Who do you use for email?

Randomface74

Randomface74

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Back in the day I used Hotmail but my address got used as a from address on a load of spam and MS shut my account and wouldn't speak to me. Since then I've had my own domain with Fasthosts and used their email service - so I'm in control of it and nobody can shut me down.

I also made use of the catchall feature - so I give different email addresses to every site, so if they leak it I know, and if I want to block them I can. I am finding more recently that my replies to these emails get rejected because my from address isn't the same address they have on record. It's a bit annoying they assume that, but it's making me think I need to rework my email arrangement so I only use one address.

I've also been having issues with Fasthosts specifically, just endless annoying issues, webmail breaks, Outlook breaks, email encryption breaks, etc. I pay them £6/mo and it's starting to feel like poor value.

So I'm fielding options. Who do you use for email? Why? How do you rate them? How do you manage spam?
 
I setup my own exchange server as I do not want my personal mail on some data center that I don't know about. It's all stored locally.

I use a postfix server for managing spam
 
Must confess, like with people who live in caravans. While not every incoming e-mail with a Hotmail address is riddled with more Viri than an Eritrean prostitute, a sufficiently high number of them are so as to make none of them worth opening! :p
 
Orionaut said:
Must confess, like with people who live in caravans. While not every incoming e-mail with a Hotmail address is riddled with more Viri than an Eritrean prostitute, a sufficiently high number of them are so as to make none of them worth opening! :p
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You seem to have some experience with Eritrea. Can you can get me a domain there? Been trying for years... :p
 
Office365 with my own domain for important stuff, personal contacts, etc

Hotmail for general use, online shopping, subscribing to forums, etc
 
Gmail/Google Apps with my own domain. Have my address set as a catch-all and give every website a unique address for the same reasons as yourself.

I like the Gmail interface. I have a bunch of rules/filters which places the majority of expected legit incoming emails appropriate into labels/folders.

I have to say that I can't remember the last spam email which landed in my inbox - they do a great job at capturing them. I do get a few legit emails which are meant for other people land in my inbox though (I own a first-name domain, which people seem to happily use for signing up to things!).

I'm started being a little more security/privacy focused over the past few months so I'm on the look out for a new provider given all the press Gmail/Google gets.

billysielu said:
I am finding more recently that my replies to these emails get rejected because my from address isn't the same address they have on record. It's a bit annoying they assume that, but it's making me think I need to rework my email arrangement so I only use one address.
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I get around this with Gmail by adding an alias, which you can use to send/reply from (e.g. if your 'root' address is [email protected], you can add [email protected] as an alias then send from that if corresponding with Amazon).
 
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