Why use a free mailaccount?
People use free mailaccounts
for various reasons.
Some
simply does not have an account from the
intenetprovider (maybe they don't even have
an internetprovider).
Others
creates a free e-mail-address because they
don't want to share their usual mailaddress
with just anyone.
Why hide your E-mailaddress
There are two main reason snot
to distribute your usual emailaddress
everywhere.
One
is that you might end up on various
mailinglists that willsend you hundreds of
commercialmails a day and thereby destroying
your mailaddress.
Another
big reason could be that you have entered
your real name and address along with your
usual E-mail-account in various
E-mail-catalogues. This is a useful way to
make it possible for friends to find your
e-mailaddress. But at the same time it works
the other way around for potential enemies,
and you might not want that. Say you give
your real mailaccount to someone - and later
you find out he/she is a complete psycho.
Now, the complete psycho canmake an inverse
lookup in major mailcatalogues on the net -
entering your e-mail-address, and a few
seconds later, they have your real name,
phone#, address etc. The day after you hear
the doorbell ring, and...... never mind - you
get the point.
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How do they differ?
Free mailaccounts differ in
various ways. Some offers filtering for known
mass-commercial-messengers (spammers), some
offers autorespond (so people will get a
notify if they mail you during your vacation)
and others offer various email-names (e.g.
yourname@Astronaut.Com or
yourname@Anarchy.Com etc etc.).
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Which fit my needs?
The free emails offered on the
net can be divided into three major
cathegories:
1: Webbased
After
entering password and loginname, you read and
send mails through a webpage
Use if:
You share your computer with others and dont
want them to get to see your mails by looking
in your inbox or by downloading new mails
from your server.
| PROVIDER |
MAILADDRESS |
COMMENTS |
| HotMail |
something@HotMail.Com |
Webbased only
|
| MailExcite |
something@Mailexcite.Com |
Webbased
only, Autorespond possible |
| Yahoo Mail |
something@Yahoo.Com |
Webbased only
|
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2: Forwarding
Accounts
that offers to forward incoming mail to your
real mailaccount.
Use if:
you want to hide your usual emailaddress to
the people that will send you mail,
but do not need to hide the incoming mails
from others using your own computer.
| PROVIDER |
MAILADDRESS |
COMMENTS |
| NetAddress |
something@Usa.Net |
Webbased
& Forwarding |
| NetForward |
something@something.Com |
Forwarding
only |
| Starmail |
something@something.Com |
Forwarding
only |
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3: POP3 or normal
Mailaccounts
that are read in your normal mailprogram and
sent directly to you.
Use if: You simply want a
normal mailaccount. In this case you will be
able to empty your mail using a usual
mailprogram or the mail-option in your
browser. This is much more convenient then
reading mails through a webpage.Bad thing is,
however, there is a risk that other people
using your computer takes advantage of the
convenience and read your mails.
AmexMail
A free POP3 mail-service offered by
USA.NET
CoolMail
Service that offers a free email
address, and also lets you access your
existing addresses.
Also: you can call a toll-free number from
anywhere in the US or Canada and have your
email read to you over the telephone!
Comes along with web-based mail, calendar,
groups, folders, address book and more.
Crosswinds
Free POP3 mail-address and free web
space.
Softhome
Free POP3 mail-address.
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Others&Links
Click the links below for a complete and
fresh listing of all free mailproviders:
Free
E-mail-providers
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