On 17 Jul 2000, 23:09, Brian Beck wrote:
> I have just started trying to find a good, solid, free POP3 account,
> that I can hang my address at permanently. My first try with cjb.com
> was a failure (could never get the my mail account to receive a message
> although I could connect to their server...requests for tech help there
> have gone unanswered.)
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> I would like SMTP capabilities (is this really important?), and the
> ability to transfer large file attachments--and of course web mail
> capabilities as well. I am even willing to pay a nominal fee for the
> service (like $20 year) if it is outstanding.
>
> I have been using netaddress for years--but their $12/year POP3
> upgrade has been unavailable for months...apparently because they
> cannot find a credit card proccessor due to past problems.
Hi Brian and welcome to POP3. :-)
Our scope here on the list mainly deals with the free pop3 services. I
can give advice and council in that area. However, with just a
dedicated POP3 service, I have never contracted for that. My "pay"
POP3 services have come from two provider sources: (1) My ISP and (2)
Contracted Web hosting services that included POP3 accounts.
So I cannot recommend any dedicated POP3 provider from first hand
experience. I can lead you to a listing of them here at this Yahoo
page:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/
Communications_and_Networking/Internet_and_World_Wide_Web/
Email_Providers/
Note: The above URL is actually one continuous line and should be
entered into your browser's address box as one line.
Now then, let me say this. I don't put a lot of faith in these e-mail
only pay services. For example, the former iName now called mail.com
offers a fee paid pop3 service for $3.95/month. That is over your
budget. Nevertheless, I don't think that service would be worth a buck
a month. I don't think it would prove reliable enough, particularly in
light of your paying for the service.
My recommendation would be to obtain several free remote pop3 services
and spread out your correspondence among them. In other words, you
don't put all your eggs into one basket. That way if any one went down
for a day or so, you would not be totally without your mail. You can
set up your accounts in MS Outlook and configure MS Outlook to
access all accounts each time you wish to download mail.
After doing that, then treat yourself to something nice with that $20
you saved. :-)
Alan
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