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besson3c · Nov 19, 2005, 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by milo

hi,

first of all, i apologize because i know this thread has been done a billion times. i've gone through the older threads though, and i haven't really found anything that i'm interested in (gmail, fastmail.fm, spymac, etc...)

i considered .mac, but it's a bit expensive considering i'd only use it for mail. i settled on a hotmail account which i've used for a few months, but i'm very eager to get rid of it.

anyway, i used fusemail for a year or so with a pc, and it was great. i really liked the features and interface (there's a demo on the site), and had planned to sign up again... but i just read that it has tons of problems with macs. so now i'm looking for something comparable that's a little more mac-friendly.

can anyone suggest a good affordable webmail service with a good interface and features that's mac oriented? or at least compatible?

thanks.

why does it have to be web based?

demograph68 · Nov 19, 2005, 02:40 AM

I <3 Gmail

- - e r i k - - · Nov 19, 2005, 03:01 AM

What the hell is wrong with Gmail?

Rob van dam · Nov 19, 2005, 05:57 AM

Im considering hushmail. www.hushmail.com

Cubeoid · Nov 19, 2005, 05:58 AM

yahoo mail is nice. Try yahoo mail.

Oisín · Nov 19, 2005, 06:21 AM

www.hotmail.com

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harrisjamieh · Nov 19, 2005, 07:01 AM

Gmail is great, and I have it set up for POP3, so I can use 'Mail' when on my mac, and web-based, when somewhere else

milo · 11:59 PM

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tooki · Nov 19, 2005, 11:32 AM

Gmail? Cluttered and disorganized? Gmail is the gold standard in webmail. NOTHING you find anywhere else will be as well-designed and minimalist.

tooki

gururafiki · Nov 19, 2005, 01:45 PM

I have to disagree with you. Gmail is not cluttered and disorganized when compared to all the alternatives out there. Tooki is right, Gmail is the gold standard in webmail.

Its great also, because like harrisjamieh, I have set it up for POP3, and use 'Mail' to dl a hard copy, and then Gmail stores the email away for me! Anyways, where else can you get 2.6+gigs of free storage space for webmail?

wallinbl · Nov 19, 2005, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by milo

just not really a fan of how it looks or works. same as with hotmail and yahoo mail... they all feel very cluttered and unorganized, even though i know they aren't.

the only way you could think GMail was cluttered was if you have insect eyes.

TheIceMan · Nov 19, 2005, 06:16 PM

Sorry, not to derial this thread, I'm curious for those using Gmail, I send alot of PDF documents to my coworkers who uses Hotmail on various PCs. Not sure if it's Gmail or their PCs or Hotmail, but oftentimes they can't open the PDF doc or nothing is attached.

My guess is that Gmail is messing up. Anyone else get this too?

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 19, 2005, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

What the hell is wrong with Gmail?

Yeah really. Gmail even does pop3.

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 19, 2005, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by TheIceMan

Sorry, not to derial this thread, I'm curious for those using Gmail, I send alot of PDF documents to my coworkers who uses Hotmail on various PCs. Not sure if it's Gmail or their PCs or Hotmail, but oftentimes they can't open the PDF doc or nothing is attached.

My guess is that Gmail is messing up. Anyone else get this too?

Nope.

powerbook867 · Nov 19, 2005, 06:47 PM

I have 2 gmail accounts and they work flawlessly....minimal spam and no junk mail from google (unlike my old Yahoo mail account)

- - e r i k - - · Nov 19, 2005, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by TheIceMan

Sorry, not to derial this thread, I'm curious for those using Gmail, I send alot of PDF documents to my coworkers who uses Hotmail on various PCs. Not sure if it's Gmail or their PCs or Hotmail, but oftentimes they can't open the PDF doc or nothing is attached.

My guess is that Gmail is messing up. Anyone else get this too?

Nope, I send a lot of PDFs at school for printing. Never had a problem.

jasonsRX7 · Nov 19, 2005, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

www.hotmail.com

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Kerrigan · Nov 19, 2005, 08:21 PM

GMail is the gold standard in disregard for privacy, and it is a treasure trove for marketers. I am not comfortable with having all of my personal communications sold to advertisers. I like to imagine that there are still some parts of my life which are off-limits to big companies.

Rob van dam · Nov 19, 2005, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

GMail is the gold standard in disregard for privacy, and it is a treasure trove for marketers. I am not comfortable with having all of my personal communications sold to advertisers. I like to imagine that there are still some parts of my life which are off-limits to big companies.

finally someone hit the nail on the head in regards to Gmail.To the guy who started the thread apart from needing a nice interface what else are u looking for.Is it security?If so as i mentioned before check out www.hushmail.com and tell us if that meets ure needs.

MacPoker101 · Nov 19, 2005, 08:44 PM

Gmail is fine, friendly, easy, fast, lots of space...runs well on a Mac.

miacomet · Nov 19, 2005, 08:54 PM

Gmail is the best. Period.

production_coordinator · Nov 19, 2005, 09:28 PM

If you don't like Gmail... you aren't going to like ANYTHING.

As others have said, it's the gold standard.

Tesseract · Nov 19, 2005, 09:38 PM

Gmail does not "sell your personal communications to marketers." It has a computer program (presumably the same one used to choose AdSense ads for a page) that analyzes the content of the page (that happens to have your mail displayed on it) and selects some ads to display. I don't find this to be particularly intrusive on my privacy.

Remember that email (regardless of your provider) may be relayed through any number of mail servers on the Internet, and they may keep copies of your mail for an indefinite amount of time. You have no control over this, it's just how email works. If the content of your emails is highly valuable you should be using strong encryption, which requires a traditional (not webmail) email account because the encryption keys are stored on your computer.

- - e r i k - - · Nov 19, 2005, 10:35 PM

What Tessel said a couple of times.

JoshuaZ · Nov 19, 2005, 10:37 PM

Gmail is cool. So is dot mac, except you have to pay for it...

wallinbl · Nov 20, 2005, 12:30 AM

I was going to say what Tesseract said, but it seems like it's been said enough.

Andy8 · Nov 20, 2005, 12:40 AM

Gmail is FREE - no steak knifes, just 2.6GB of storage! Did I mention Free?

siflippant · Nov 20, 2005, 03:40 AM

Originally Posted by wallinbl

I was going to say what Tesseract said, but it seems like it's been said enough.

lol...

Oisín · Nov 20, 2005, 07:00 AM

Originally Posted by jasonsRX7

At last, some recognition! I thank you, kind sir.

TheoCryst · Nov 20, 2005, 08:53 PM

Hoorah GMail! I use it constantly. I'd suggest giving it a shoton a trial-only basis and see how you like it. Trust me, it's addictive. Some of the features it features (the way it handles replies is ingenious, in my opinion) make so much sense that you have trouble figuring out why other webmails don't use them.

Timo · Nov 20, 2005, 09:52 PM

I like www.fastmail.fm . Lots of features, friendly folk.

Big Mac · Nov 22, 2005, 02:32 AM

I use gmail, but I don't think I appreciate its interface as much as many of you do. It's too minimalist - it leaves me constantly searching the screen for buttons. I also don't do well without folders.

wallinbl · Nov 22, 2005, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by Big Mac

I also don't do well without folders.

Then use the labels as if they were folders. They're basically the same thing except that you can now put a message in more than one folder.