8th December 2004, 2:41 PM
Not sure if anyone is still looking for a better e-mail address there, but I found something for those who couldnt' get g-mail.
http://www.bluebottle.com
250 MB storage, 10MB max attachment size (both ways I think), pop3/imap support, web support, VERY powerful spam filter (though it is in pretty absolute terms, I turned it off), e-mail search engine, lets you import e-mail from up to 3 other accounts, and oh yes, it's completely free.
One weakness is there's really no telling what the future holds for it. It could stay free forever like g-mail wants to do with all features intact, or turn into the mush that hotmail and yahoo turned into. However, it's a great service NOW and looks to stay that way for at least a few years more.
Anyway, as you might expect, my current address here is darkjaguar@bluebottle.com.
Okay, the one thing is setting up the account is a bit tricky. First off, they require honesty in your provided data. No "123 Fake Street", instead make up an address that sounds real :D. Otherwise, expect your account to be deleted within 6 hours.
Also, when setting up your e-mail software, you need to enable outgoing (smtp) authentication required, or it will fail. Also, you may need to change the port for smtp as well, depending on your isp, to 587 instead of 25. That's about it. One last bit, your log-on name is the entire address, not just the part before the @.
Anyway, not sure if this helps anyone else, but I had been looking for a new address for a long time and this does just fine.
http://www.bluebottle.com
250 MB storage, 10MB max attachment size (both ways I think), pop3/imap support, web support, VERY powerful spam filter (though it is in pretty absolute terms, I turned it off), e-mail search engine, lets you import e-mail from up to 3 other accounts, and oh yes, it's completely free.
One weakness is there's really no telling what the future holds for it. It could stay free forever like g-mail wants to do with all features intact, or turn into the mush that hotmail and yahoo turned into. However, it's a great service NOW and looks to stay that way for at least a few years more.
Anyway, as you might expect, my current address here is darkjaguar@bluebottle.com.
Okay, the one thing is setting up the account is a bit tricky. First off, they require honesty in your provided data. No "123 Fake Street", instead make up an address that sounds real :D. Otherwise, expect your account to be deleted within 6 hours.
Also, when setting up your e-mail software, you need to enable outgoing (smtp) authentication required, or it will fail. Also, you may need to change the port for smtp as well, depending on your isp, to 587 instead of 25. That's about it. One last bit, your log-on name is the entire address, not just the part before the @.
Anyway, not sure if this helps anyone else, but I had been looking for a new address for a long time and this does just fine.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)