Yahoo is free and they give you 6mb (I regularly go
over this limit so it isn't a hard limit. I once went
as high as 8mb and there was no problem. I cleared it
down to 5mb within 2 days...) Plus, there isn't any
restriction on email name...I tried the others, but
because I had the word "tech" in my name, none of the
other mail services would let me have it! They claimed
that I could impersonate a tech worker and
social-engineer people out of passwords and
crap...uh-huh, right! Like I got that kind of time!
Plus, Yahoo has some really powerful spam filters that
you can customize! I looked at others, but you get
only their canned filters with no adjustments! That
sucks! And they check all email for virus's. I even
sometimes use my Yahoo web account for connecting to
my pop email account! Beats my having to create a
web-based email server. Just open the pop account
within the Yahoo browser and you get all the Yahoo
features and none of the outlook weakness's.
In all, Yahoo has been good to me in the last 6 or 7
years.
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- "Jeffrey M. Swiger" <n8noe_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
> I Affirm your statement!..
> I think a Lite version would be the best for me and
> my use. About
> the only thing I use is the ( Mac.Com ) E-Mail
> address, and really
> nothing else. I like the Mac Address, as I use it
> here, But If I have
> to, I'll go elsewhere. I just loaded the Backup
> software on this
> machine, and it's Slick, but I have others that are
> FREE top me here. I
> just cant see spending the $99.99 a year.. If you
> sign now, you get the
> first year @ 49.00, This might not be all bad for a
> year, but LITE is
> ( I Think ) the way to go here. I wonder if they
> might do something like
> this ASAP, After all the Bitchin' about this?....
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, July 18, 2002, at 02:49 PM, Dave
> Christensen wrote:
>
> >
> > I'd like to add to your comments about a 'lite'
> itools.
> > Considering a lot of it is a way to coerce people
> to upgrade
> > to X.2, there still isnt a killer, must have thats
> better,
> > app for X that wasnt on OS 9. That being said, my
> Pismo
> > will be on 9 for quite some time to come.... Its
> also
> > geared to those of us with broadband. I could
> NEVER see
> > myself using 100mb of online space. Imagine
> uploading that
> > with my 22.4k dial-up connection?? Ouch....
> >
> > I could easily justify a lite version, maybe $35 a
> year,
> > compared to hotmails 20/year. It would be similar
> to the
> > current iTools like you suggested, but drop the
> virus
> > scanner (I have SAM 7, doesnt crash like McCrapee
> did
> > before), drop the online stoarage down to none,
> maybe 5-7mb
> > (like now) for mail, drop backup (Retrospect
> anyone?), keep
> > pop, imap, webmail access, and drop the icards and
> web pages
> > to 50?
> >
> > Hate saying this, but even with 10 spams a day,
> hotmail is
> > looking better.
<snip>
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