmax · 24 Jun 2003, 01:50 PM

I agree about laposte.net. I've been using it as a secondary account and is very reliable. I just access my mail through POP and don't have to deal with the website that is in French.

**Gankaku** · 24 Jun 2003, 10:24 PM

Some have had problems with reliability at Hotpop. Me too a few times, but not recently. I've gotten daily emails without fail for a long time. Also their support is pretty good - if you send them an email they're pretty responsive. They also stop by on this forum from time to time.

I also like yahoo.co.uk.

Eric Savage · 26 Jun 2003, 10:10 AM

I hope this isn't considered spamming since someone else brought it up, but we've actually got a new web-based ticket system to guarantee responses to any questions. It has greatly reduced the response time to issues.

**Gankaku** · 13 Jul 2003, 08:18 PM

Hi Eric,

I just now saw your reply here...just wanted to say that hotpop's been super-reliable for me for a long time.

Thanks for your updates to the forum!

Lisa

mail2me · 13 Jul 2003, 09:11 PM

I had a HotPOP account too and was very happy with it. I finally closed it since I didn't have a requirement for it now that I have good paid accounts. I would certainly recommend HotPOP as one of the best for free POP services. I also liked the nice cool easy to remember DOTcom domain name of "HotPOP". Nobody will ever have trouble remembering it or type it incorrectly.

**CyberSmurf** · 14 Jul 2003, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by xmailer
Yuvaraj, do you (or does anyone) know how much space online.ie provides for email? I haven't been able to find any mention of the mailbox capacity anywhere on their site. Thanks.

I can't find anything either.

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I have sent myself test e-mail until they bounced. Limit = 102400000 bytes (100MB).

jlnt · 20 Jul 2003, 01:22 AM

JLmail.com has a very stable pop service, and it also allows the users to check their mail from anywhere.

20 Jul 2003, 04:31 PM

http://mail.yahoo.com.au

6mb space
All the standard yahoo features. Spam guard, antivirus etc.

Dan.

22 Jun 2003, 02:16 AM	#1
dazco Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 26	free pop...whats the most reliable ones? What are the most reliable 2 or 3 free pop email providers that have been around long enough to trust for any length of time? Thanks

22 Jun 2003, 08:52 AM	#3
yuvaraj Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: University of South Alabama, USA Posts: 345	In terms of longevity and reliability, some of the free pop3 email services that I know in English are: www.lycos.co.uk www.yahoo.co.uk www.softhome.net www.postmark.net http://eng.mail.ru In terms of reliability, www.post.ro www.online.ie www.hotbox.ru www.inbox.lv www.swissinfo.org www.organizer.ro Among these email services, my favorite is www.lycos.co.uk and I recommend anyone to use it if they want more features and reliability without spending any money Last edited by yuvaraj : 22 Jun 2003 at 08:54 AM.

22 Jun 2003, 02:46 PM	#4
robu Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 215	Great Responses !! here are a couple of others Check out www.post.cz offers a large Mail box, mail forwading, very good mail filters, NO - smtp servers and Web & POP3 access. Myrealbox.com offers both POP3, Web or IMAP servers with incoming and outgoing mail servers. Run by Novell and very reliable.

24 Jun 2003, 02:19 AM	#6
xmailer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 5,485	online.ie mailbox capacity Yuvaraj, do you (or does anyone) know how much space online.ie provides for email? I haven't been able to find any mention of the mailbox capacity anywhere on their site. Thanks.

26 Jun 2003, 10:10 AM	#9
Eric Savage Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 23 Representative of: HotPOP.com	HotPOP support I hope this isn't considered spamming since someone else brought it up, but we've actually got a new web-based ticket system to guarantee responses to any questions. It has greatly reduced the response time to issues.

22 Jun 2003, 02:59 AM	#2
Adrian Bell Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Darlington, UK Posts: 938	www.gmx.net NB. the whole site is in German only but they provide 20Mb space and are very reliable. E-mail over 30 days old (not downloaded) is deleted though, I think. www.lycos.co.uk 15Mb space and have been around a long time and look likely to stay. (www.lycos.com only 5Mb of space) www.yahoo.co.uk 6Mb space and have been around a really long time. (www.yahoo.com only 4Mb of space) There are other foreign language ones but i've never used them. Bear in mind that what is offered now by any company may not last as a lot of services are downgrading their free versions eg. by removing POP access in order to get people to pay.

23 Jun 2003, 04:08 AM	#5
toco154 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Germany, Oldenburg Posts: 134	Don´t forget to mention laposte.net - it´s french and the signup-process is a little bit complicated - but it is one of the beste free emailservices around. It doesn´t only offer POP, it also has IMAP and is very reliable...

24 Jun 2003, 01:50 PM	#7
GR8Madmax Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 20	I agree about laposte.net. I've been using it as a secondary account and is very reliable. I just access my mail through POP and don't have to deal with the website that is in French.

24 Jun 2003, 10:24 PM	#8
Gankaku Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,265	Some have had problems with reliability at Hotpop. Me too a few times, but not recently. I've gotten daily emails without fail for a long time. Also their support is pretty good - if you send them an email they're pretty responsive. They also stop by on this forum from time to time. I also like yahoo.co.uk.

13 Jul 2003, 08:18 PM	#10
Gankaku Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,265	Hi Eric, I just now saw your reply here...just wanted to say that hotpop's been super-reliable for me for a long time. Thanks for your updates to the forum! Lisa

13 Jul 2003, 09:11 PM	#11
mail2me Master of the @ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California, USA Posts: 1,597	I had a HotPOP account too and was very happy with it. I finally closed it since I didn't have a requirement for it now that I have good paid accounts. I would certainly recommend HotPOP as one of the best for free POP services. I also liked the nice cool easy to remember DOTcom domain name of "HotPOP". Nobody will ever have trouble remembering it or type it incorrectly.

20 Jul 2003, 01:22 AM	#13
jlnt Essential Contributor Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 310 Representative of: JLMail.com	JLmail.com JLmail.com has a very stable pop service, and it also allows the users to check their mail from anywhere.

20 Jul 2003, 04:31 PM	#14
Guest Posts: n/a	http://mail.yahoo.com.au 6mb space All the standard yahoo features. Spam guard, antivirus etc. Dan.