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tavilach · Jul 10, 2005, 11:45 PM

Without Virex, .Mac really isn't worth it for me, and I don't want to get hooked on a .Mac email. Are there any other popular email providers with IMAP servers? I may just have to stick with Gmail, but I really do love IMAP. I feel comfortable knowing that I see exactly what's on the server.

BasketofPuppies · Jul 11, 2005, 03:51 AM

FastMail

One time, $14.95 fee for 16 megs of IMAP/SMTP/Web mail among other services. Additional fees; some one-time, others yearly; for additional storage/bandwidth/features.

Diggory Laycock · Jul 11, 2005, 05:12 AM

register a vanity domain - you'll get IMAP for free.

domaininvestigator.com is a no-frills dns/mail provider that I use - you get squirrelmail too. (a webmail interface)

- - e r i k - - · Jul 11, 2005, 11:14 AM

Virex did exactly what for the mac again?

legacyb4 · Jul 11, 2005, 03:41 PM

Cool. Didn't know that Fastmail offered IMAP as well.

Originally Posted by BasketofPuppies

FastMail

One time, $14.95 fee for 16 megs of IMAP/SMTP/Web mail among other services. Additional fees; some one-time, others yearly; for additional storage/bandwidth/features.

budster101 · Jul 11, 2005, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Virex did exactly what for the mac again?

It was a pacifier for Windows users who thought they needed it. It did NOTHING as there was nothing to protect your Mac from.

.mac offers way more than anti-virus, or offered it anyway.

- Calendar
- Bookmarks
- Address Book
- Upload movies and photos with iMovie or iPhoto directly into your space... slideshows...
- Web Page
- Tons of templates
- membership perks (software)
- membership for versiontracker
- online tutorials and multimedia

Did I miss anything?

oh, backup.

Odds are you didn't know how to use it or take advantage of what it has to offer.
Most Windows users don't understand something actually working well as .mac with your computer so they (if not told about it) don't bother investigating the options.

It's like buying a car with a built in hands-free phone and never bothering to activate it.

BasketofPuppies · Jul 11, 2005, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

It was a pacifier for Windows users who thought they needed it. It did NOTHING as there was nothing to protect your Mac from.

Assuming you don't work with Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents.

Mithras · Jul 11, 2005, 05:42 PM

Another vote for Fastmail.fm. Fantastic web interface, rock-solid service, and cheap.
You can also buy a domain from someplace like namecheap.com, and set up 'aliases' in Fastmail so you can use you@yourdomain.com if you're into that.

legacyb4 · Jul 11, 2005, 06:08 PM

Any idea if there is support for multi-byte characters (such as Japanese)?

tavilach · 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

It was a pacifier for Windows users who thought they needed it. It did NOTHING as there was nothing to protect your Mac from.

.mac offers way more than anti-virus, or offered it anyway.

- Calendar
- Bookmarks
- Address Book
- Upload movies and photos with iMovie or iPhoto directly into your space... slideshows...
- Web Page
- Tons of templates
- membership perks (software)
- membership for versiontracker
- online tutorials and multimedia

Did I miss anything?

oh, backup.

Odds are you didn't know how to use it or take advantage of what it has to offer.
Most Windows users don't understand something actually working well as .mac with your computer so they (if not told about it) don't bother investigating the options.

It's like buying a car with a built in hands-free phone and never bothering to activate it.

Nothing, eh? It scans for Windows viruses, and frankly, I don't want to be passing them on. Furthermore, I get kicked off my school network if I don't have a virus scanner, and Norton is worse than Virex. Don't put words in others' mouths.

I knew all of those features existed, and was planning on utilizing some of them. Nevertheless, the main selling point was the combination of virus scanning, backup, and a clean interface. The lack of a virus scanner sort of ruins it for me. It's obviously fine for you, and that's great: But I'm not you.

Now, back to the topic, does anyone have any other suggestions? Fastmail.fm might be hard for people to remember, and 16MB is nothing to write home about.

Edit: Woops: They have many domains. Still, 16MB is a little iffy. Of course, I primarily use my school account, so perhaps that'd be fine. And it's a hell of a lot cheaper than .Mac. And I wouldn't feel like a chump

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budster101 · Jul 11, 2005, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by BasketofPuppies

Assuming you don't work with Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents.

Tell me how an infected Word / Excel or PowerPoint will affect my computer?

Not going to happen unless I'm running VPC.

clamXav < Free Anti-Virus

Mithras · 08:57 PM

Well, as you can see, the 16MB is for a one-time fee of $15; for $20/year you get 600...

I have an Enhanced account, and got regular one-time Member accounts for my family and my in-laws; I use the aliasing features of the Enhanced account to give them all firstname@lastname.net accounts. It works well for everybody.

BasketofPuppies · Jul 11, 2005, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

Tell me how an infected Word / Excel or PowerPoint will affect my computer?

Not going to happen unless I'm running VPC.

clamXav < Free Anti-Virus

Microsoft Office macro viruses can infect other Microsoft Office documents.

And if they infect your templates, you're in big trouble.

budster101 · Jul 11, 2005, 09:38 PM

Did you miss the part about the free antivirus?

clamXav <<<< You quoted that part.. so I would guess yes.

Versiontracker.com

Don't enable macros. Another solution, because that's all there is.

tavilach · Jul 11, 2005, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by Mithras

Well, as you can see, the 16MB is for a one-time fee of $15; for $20/year you get 600...

I have an Enhanced account, and got regular one-time Member accounts for my family and my in-laws; I use the aliasing features of the Enhanced account to give them all firstname@lastname.net accounts. It works well for everybody.

Yeah, but $20/year is approaching expensive

. I wish, for a $50 one-time fee, I could get 50MB or 100MB.

Anyway, how does that firstname@lastname.net work? I have a domain name: Could I use it in conjunction with fastmail? I read the stuff on the site, but I'm not sure forwarding is what I want.