New service

rmannam · 6 Dec 2014, 12:27 PM

Found this new email service while searching. Kewla

David · 6 Dec 2014, 02:53 PM

At first sight the service looks ok, even for me, who only needs about half a Gb of storage; one hundred Mb of storage is cutting it pretty fine though, these days.

jeffpan · 6 Dec 2014, 06:19 PM

looks nice.

communicant · 7 Dec 2014, 01:01 AM

Kewla says they value privacy -- "Because we never scan your messages for keywords or target you with ads, you can rest assured that your messages will be safe and secured. Every Kewla account comes with a scan-free guarantee, unlike other companies we will never scan your email messages, we believe that what you send or receive is personal and private".

That sounds good. But, in order to create an account, you have to provide information that I consider to be "personal and private," such as the precise day, month and year of birth, telephone number, and geographical location. What conceivable reason (other than data mining or compulsive nosiness) is there to require such information for a free account that supposedly does not scan text or sell space or information to commercial interests?

I don't appreciate being forced to choose between providing information that is none of their business or telling lies, so no thanks!

jl66 · 7 Dec 2014, 01:40 AM

Great post communicant

6 Dec 2014, 12:27 PM	#1
rmannam Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 143	New service Found this new email service while searching. Kewla

7 Dec 2014, 01:01 AM	#4
communicant Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 879	Kewla wants too much information to register an account. Kewla says they value privacy -- "Because we never scan your messages for keywords or target you with ads, you can rest assured that your messages will be safe and secured. Every Kewla account comes with a scan-free guarantee, unlike other companies we will never scan your email messages, we believe that what you send or receive is personal and private". That sounds good. But, in order to create an account, you have to provide information that I consider to be "personal and private," such as the precise day, month and year of birth, telephone number, and geographical location. What conceivable reason (other than data mining or compulsive nosiness) is there to require such information for a free account that supposedly does not scan text or sell space or information to commercial interests? I don't appreciate being forced to choose between providing information that is none of their business or telling lies, so no thanks!

6 Dec 2014, 02:53 PM	#2
David Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada. Posts: 10,355	At first sight the service looks ok, even for me, who only needs about half a Gb of storage; one hundred Mb of storage is cutting it pretty fine though, these days.

6 Dec 2014, 06:19 PM	#3
jeffpan The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Macao Posts: 2,163 Representative of: tls-mail.com	looks nice.

7 Dec 2014, 01:40 AM	#5
jl66 Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 413	Great post communicant