Gmail vs. Live Mail vs. Cable

Hi,

I'm switching cable providers so I will be needing a new email account.

Is it better to use those internet email accounts or use my new cable's
email like before?

I need POP / SMTP mostly and I don't really like looking at web mail
applications so I guess the interface doesn't really matter. Unless
there's something special about the web applications that I'm not aware
of since I never used them. Please indicate.

One thing I liked about Live Mail is that it has free push email it
seems. Although I can technically forward mail to Live when I need push
email since I don't normally use it and require that urgency. But I
guess it's good to have that option in case.

Also, if I use the internet mails, will it prefilter SPAM? And would I
have to log into the web site to see which ones are "false"? My current
cable company doesn't filter SPAM so my Outlook security suite plugin
does. It also has this "Junk E-Mail" folder and I don't know how things
go into there. But sometimes I notice it catches wrong things but at
least I get to check the folder in one place. I would hate to have to
log into a Web Site just to check my SPAM folder.

Thanks for any input!


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rasmasyean <> wrote:

>
>Hi,
>
>I'm switching cable providers so I will be needing a new email account.
>
>Is it better to use those internet email accounts or use my new cable's
>email like before?

[snip]

1) this is not a Vista issue.
2) it's a choice to be made based on your preferences.

rasmasyean wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm switching cable providers so I will be needing a new email account.
>
> Is it better to use those internet email accounts or use my new cable's
> email like before?
>
> I need POP / SMTP mostly and I don't really like looking at web mail
> applications so I guess the interface doesn't really matter. Unless
> there's something special about the web applications that I'm not aware
> of since I never used them. Please indicate.
>
> One thing I liked about Live Mail is that it has free push email it
> seems. Although I can technically forward mail to Live when I need push
> email since I don't normally use it and require that urgency. But I
> guess it's good to have that option in case.
>
> Also, if I use the internet mails, will it prefilter SPAM? And would I
> have to log into the web site to see which ones are "false"? My current
> cable company doesn't filter SPAM so my Outlook security suite plugin
> does. It also has this "Junk E-Mail" folder and I don't know how things
> go into there. But sometimes I notice it catches wrong things but at
> least I get to check the folder in one place. I would hate to have to
> log into a Web Site just to check my SPAM folder.
>
> Thanks for any input!
>
>

I use GMail and have yet to see a false positive for junk mail. You can
either use the web interface or receive it in your favorite email
client. In order to receive it in an email client, however, requires
that you set the option on GMail's web site to receive POP mail. There
are instructions on how to do that under Settings in the web interface.

Alias

Mike Torello wrote:
> rasmasyean <> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm switching cable providers so I will be needing a new email account.
>>
>> Is it better to use those internet email accounts or use my new cable's
>> email like before?
>
> [snip]
>
> 1) this is not a Vista issue.
> 2) it's a choice to be made based on your preferences.

A net nanny, how quaint.

Alias

On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:40:34 -0500, rasmasyean wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm switching cable providers so I will be needing a new email account.
>
> Is it better to use those internet email accounts or use my new cable's
> email like before?
>
> I need POP / SMTP mostly and I don't really like looking at web mail
> applications so I guess the interface doesn't really matter. Unless
> there's something special about the web applications that I'm not aware
> of since I never used them. Please indicate.
>
> One thing I liked about Live Mail is that it has free push email it
> seems. Although I can technically forward mail to Live when I need push
> email since I don't normally use it and require that urgency. But I
> guess it's good to have that option in case.
>
> Also, if I use the internet mails, will it prefilter SPAM? And would I
> have to log into the web site to see which ones are "false"? My current
> cable company doesn't filter SPAM so my Outlook security suite plugin
> does. It also has this "Junk E-Mail" folder and I don't know how things
> go into there. But sometimes I notice it catches wrong things but at
> least I get to check the folder in one place. I would hate to have to
> log into a Web Site just to check my SPAM folder.
>
> Thanks for any input!

IMHO - it is a lot simpler to set up an internet e-mail account. You
don't have to set up a new address every time you change providers and
then send e-mail to everyone you know to let them know you have a new
address. Wife uses a hotmail account she got several years ago. I use an
account provided with my netfirms.com web hosting package. Both filter
spam and do a fairly good job. I prefer the netfirms approach since I can
indeed, easily, set up my own mail reader - I don't care for the
'webmail' approach.