Comments on: After xtra: Which email should you use?

By: Tim Hunt

Tim Hunt — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:24:47 +0000

Choosing and email provider for your children is also a tricky one. You do not want to saddle your children with an email address tied to an ISP, it is very unlikely that they will use that ISP when they leave home. Most children will go through the hassle of changing their email address from the one that their parents set up for them, particularly if the parent signs them up to one of the companies that specializes in email for children.

I had the same issues with my children, so I created and email application that is a bit like Outlook (see post above), but has a much simpler interface. I’ve now made it available for others to use – http://www.mifrenz.com

Tim

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:29:21 +0000

I have found Gmail to be the best email service of them all and I have used nearly all of them. Another thing Gmail will do is allow you to access your domain name email right from Gmail which makes it look like you are replying using your domain. The other thing that makes Gmail better is the other free stuff that comes with it like “Picasa Web Albums” and “Google Documents”.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:12:48 +0000

Gmail can also pop other servers and pull the mail so you don’t even need to login to them directly or have forwarding setup

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:51:49 +0000

I use Gmail as my email service and Outlook as my email client. Email is forwarded from various other ‘old’ email addresses to my Gmail account. Also have set up second gmail account which I use for responding to internet enquiries where my main account might become compromised by spam. Outlook accesses both gmail accounts (read) and I select which gmail address I wish to use when sending email. Works brilliantly, not committed to any specific email supplier.

By: powernet

powernet — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:58:22 +0000

I don’t like Gmail’s “better way to do email”. I want folders. And that is not the only important feature missing in Gmail.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:09:14 +0000

Who is kiwigrrl@gmail.com ?? Why is this form autofilling with her “Not to be published” email address??? your blog software has got some funky bug there.

By: dc

dc — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:22:45 +0000

I wouldn’t use Gmail, Hotmail, etc. as my give-out email address for the same reason, you’re tied to the service provider even if they do something that’s unacceptable to you, and don’t think that could never happen with Gmail. Register your own domain name and (if necessary) use forwarding to move the mail to the server of your choice, it’s the most future-proof way.

By: TomA

TomA — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:42:55 +0000

It’s like seeing the light. “You mean, I can have an email address that is not provided by my ISP?. Really?? Cooool.”

I’m gradually migrating from paradise (which, let’s be honest, is actually quite a cool domain name to have but which has AWFUL web access), to gmail. Over time, my contacts gradually “get” that I’m with gmail. There’s little point doing a hard switch, unless you have a desktop client that can’t handle a gmail account.