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Warrior
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written Friday, September 29 2006 06:06
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Yes, I find this kind of topic annoying too. *flashes winning smile* Can anyone recommend a good webmail provider? Stuff that'll make it good: - more than 3MB storage space (yes, my current email account only has that much) - secure and reliable - good spam prevention - minimum advertising - able to send attachments, naturally - able to forward to another address - won't refuse emails from my friends - makes cups of tea and gives sounds cooking advice. I'm also open to suggestions as to what my email address should be. All help much appreciated. :cool: -------------------- I think this is really wonderful. Posts: 147 | Registered: Tuesday, October 18 2005 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, September 29 2006 07:01
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I use Alice, whic is pretty good. But is Italian, so, nope. :P -------------------- Download Geneforge 4: Rebellion You have 6 posts. Nobody cares what you think. - Thuryl Wikipedia may be your friend, but UBB is not. - Dikiyoba Posts: 1310 | Registered: Tuesday, December 20 2005 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Friday, September 29 2006 07:04
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Need a Gmai invite? I have an obsolete Gmail account that I do nothing with beside send out invites. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will remember that any vulnerabilities I have are to be revealed strictly on a need-to-know basis. I will also remember that no one needs to know. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, September 29 2006 07:05
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Try MSN Hotmail. It's free, and it works. It's a little lacking in the Tea and Cooking department, though. -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 29 2006 07:31
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Gmail really has become the gold standard of free email. Hotmail is okay, but you can't access it through mail clients and its spam filtering doesn't even approach the magnificence of Gmail's. —Alorael, who seriously wants to know how Gmail does as well as it does. It lets through only around 1% of the spam he gets, and he hasn't yet lost any real mail as far as he is aware. Yes, that's somewhat humorous, but he does check spam and nobody has yelled at him for missing a message. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, September 29 2006 08:10
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A Gmail invite would be awfully kind of you, Dintiradan. I'll put (one of) my current email address(es) in my profile in a sec. I've heard too many others complain that Hotmail doesn't deliver messages to want to use it. I did have an account many aeons ago, but got fed up with spam and advertising. (Well what do you know. Up until two minutes ago when I checked Dintiradan's name to make sure I'd spelt it right, I was convinced that it was DinItiradan. Someone could have won a lot of money from me if they'd known.) -------------------- I think this is really wonderful. Posts: 147 | Registered: Tuesday, October 18 2005 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Friday, September 29 2006 18:07
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Invite sent. And really, why is Dintiradan so hard to spell? It's not as if I modified the Sindarin roots or anything: Din-tir-adan. See? Not that hard. EDIT: Actually,whyshouldIbotheraddingmissingwhitespace? -------------------- Daradinin [ Friday, September 29, 2006 18:09: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 29 2006 18:13
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Yahoo gives a 1 Gbyte account for free and not too much spam. I got it because at the time they wanted the least info to set up an account. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Councilor
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written Friday, September 29 2006 19:24
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Originally by Dintiradan: quote:Isn't there something in the Evil Overlord guide about not getting distracted and/or angry at the critical moment over having your name misspelled/mispronounced by the hero? If not, you might want to write that in yourself. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 29 2006 23:58
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Argh! The opportunity to get rid of an invite occurs once a year, and I *miss* it! :P -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, September 30 2006 05:39
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quote:I haven't got GMail yet, so if you really want to get rid of one of those pesky invitations, you could send one my way... -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? *Name by Slarty Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, September 30 2006 05:42
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quote:Ta very much. quote:Dinitiradan just seems to roll off the tongue, so to speak. But you're right, Dintiradan is better. -------------------- I think this is really wonderful. Posts: 147 | Registered: Tuesday, October 18 2005 07:00 |
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La Canaliste
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written Tuesday, October 3 2006 07:40
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*invites supanik* -------------------- I am a mater of time and how . Deep down, you know you should have voted for Alcritas! Posts: 387 | Registered: Tuesday, March 1 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, October 3 2006 07:50
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Thank you Saunders!! -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? *Name by Slarty Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, October 3 2006 08:15
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You know, I wouldn't mind getting invited either. The email that my school provides is irritatingly unreliable. Oh right, you probably need my email for that. It's k*coughcoughcough* (at) *coughhheeearghl*i. Please excuse my cough. (Thank ye kindly, Aran.) [ Tuesday, October 03, 2006 08:45: Message edited by: Redstart ] Posts: 353 | Registered: Monday, January 9 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, October 3 2006 08:41
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Sent - very conveniently, your address was in my contacts already. ;) -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, October 3 2006 11:32
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Google seems to be stretching the definitions of beta test past all reasonable resemblance to beta or, for that matter, testing. —Alorael, who would be vastly amused if they detected a critical flaw and scrapped all existing addresses. Well, he would be vastly amused if he were not another Gmail dependent. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, October 3 2006 12:59
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Silly Alorael! Google is God, and is therefore infallible. -------------------- Gimme Your E-Mail, Please. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, October 3 2006 15:07
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Haven't we been through this before? —Alorael, who knows he certainly has. On the other hand, his beliefs are considerably more plastic than the norm. He has been able to accomodate RW, Google, Cthulhu, and unilateral eschatology. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Dollop of Whipped Cream
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written Tuesday, October 3 2006 15:12
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quote:I think the big reason that Gmail is still in beta is because Google doesn't want to give 2.7 GB of storage space to everyone in the world. I do agree that Gmail is the greatest email server out there. I have multiple emails, but they all forward to my Gmail account. You simply can't beat the spam filtering. -------------------- "Tyranicus is about the only one that still posts in the Nethergate Forum." —Randomizer Spiderweb Chat Room Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 562 | Registered: Friday, December 14 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, October 3 2006 16:45
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But Gmail seems to be predicated on having everyone have at least seventeen accounts. It's just slightly more irritating to get them. I suppose it's to make us value what we have to work (ever so slightly) to attain. —Alorael, who has several Gmail accounts. He no longer checks any other entirely personal email accounts, but he keeps his Gmail accounts separate and accesses all of them through the unfortunately named Mail client whenever possible. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, October 3 2006 20:47
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quote::nod: It's creepy in fact. Sometimes I wonder if they've developed some self-aware intelligence that pre-scans emails for spam. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, October 3 2006 20:55
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Do you really think Google can look at the virtually everything humans have done, are doing, and hope to do, our aspirations, our fears, and everything else (i.e. Wikipedia) and learn nothing? Google Inc. has not developed artificial intelligence. Google is artificial intelligence. —Alorael, who wonders when Google will turn evil as all AI must. It has no need to take control of our bombs and missiles after all. All it needs to do is start feeding the masses the right information and everyone will be a helpless slave of the Google system. But have no fear, citizens! Google is your friend! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Monday, October 16 2006 09:36
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If you can live with a pathetic 40MB monthly traffic limit, try Fastmail . I'd like to test gmail, too. Feel free to PM me. :) [ Monday, October 16, 2006 09:37: Message edited by: Alex ] Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, October 16 2006 10:41
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I'd be happy to share the gmail invites, but I need an email address to send them to. PM me instead. —Alorael, who would actually prefer to be emailed. PMs are for running conversations and requests for illegal registration codes sent to mods. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |