How many webmail accounts do you have ? - Page 2

Aeneas · 28 Jul 2004, 04:39 AM

Well, I tried to keep my ones to the minimum...

1 Oddpost (ramping down)
1 Fastmail (member)
1 Mail.ru (for Russian communications)
1 GMail (just made primary)

That's all. Had Oddpost one as a primary for a while (well, almost from their beginning), then decided to move to GMail. I kinda liked Fastmail before, actually very much so, but couple issues forced me to reconsider.

I think that a person needs only one e-mail address (why one would need more???); if anybody has more than one it means that either he got special needs or just having fun

SusanUKF · 28 Jul 2004, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sarf
Do you order 'email account' when you dine out garnished with slivers of delicate seasoned spam ?

I currently have 1 Hotmail
1 Yahoo.co.uk
1 My way.com
1 Gmail
1 zzn.com
1 M2W

ROTFLM*O!!!!!

Susan.

Webgenie · 11 Sep 2004, 01:56 PM

SusanUKF, you crack me up!

I'm a collector too; I've got:

1 Paid FastMail
1 Free FastMail
My domain e-mail at FastMail
1 PromptPost I just got today - it looks great and very promising!
1 Yahoo
2 Hotmail
1 MyWay
1 ISP
3 Neandertech
1 Digikitten
4 GMail (and plenty of invites for anyone who still wants one)
1 Rediffmail
1 Bluebottle

19! Wow!

Edit: Oops, I forgot 2

1 Justice Mail
1 Operamail

I've signed up and later dumped plenty of others, but I like knowing what is available and trying most of them. FastMail is my primary and permanent, and I use Pop Links there to check Hotmail, Neandertech, Digikitten and Bluebottle. I use PopPeeper to check MyWay, GMail and Rediffmail.

anotherJeremy · 11 Sep 2004, 02:07 PM

in order of use:

fastmail (paid member)
yahoo.com (free)
gmail
hotmail (free)
yahoo.co.jp (comes with my isp)

Several others that I check so rarely, I may have lost the accounts. Gmail has potential to move up the list if they start using IMAP. I like labels and conversation threading.

stonebow · 11 Sep 2004, 04:34 PM

two yahoo.com
one hotmail.com
one visitmail.com
three uReach.com
one nexuswebs.net
two networld.com
one myway.com
one mailblocks.com
one hugemail.com
one gmail.com
one fastmail.com
one address.com
one bluebottle.com
one spymac.com
one xmail.net
I'm a great collector as well but my regular ones are: fastmail, uReach, yahoo, nexuswebs, spymac, hotmail and networld. A host of others are not listed here.

CyberSaint · 11 Sep 2004, 09:30 PM

Okay, I'm STILL in search of the perfect web-email account that has lots of storage and features, an easy-to-use-and-say domain, and value.

To date, I have the following, in order of use:

Fastmail (best all-around)
USA.net (hard to surrender this VERY easy domain name for my computer-challenged friends)
Yahoo (classic)
Hotmail (another classic)

I cringe at all the positive comments regarding Gmail, because I will probably find myself having ANOTHER account in the future!

guillaume · 11 Sep 2004, 10:36 PM

YahooMail Plus - regular use
MSN Premium

My Way (Spam Box)
I dont count those I opened for fun and out of curiosity (mailsnare, Fastmail, spymac, Gmail, aventuremail) nor my old accounts (2-3 Hotmail, 2-3 Yahoo accounts)

fmnewbee · 11 Sep 2004, 11:48 PM

I have too many but am also too lazy to order them in terms of priority of usage.

My ISP allow us to have 5 so I have 5 there ok but I don't
account them asmore than one service then.

telia.com
IDGmail.se
Passagen .se
hotmail
yahoo
Gmail
Walla
myway
hotpop
spymac but that one seem to go paid?
Fastmail.fm
Bluebottle
Fusemail
VFEmail
SAFe-mail
postmark but migh have lost it due to me inactive
postaccesslite but may lose it due to me inactive
swissinfo.org maybe loose that one too
web.de but I deactivated it due to me not getting lang
LaPoste.fr I don't get a word so may loose it then.
nerdshack
xxos.us
unicum I don't even remember why I have it
1Go.DK free subdomain hosting for scandinavia no se dk
operamail for us who have Opera Browser and mail client
europe.com will lose it due to me inactive
shadango will lose it due to me inactive.
tmicha will lose it due to me inactive there I guess
********** don't even remember when I logged in.

25 + 3? Is it embarrassingly few or just too many ???

too many for me cause I have not time to log in.

Sure I collect them. They goes out of biz too fast.

I've had usa.net but it went paid.

Rocketmail? was bought up by yahoo

excite I lost due to me inactive.

Lycos I lost trust in due to soo much ads

spray.se too much pop up on site.

iname I lost somehow.

mymail I lost due to inactivity

but others got bancrupsy I guess.

I maybe need three or four emails services but has a hard time deciding which 4 to use.

Trew

Edited after reading cybersaint

Yikes or Ouch is the right response. Exactly how I feel about it. It is an obsession indeed. Beware.

CyberSaint · 11 Sep 2004, 11:50 PM

Yikes!! 25??? And I thought I was bad!!

boy · 12 Sep 2004, 02:02 AM

Currently I have 70, most of which are in use and about half regularly.

Reasons

An address can get spammed out. I limit the use of an address in case I have to ditch it. By keeping things separate, I have had addresses spam-free for years. Also less likely I will miss important mail or get people mixed up. By many addresses I can make comparisons of the quality of service. I like Yahoo the best for both business and personal and have 24 addresses with them, most in current use.

I use separate addresses for the following:

One used for ordering merchandise or contact when I sign up for something.. Accordingly it gets a lot of spam.

Another one for important orders where I would not want a reply lost in all the spam. Only some spam at this address.

One for ebay and ofoto. Only gets ebay and ofoto spam (so far).

One for airline tickets. Handy to keep this separate.

I need a address which can send/receive reliably messages in a certain non-Latin alphabet for my work. Plus two more for cc since any one address may lose a message or run slow. This is how I make money so I can't take a chance on missing something or getting it late.

I also do email for personal use in another non-Latin alphabet. Two more addresses in case I need them since sometimes a server is down. Plus one more for one certain correspondent.

Three for business. One is for market reports, another for discussions, another for individuals.

Mail list reception. Since I need plenty of memory plus I handle them differently, this means at least 3 more addresses.

I belong to an organization where I want all that mail to a separate address. Need two for them. Zero spam there.

I have various personal correspondences for which I use Yahoo. Yahoo is my favorite. Since photos can easily fill the memory, until recently it has been necessary to keep people separate. Also less confusing this way. Got a bunch of these addresses. Most are spam free.

Sometimes I need an address for something to satisfy as ign-up process but I don't want to bother with hearing from them. So I have 2 – 3 "wastebasket" addresses.

Some addresses fall into disuse but I keep them as long as they work okay and remain spamless. At any time I can put one into use if I suddenly need one.

My system works and having gotten used to it it takes very little effort. I maintain a masterlist to keep them straight.

CyberSaint · 12 Sep 2004, 02:34 AM

70 email addresses -- that's impressive!

I do see the point in having several different addresses. Perhaps my zeal to streamline everything into one single email address has been unwise.

Thanks!

fmnewbee · 12 Sep 2004, 04:55 AM

I've had one in my native lang but let it go into not active due to inactivity. I have an old yahoo.com that has no pop. It get too much spam even with spam filter to the highest setting.

I've had another yahoo.com that I lost due to using yahoopops.

I have one local country yahoo uk to use if I lose the old yahoo again. A kind of reserv in case

How do you do to not lose all 24 yahoo accounts. don't they care?

Are they all in different countries or do you have several on yahoo.com too. Do you pay for any of them?

Do you give your correct Dat of Birth and correct zip to all accounts.

Trew

war17 · 12 Sep 2004, 05:20 AM

I have 13 email accounts, not as many as most of you. Most of them are POP3 accessible.

To keep track, I use PopPeeper, which can automatically check unlimited number of POP3 accounts, and the more popular wemail accounts like Yahoo, Hotmal and Gmail. So I avoid signing up for webmail accounts that do not have POP3 access. I did not get a Gmail account until PopPeeper developed the capability to access it.

fmnewbee · 12 Sep 2004, 05:51 AM

what if Gmail give us who participated in Beta a free pop and no free pop to those who join after the Beta goes to first official?

It doen't cost you anything other then the sign on time.

5 minutes maybe

To have it in case Gmail get pop

thebull · 12 Sep 2004, 08:56 AM

All of them I have only one account
Lets see now I'll go in alphabetical order:
axentra
bluebottle
dwp
ezrs
gmail
graffiti
unmentionable but starts with H
inbox
mail2world
myrealbox
netrobox
postmark
omnilect
seeqmail
ureach
xmail
x-mail
xasamail
yahoo
ziplip

The most I use is mail2world for bookmarks, x-mail,
xasamail,xmail
I use alot for storage

11 Sep 2004, 01:56 PM	#18
Webgenie Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CA USA Posts: 151	SusanUKF, you crack me up! I'm a collector too; I've got: 1 Paid FastMail 1 Free FastMail My domain e-mail at FastMail 1 PromptPost I just got today - it looks great and very promising! 1 Yahoo 2 Hotmail 1 MyWay 1 ISP 3 Neandertech 1 Digikitten 4 GMail (and plenty of invites for anyone who still wants one) 1 Rediffmail 1 Bluebottle 19! Wow! Edit: Oops, I forgot 2 1 Justice Mail 1 Operamail I've signed up and later dumped plenty of others, but I like knowing what is available and trying most of them. FastMail is my primary and permanent, and I use Pop Links there to check Hotmail, Neandertech, Digikitten and Bluebottle. I use PopPeeper to check MyWay, GMail and Rediffmail. Last edited by Webgenie : 11 Sep 2004 at 11:29 PM.

11 Sep 2004, 11:48 PM	#23
fmnewbee Master of the @ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,135	is 25 too many? I have too many but am also too lazy to order them in terms of priority of usage. My ISP allow us to have 5 so I have 5 there ok but I don't account them asmore than one service then. telia.com IDGmail.se Passagen .se hotmail yahoo Gmail Walla myway hotpop spymac but that one seem to go paid? Fastmail.fm Bluebottle Fusemail VFEmail SAFe-mail postmark but migh have lost it due to me inactive postaccesslite but may lose it due to me inactive swissinfo.org maybe loose that one too web.de but I deactivated it due to me not getting lang LaPoste.fr I don't get a word so may loose it then. nerdshack xxos.us unicum I don't even remember why I have it 1Go.DK free subdomain hosting for scandinavia no se dk operamail for us who have Opera Browser and mail client europe.com will lose it due to me inactive shadango will lose it due to me inactive. tmicha will lose it due to me inactive there I guess ********** don't even remember when I logged in. 25 + 3? Is it embarrassingly few or just too many ??? too many for me cause I have not time to log in. Sure I collect them. They goes out of biz too fast. I've had usa.net but it went paid. Rocketmail? was bought up by yahoo excite I lost due to me inactive. Lycos I lost trust in due to soo much ads spray.se too much pop up on site. iname I lost somehow. mymail I lost due to inactivity but others got bancrupsy I guess. I maybe need three or four emails services but has a hard time deciding which 4 to use. Trew Edited after reading cybersaint Yikes or Ouch is the right response. Exactly how I feel about it. It is an obsession indeed. Beware. Last edited by fmnewbee : 12 Sep 2004 at 12:04 AM.

11 Sep 2004, 11:50 PM	#24
CyberSaint Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hurricane, WV Posts: 206	Yikes!! Yikes!! 25??? And I thought I was bad!!

12 Sep 2004, 02:34 AM	#26
CyberSaint Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hurricane, WV Posts: 206	Impressive! 70 email addresses -- that's impressive! I do see the point in having several different addresses. Perhaps my zeal to streamline everything into one single email address has been unwise. Thanks!

12 Sep 2004, 04:55 AM	#27
fmnewbee Master of the @ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,135	24 free yahoo accounts? Tell us more I've had one in my native lang but let it go into not active due to inactivity. I have an old yahoo.com that has no pop. It get too much spam even with spam filter to the highest setting. I've had another yahoo.com that I lost due to using yahoopops. I have one local country yahoo uk to use if I lose the old yahoo again. A kind of reserv in case How do you do to not lose all 24 yahoo accounts. don't they care? Are they all in different countries or do you have several on yahoo.com too. Do you pay for any of them? Do you give your correct Dat of Birth and correct zip to all accounts. Trew

28 Jul 2004, 04:39 AM	#16
Aeneas Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 80	Well, I tried to keep my ones to the minimum... 1 Oddpost (ramping down) 1 Fastmail (member) 1 Mail.ru (for Russian communications) 1 GMail (just made primary) That's all. Had Oddpost one as a primary for a while (well, almost from their beginning), then decided to move to GMail. I kinda liked Fastmail before, actually very much so, but couple issues forced me to reconsider. I think that a person needs only one e-mail address (why one would need more???); if anybody has more than one it means that either he got special needs or just having fun

11 Sep 2004, 02:07 PM	#19
anotherJeremy Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Japan Posts: 226	in order of use: fastmail (paid member) yahoo.com (free) gmail hotmail (free) yahoo.co.jp (comes with my isp) Several others that I check so rarely, I may have lost the accounts. Gmail has potential to move up the list if they start using IMAP. I like labels and conversation threading.

11 Sep 2004, 04:34 PM	#20
stonebow Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 82	two yahoo.com one hotmail.com one visitmail.com three uReach.com one nexuswebs.net two networld.com one myway.com one mailblocks.com one hugemail.com one gmail.com one fastmail.com one address.com one bluebottle.com one spymac.com one xmail.net I'm a great collector as well but my regular ones are: fastmail, uReach, yahoo, nexuswebs, spymac, hotmail and networld. A host of others are not listed here.

11 Sep 2004, 09:30 PM	#21
CyberSaint Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hurricane, WV Posts: 206	Okay, I'm STILL in search of the perfect web-email account that has lots of storage and features, an easy-to-use-and-say domain, and value. To date, I have the following, in order of use: Fastmail (best all-around) USA.net (hard to surrender this VERY easy domain name for my computer-challenged friends) Yahoo (classic) Hotmail (another classic) I cringe at all the positive comments regarding Gmail, because I will probably find myself having ANOTHER account in the future!

11 Sep 2004, 10:36 PM	#22
guillaume Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Paris, FRANCE Posts: 486	YahooMail Plus - regular use MSN Premium My Way (Spam Box) I dont count those I opened for fun and out of curiosity (mailsnare, Fastmail, spymac, Gmail, aventuremail) nor my old accounts (2-3 Hotmail, 2-3 Yahoo accounts)

12 Sep 2004, 02:02 AM	#25
boy Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 4	Currently I have 70, most of which are in use and about half regularly. Reasons An address can get spammed out. I limit the use of an address in case I have to ditch it. By keeping things separate, I have had addresses spam-free for years. Also less likely I will miss important mail or get people mixed up. By many addresses I can make comparisons of the quality of service. I like Yahoo the best for both business and personal and have 24 addresses with them, most in current use. I use separate addresses for the following: One used for ordering merchandise or contact when I sign up for something.. Accordingly it gets a lot of spam. Another one for important orders where I would not want a reply lost in all the spam. Only some spam at this address. One for ebay and ofoto. Only gets ebay and ofoto spam (so far). One for airline tickets. Handy to keep this separate. I need a address which can send/receive reliably messages in a certain non-Latin alphabet for my work. Plus two more for cc since any one address may lose a message or run slow. This is how I make money so I can't take a chance on missing something or getting it late. I also do email for personal use in another non-Latin alphabet. Two more addresses in case I need them since sometimes a server is down. Plus one more for one certain correspondent. Three for business. One is for market reports, another for discussions, another for individuals. Mail list reception. Since I need plenty of memory plus I handle them differently, this means at least 3 more addresses. I belong to an organization where I want all that mail to a separate address. Need two for them. Zero spam there. I have various personal correspondences for which I use Yahoo. Yahoo is my favorite. Since photos can easily fill the memory, until recently it has been necessary to keep people separate. Also less confusing this way. Got a bunch of these addresses. Most are spam free. Sometimes I need an address for something to satisfy as ign-up process but I don't want to bother with hearing from them. So I have 2 – 3 "wastebasket" addresses. Some addresses fall into disuse but I keep them as long as they work okay and remain spamless. At any time I can put one into use if I suddenly need one. My system works and having gotten used to it it takes very little effort. I maintain a masterlist to keep them straight.

12 Sep 2004, 05:20 AM	#28
war17 The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: California Posts: 3,452	I have 13 email accounts, not as many as most of you. Most of them are POP3 accessible. To keep track, I use PopPeeper, which can automatically check unlimited number of POP3 accounts, and the more popular wemail accounts like Yahoo, Hotmal and Gmail. So I avoid signing up for webmail accounts that do not have POP3 access. I did not get a Gmail account until PopPeeper developed the capability to access it.

12 Sep 2004, 05:51 AM	#29
fmnewbee Master of the @ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,135	but get Gmail now while they are in Beta what if Gmail give us who participated in Beta a free pop and no free pop to those who join after the Beta goes to first official? It doen't cost you anything other then the sign on time. 5 minutes maybe To have it in case Gmail get pop

12 Sep 2004, 08:56 AM	#30
thebull Essential Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 221	Lets see now I have 20 email accounts All of them I have only one account Lets see now I'll go in alphabetical order: axentra bluebottle dwp ezrs gmail graffiti unmentionable but starts with H inbox mail2world myrealbox netrobox postmark omnilect seeqmail ureach xmail x-mail xasamail yahoo ziplip The most I use is mail2world for bookmarks, x-mail, xasamail,xmail I use alot for storage