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french_made · 27 Sep 2002, 02:52 AM

www.com offers a free email account with up to 7 MBs of storage space.
When I read the Terms of Service this is what I found out,

The free email Service offered by MyMail@www.com is operated through services powered by BigMailBox.com, Inc. ("BigMailBox.com"), under the terms and conditions contained in this document (referred to as "Terms and Conditions"). BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION FORM AND CLICKING THE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS set forth in this document.

1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF SERVICE
As a member of the Service you may receive product/service announcements or other member mailings from MyMail@www.com, BigMailBox.com, Inc. or third parties. When you provide a notification email address upon registration, you agree to receive email notification and other messages at that address including, without limitation, offers sponsored or delivered by BigMailBox.com, Inc. or third parties. To unsubscribe from the mailings to your web-based email account sent from or on behalf of BigMailBox.com, Inc., you must cancel your membership by following the instructions provided in your options folder.
3. MEMBER OBLIGATIONS
In consideration for this Service, you agree to provide certain information about yourself as prompted to do so by the Service, and update this information as necessary to keep it current, complete and accurate. All information requested on original sign up shall be referred to as registration data ("Registration Data"). Furthermore, you are granting BigMailBox.com and/or MyMail@www.com the right to disclose to third parties certain information about you. If any information provided by you is inaccurate, BigMailBox.com retains the right to terminate your membership and all associated rights to the Service. We may share, rent or sell your Registration Data to THIRD PARTIES as outlined in Paragraph 1. After the transfer of your Registration Data to a THIRD PARTY, Members who wish to unsubscribe from that THIRD PARTY'S emails must contact THIRD PARTY directly. Neither BigMailBox.com nor MyMail@www.com can assist you with removal of emails or solicitations from the THIRD PARTY.

mramazan · 6 Nov 2003, 01:11 PM

www.com is no more powered by "BigMailBox.com".
Thay have changed their structure and now thay DO NOT offer free accounts. All the previous free accounts has been de-activated.

6 Nov 2003, 04:28 PM

What a strange domain name! Is the address www.www.com or is it http://www.com, or is the address just .com?!

sparky752 · 7 Nov 2003, 05:21 AM

Its www.www.com

Spin · 7 Nov 2003, 05:23 AM

That is a strange domain name. To many W's

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Spin

***Edwin*** · 7 Nov 2003, 05:33 AM

It's a very clever domain to own as I bet (on average) a LOT of people type in www.com by accident at some point or another and end up at their site. In other words, they must get thousands of free visitors every day.

Spin · 7 Nov 2003, 06:48 AM

I think I typed it in just to see if it was a site.

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Spin

robert@fm · 9 Nov 2003, 02:29 AM

Another clever pair of domains I once came across is www.fishing.net, and (for MS-DOS users) www.command.com.

georgejs · 9 Nov 2003, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by robert@fm
Another clever pair of domains I once came across is www.fishing.net and (for MS-DOS users) www.command.com

Hey Robert,

www.command.com - I have not seen that screen in a LONG time. It would be a good, safe trick to play on other (ex-) DOS users. Thanks for sharing.

George

mramazan · 10 Nov 2003, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sparky752
Its www.www.com

They also claim:
www.com ... The web starts here!

mramazan · 9 Feb 2008, 12:40 AM

Just checked today and found that www.www.com is offering free service again now.

xmailer · 9 Feb 2008, 01:52 AM

Signup doesn't work for me. At least it doesn't appear to. I tried several user names but each time, after submitting my signup data and clicking on "continue" I was brought back to the main web page and although I saw no error messages, when I clicked on the login link and attempted to login, my user name/password weren't accepted.

King Of Email · 9 Feb 2008, 02:16 AM

xmailer, this www.com does not accept user names shorter than 6 characters in length, a major drawback for a free or paid email application. Thus its usefulness to me is zero. The original www.com accepted a minimum of three characters as did most free email services then and now. I had an account at www.com until they unceremoniously threw out free users. Eventually www.com went to a Google Gmail application, but now their current interface indicates that it is something else. So they went from a Gmail apps to a "superior" email platform provider? Just what would that be?

WWW.com seems to have all the drawbacks of a standard Gmail account with its username restrictions, but is not a Gmail apps? Strange. I have many Gmail apps and they do not restrict usernames like Gmail proper does. Finally, "sign up for free" is not always synonymous with a "free", no strings attached account. Also, since this service is offered by a domain registrar instead of another type of web service or pure email only provider, I'm going to bypass it because in my experince with free accounts offered by domain registration services, it won't be around that long.

Finally, it seems most usernames that fit within the parameters of this service are not available. Therefore, I cannot get back my old account or anything like it, so forget it. I'll wait for the next incarnation of this web service. Maybe they'll get it right next time.

xmailer · 9 Feb 2008, 02:48 AM

If the user names I tried were already taken, it certainly wasn't very helpful of them to simply return me to the main page without telling me that or giving me an error message of any kind. But I was only checking it out of "idle" curiosity, the only thing it might have going for it perhaps being the short, simple domain name, since I too doubted the service itself would be much to get excited about. And of course a good user name or domain name isn't worth much if it's with a service which isn't, as I've learned many times.

xmailer · 9 Feb 2008, 03:32 AM

As I was about to close the www.com window (or FF tab to be more precise), I realized an oversight I'd made, forcing me for the second time to admit with some embarrassment to the same "blunder" I made on a previous occasion, proving that the problem in this case was at the *ahem* "user end." Specifically, only having somewhat recently begun using the FireFox NoScript extension/plugin, I'd forgotten that same was enabled for this site. That is to say, that scripts were disabled, which was apparently what was preventing the registration page from functioning properly for me.

So, as reluctant as I might be to disable NoScript for a site I have little or no knowledge about, I decided to take a chance this time and did so, which enabled me to open an account, if not with a particularly good user name, given the service's restrictions on same.

As it turns out, their "new" webmail interface is an implementation of Roundcube, I'm not sure which version, and it appears to offer "unlimited" disk space. It's also by far one of the smoothest functioning implementations of Roundcube I've tried, although offhand I haven't specifically compared its available features and functioning to other implementations, but since I'm not sure I have tried many others using Firefox, I'm not sure how meaningful any comparison's I might make between them might be anyway. Nor have I done any testing at all for reliability, having thus far not tried sending or receiving any messages, although I still share somewhat the "King"'s reservations about the likely reliability/longevity, etc. of the service. But FWIW...

Edit. Initial test messages sent to/from Gmail arrived promptly and there's no tagline on outgoing messages. However, I haven't attempted to access by POP or IMAP, nor do I see any sign of any detailed information about the service at the site, so AFAIK it may be webmail only.

27 Sep 2002, 02:52 AM	#1
french_made Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Paris, France Posts: 54	www.com www.com offers a free email account with up to 7 MBs of storage space. When I read the Terms of Service this is what I found out, The free email Service offered by MyMail@www.com is operated through services powered by BigMailBox.com, Inc. ("BigMailBox.com"), under the terms and conditions contained in this document (referred to as "Terms and Conditions"). BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION FORM AND CLICKING THE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS set forth in this document. 1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF SERVICE As a member of the Service you may receive product/service announcements or other member mailings from MyMail@www.com, BigMailBox.com, Inc. or third parties. When you provide a notification email address upon registration, you agree to receive email notification and other messages at that address including, without limitation, offers sponsored or delivered by BigMailBox.com, Inc. or third parties. To unsubscribe from the mailings to your web-based email account sent from or on behalf of BigMailBox.com, Inc., you must cancel your membership by following the instructions provided in your options folder. 3. MEMBER OBLIGATIONS In consideration for this Service, you agree to provide certain information about yourself as prompted to do so by the Service, and update this information as necessary to keep it current, complete and accurate. All information requested on original sign up shall be referred to as registration data ("Registration Data"). Furthermore, you are granting BigMailBox.com and/or MyMail@www.com the right to disclose to third parties certain information about you. If any information provided by you is inaccurate, BigMailBox.com retains the right to terminate your membership and all associated rights to the Service. We may share, rent or sell your Registration Data to THIRD PARTIES as outlined in Paragraph 1. After the transfer of your Registration Data to a THIRD PARTY, Members who wish to unsubscribe from that THIRD PARTY'S emails must contact THIRD PARTY directly. Neither BigMailBox.com nor MyMail@www.com can assist you with removal of emails or solicitations from the THIRD PARTY.

6 Nov 2003, 01:11 PM	#2
mramazan Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Pakistan Posts: 416	www.com FOR FEE www.com is no more powered by "BigMailBox.com". Thay have changed their structure and now thay DO NOT offer free accounts. All the previous free accounts has been de-activated.

9 Feb 2008, 12:40 AM	#11
mramazan Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Pakistan Posts: 416	free service started Just checked today and found that www.www.com is offering free service again now.

9 Feb 2008, 02:16 AM	#13
King Of Email Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 622	WWW.com? xmailer, this www.com does not accept user names shorter than 6 characters in length, a major drawback for a free or paid email application. Thus its usefulness to me is zero. The original www.com accepted a minimum of three characters as did most free email services then and now. I had an account at www.com until they unceremoniously threw out free users. Eventually www.com went to a Google Gmail application, but now their current interface indicates that it is something else. So they went from a Gmail apps to a "superior" email platform provider? Just what would that be? WWW.com seems to have all the drawbacks of a standard Gmail account with its username restrictions, but is not a Gmail apps? Strange. I have many Gmail apps and they do not restrict usernames like Gmail proper does. Finally, "sign up for free" is not always synonymous with a "free", no strings attached account. Also, since this service is offered by a domain registrar instead of another type of web service or pure email only provider, I'm going to bypass it because in my experince with free accounts offered by domain registration services, it won't be around that long. Finally, it seems most usernames that fit within the parameters of this service are not available. Therefore, I cannot get back my old account or anything like it, so forget it. I'll wait for the next incarnation of this web service. Maybe they'll get it right next time.

9 Feb 2008, 03:32 AM	#15
xmailer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 5,485	ahem Correction As I was about to close the www.com window (or FF tab to be more precise), I realized an oversight I'd made, forcing me for the second time to admit with some embarrassment to the same "blunder" I made on a previous occasion, proving that the problem in this case was at the ahem "user end." Specifically, only having somewhat recently begun using the FireFox NoScript extension/plugin, I'd forgotten that same was enabled for this site. That is to say, that scripts were disabled, which was apparently what was preventing the registration page from functioning properly for me. So, as reluctant as I might be to disable NoScript for a site I have little or no knowledge about, I decided to take a chance this time and did so, which enabled me to open an account, if not with a particularly good user name, given the service's restrictions on same. As it turns out, their "new" webmail interface is an implementation of Roundcube, I'm not sure which version, and it appears to offer "unlimited" disk space. It's also by far one of the smoothest functioning implementations of Roundcube I've tried, although offhand I haven't specifically compared its available features and functioning to other implementations, but since I'm not sure I have tried many others using Firefox, I'm not sure how meaningful any comparison's I might make between them might be anyway. Nor have I done any testing at all for reliability, having thus far not tried sending or receiving any messages, although I still share somewhat the "King"'s reservations about the likely reliability/longevity, etc. of the service. But FWIW... Edit. Initial test messages sent to/from Gmail arrived promptly and there's no tagline on outgoing messages. However, I haven't attempted to access by POP or IMAP, nor do I see any sign of any detailed information about the service at the site, so AFAIK it may be webmail only. Last edited by xmailer : 9 Feb 2008 at 03:52 AM.

6 Nov 2003, 04:28 PM	#3
Guest Posts: n/a	What a strange domain name! Is the address www.www.com or is it http://www.com, or is the address just .com?!

7 Nov 2003, 05:21 AM	#4
sparky752 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 118	Its www.www.com

7 Nov 2003, 05:23 AM	#5
Spin The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Tampa, FL (Cincinnati, OH in the Summer) Posts: 2,446	That is a strange domain name. To many W's ___________ Spin

7 Nov 2003, 05:33 AM	#6
*Edwin* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: UK Posts: 3,118	It's a very clever domain to own as I bet (on average) a LOT of people type in www.com by accident at some point or another and end up at their site. In other words, they must get thousands of free visitors every day.

7 Nov 2003, 06:48 AM	#7
Spin The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Tampa, FL (Cincinnati, OH in the Summer) Posts: 2,446	I think I typed it in just to see if it was a site. _____________ Spin

9 Nov 2003, 02:29 AM	#8
robert@fm The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 4,681	Another clever pair of domains I once came across is www.fishing.net, and (for MS-DOS users) www.command.com.

9 Feb 2008, 01:52 AM	#12
xmailer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 5,485	Signup doesn't work for me. At least it doesn't appear to. I tried several user names but each time, after submitting my signup data and clicking on "continue" I was brought back to the main web page and although I saw no error messages, when I clicked on the login link and attempted to login, my user name/password weren't accepted.

9 Feb 2008, 02:48 AM	#14
xmailer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 5,485	If the user names I tried were already taken, it certainly wasn't very helpful of them to simply return me to the main page without telling me that or giving me an error message of any kind. But I was only checking it out of "idle" curiosity, the only thing it might have going for it perhaps being the short, simple domain name, since I too doubted the service itself would be much to get excited about. And of course a good user name or domain name isn't worth much if it's with a service which isn't, as I've learned many times.