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10 Dec 2002, 11:25 AM

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Originally posted by sheprd
Sorry you are having problems Sakura. I have been using SWISSINFO all week end with no problems, found them very fast. I could send messages to my other accounts and they would arrive by the time I logged into my other account, Maybe one minute. Yes they are a Switzerland based provider as best I can determine. Perhaps you would be willing to give them another try. Like send a lengthy message to your Swissinfo account and mail a message from it.

I used swissinfo.org for a while several months back. But some messages ended up not delivered. Sad, because I really liked swissinfo.org. But I couldn't convince myself that they were reliable. Imagine that...the Swiss unreliable! How disappointing.

mister · 14 Dec 2002, 12:08 AM

With 10MB storage and a toll free number for voicemail,this service is underrated.

ckjnigel · 14 Dec 2002, 06:09 PM

SoftHome
has a very fast & reliable SMTP server for POP clients.

K-2 · 14 Dec 2002, 09:10 PM

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Originally posted by kaptitsky

It's not banned, but I choose not to make it public either.

I'm not crazy enough to pass out the cream where anyone can pick them up.

Are you sure that it's not a banned Mail Service?

mailboy · 15 Dec 2002, 01:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by K-2

Are you sure that it's not a banned Mail Service?

It's ridiculous--like we are living in fear...when we shouldn't.

Adam Lachlan · 15 Dec 2002, 06:01 AM

Edit: Sorry, I posted a message, decided it was not appropriate so I edited it out. MAILfreak

Drencrom · 15 Dec 2002, 06:07 AM

Excuse my curiosity, but what services get banned and for what reasons?

ckjnigel · 15 Dec 2002, 07:27 AM

seems to me of paramount importance. MyRealBox is only fast when one can connect, and during prime US work hours that isn't a good bet. I tried out vfemail and find that mails take over 200 seconds to get into my yahoo inbox. High reliability would compensate. (Though slower than myrealbox, laposte is phenomenally reliable for me!)
I kinda wish this could be expanded as a voted poll with ratings for (e.g.) web features, speed, reliability, etc.

robert@fm · 15 Dec 2002, 07:38 AM

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Originally posted by Drencrom
Excuse my curiosity, but what services get banned and for what reasons?

There are six, but discussion of them is forbidden and I'm not certain that "discussion" doesn't include pointers to previous posts (even Edwin's) identifying the services or the reasons for the bans...

Note to Edwin:  As this question will inevitably keep cropping up, how about making one (locked) sticky post, possibly with pointers to relevant threads, and updating it with every newly-banned service?  Then we could save ourselves a lot of work, and the risk of getting banned ourselves, by pointing anyone who asks to that post...

kaptitsky · 15 Dec 2002, 09:56 AM

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Originally posted by Drencrom
Excuse my curiosity, but what services get banned and for what reasons?

It's my sense -- and this is only a sense -- that discussions about some services gets banned because there was a belief that those services tried to sell themselves too aggressively on this board. Banning discussion about a service seems to be seen as response to hype.

However, that banning of discussion means it's not easy to be clear about which services are banned and why, so I don't really know which and why.

OK, now I have made that clear as mud. . .

Drencrom · 15 Dec 2002, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kaptitsky

It's my sense -- and this is only a sense -- that discussions about some services gets banned because there was a belief that those services tried to sell themselves too aggressively on this board. Banning discussion about a service seems to be seen as response to hype.

However, that banning of discussion means it's not easy to be clear about which services are banned and why, so I don't really know which and why.

OK, now I have made that clear as mud. . .

Actually, I have already done search on the forum and I am pretty much familiar with what is going on. But thank u n e way.

Iced Mocha · 7 Jan 2003, 05:58 PM

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Originally posted by kchess79
Am getting fond of MyWay email. Just like excite.com, except with more space.

Hmmm, my e-mail account is at Excite.com and you're right. It's the same thing but better (because of the extra 3 MB's or so and I think personally that the interface is a little bit better). But the one thing that Ican't stand about Excite.com that I've noticed (and MyWay.com does it too) is that you can't view messages in Plain Text (and have to keep clicking on the option to send them out). This is annoying to me.

silasm0 · 7 Jan 2003, 11:49 PM

I never seen Beethoven.com's free e mail service mentioned. Why is this? I guess that it's too small. Somebody give me a reply.

kchess79 · 8 Jan 2003, 12:11 AM

I vaguely remember having a Beethoven.com account...can't remember what it was like.

I found Compustream the other day, has anyone tried that? It's interesting...reminds me a bit of Outlook!

Adam Lachlan · 8 Jan 2003, 03:36 AM

Can't even remember if I've replied to this post!

14 Dec 2002, 12:08 AM	#47
mister Essential Contributor Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 390	www.ekno.com With 10MB storage and a toll free number for voicemail,this service is underrated.

15 Dec 2002, 06:01 AM	#51
Adam Lachlan Master of the @ Join Date: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,004	Edit: Sorry, I posted a message, decided it was not appropriate so I edited it out. MAILfreak Last edited by Adam Lachlan : 15 Dec 2002 at 06:07 AM.

15 Dec 2002, 07:27 AM	#53
ckjnigel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 134	SMTP speed & reliability seems to me of paramount importance. MyRealBox is only fast when one can connect, and during prime US work hours that isn't a good bet. I tried out vfemail and find that mails take over 200 seconds to get into my yahoo inbox. High reliability would compensate. (Though slower than myrealbox, laposte is phenomenally reliable for me!) I kinda wish this could be expanded as a voted poll with ratings for (e.g.) web features, speed, reliability, etc.

7 Jan 2003, 11:49 PM	#58
silasm0 Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ohio Posts: 73	free e mail, Beethoven.com I never seen Beethoven.com's free e mail service mentioned. Why is this? I guess that it's too small. Somebody give me a reply.

14 Dec 2002, 06:09 PM	#48
ckjnigel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 134	SoftHome has a very fast & reliable SMTP server for POP clients.

15 Dec 2002, 06:07 AM	#52
Drencrom Master of the @ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ultima Thule Posts: 1,657	Excuse my curiosity, but what services get banned and for what reasons?

8 Jan 2003, 12:11 AM	#59
kchess79 Master of the @ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,142	I vaguely remember having a Beethoven.com account...can't remember what it was like. I found Compustream the other day, has anyone tried that? It's interesting...reminds me a bit of Outlook!

8 Jan 2003, 03:36 AM	#60
Adam Lachlan Master of the @ Join Date: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,004	Can't even remember if I've replied to this post!