So what happened to Inbox?

webecedarian · 1 Mar 2016, 09:20 AM

I had been experimenting with Inbox as my new go-to email provider after being disillusioned with Hotmail after they started demanding additional email.

But for months now, Inbox has posted this:

We're sorry, new registrations will not be available for an extended period of time. Inbox.com webmail is currently being prepared for a major system upgrade and therefore all new registrations have been stopped.

No further clue. What's driving me crazy is that I had a couple of accounts, but Inbox has a very short inactivity allowance, and they were terminated - and I can't renew.

janusz · 1 Mar 2016, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by webecedarian

No further clue. What's driving me crazy is that I had a couple of accounts, but Inbox has a very short inactivity allowance, and they were terminated - and I can't renew.

a) what further clue would you like to see??
b) inbox.com's inactivity period is 90 days. This doesn't look unreasonable IMHO.

**ReuvenNY** · 3 Mar 2016, 12:20 AM

I have an old Inbox.com. Once in a while they would send me a warning message to login or else... Now I have an IMAP account for Inbox set in my Thunderbird and don't have to think about it anymore.

janusz · 3 Mar 2016, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ReuvenNY

I have an old Inbox.com. Once in a while they would send me a warning message to login or else.

Same here....

webecedarian · 9 Mar 2016, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by janusz

a) what further clue would you like to see??
b) inbox.com's inactivity period is 90 days. This doesn't look unreasonable IMHO.

a) I was hoping that maybe someone here would reply something like, "I just read an article that said Inbox hopes to be up and running again for sign-ups by June."

b) I didn't say it was unreasonable. I just said it was short - for me, at least. Certainly others are longer, or even indefinite.

Zach · 10 Mar 2016, 05:21 PM

I used to use inbox.com and it's the worst service I've ever used. I was plagued by spam even though I never really gave my address out to anyone. I had trouble using it on my iPad (there's no app, AFAIK) and the graphics are generally rubbish. There was a short period where I didn't log on for as I was away then, when I came back, I found that my account had been deactivated. In fact, the service was so bad that it's what got me interested in testing loads of other providers. So far, I've found that all of them are better than inbox.com.

1 Mar 2016, 09:20 AM	#1
webecedarian Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 485	So what happened to Inbox? I had been experimenting with Inbox as my new go-to email provider after being disillusioned with Hotmail after they started demanding additional email. But for months now, Inbox has posted this: We're sorry, new registrations will not be available for an extended period of time. Inbox.com webmail is currently being prepared for a major system upgrade and therefore all new registrations have been stopped. No further clue. What's driving me crazy is that I had a couple of accounts, but Inbox has a very short inactivity allowance, and they were terminated - and I can't renew.

3 Mar 2016, 12:20 AM	#3
ReuvenNY Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York Posts: 4,259	I have an old Inbox.com. Once in a while they would send me a warning message to login or else... Now I have an IMAP account for Inbox set in my Thunderbird and don't have to think about it anymore.

10 Mar 2016, 05:21 PM	#6
Zach Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 119	I used to use inbox.com and it's the worst service I've ever used. I was plagued by spam even though I never really gave my address out to anyone. I had trouble using it on my iPad (there's no app, AFAIK) and the graphics are generally rubbish. There was a short period where I didn't log on for as I was away then, when I came back, I found that my account had been deactivated. In fact, the service was so bad that it's what got me interested in testing loads of other providers. So far, I've found that all of them are better than inbox.com.