I have used Gmail for 15 years or so now after I got a very early invite. They have a very good handle on spam avoidance, their servers are solid and they do know what they are doing. Consider that some of the folks who wrote the original specs for the Internet work there. And some of the original UNIX creators also work there. If anyone knows how to do reliable email, it's Google.
You can make Gmail even more "free" by using an IMAP-capable mailer, like Thunderbird. If you do that you'll never see ads. I like the Gmail browser user interface. I have chosen the "Terminal" theme. It's high contrast black and white, fairly minimalist design, and as a side effect: no ads there either. On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 1:52 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I used to use Earthlink back when they were actually based in the US, > Atlanta to be exact. > > When they moved Tech Support to "elsewhere" and all their techs were totally > script driven I changed to Google after trying to reactivate my Hotmail > account, who banned me for spamming, (basically sending out a notification > to my address book notifying them of my new email address). I then, because > it seemed appropriate, tried to register [email protected] but > Microsoft has no sense of humor especially when they're the butt of the > joke. > > Sure Google scans my emails for key words to try and sell me something, but > that's automated and I don't do anything on email that I care if anyone else > sees. At least people running the joint are mostly competent, and the > service is "free". > > > On 3/4/2017 1:30 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >> >> I've now identified three Earthlink mail server IP addresses that are >> RBL by "Spam Eating Monkey". I think "Spam Eating Monkey" must be the >> service PDML uses. >> >> All three RBL instances track back to the same idiot Earthlink "user" >> spamming some other mailing list. >> >> I spent an extended period of time on the phone with Earthlink's >> "technical support" in India Friday night; a complete waste of time. >> >> I'll make one more attempt on Monday during US business hours, but I >> might be looking for another email provider ... AGAIN. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
