misfish Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) I dumped my yahoo email account as I was getting spam issues with it. So I need to set up a new one. Who is the safest (if any ) email site to use? Thanks Edited April 1, 2015 by Brian B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adempsey Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 It's usually not your host, but where you type your email address in. I have five different emails, all on Gmail. The ones I don't use for logins etc.., I don't get spam with. Keep it private and should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Cheap viagra or is Olga going to try and make your Johnson go faster.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Its best to have two or more accounts. One that you use for general interney stuff like signing up to forums and another for personal emails that you dont hand out freely. Gmail is pretty good ive found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted April 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Ok Im set up on GMAIL and it,s working. I was surprised to see all my vids I loaded onto you tube,but was told it,s all owned by the same. Google. Just trying to figure out how to add contacts. Theres this circle thing. I dont want to give others access to my personal contacts emails . What happen to simple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 it went out of style with the pet rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted April 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 So is it normal for it to open when I open say this site? I get Gmail and OFC on two different pages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) it went out of style with the pet rock Talk on the radio this morning was the inventor passed away, but given the day who knows. Edited April 1, 2015 by kickingfrog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted April 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Ok now I have the problem when I open OFC, I go to this thread. Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted April 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Ok now I have the problem when I open OFC, I go to this thread. Unreal. Now all is back to normal. Open OFC and it shows alone, No added page. Good thing cuz I have good friday ham to get boiled and baked, Soup base to be done after that. Busy busy busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 You'll get spam with any email, that's what junk filters are for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 I like to maintain a simple life. I went with Xplornet as the provider and just use the system they provided. I have never gotten a spam email in the 3 years I've been using it. My wife has a G mail address, xplornet and another one I can't recall. No spam on her xplornet either. The other 2 yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister G Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Switched from Hotmail to Gmail many years ago.....WHY, one day all my emails that I saved were GONE.....EVERYTHING Gone........screw Hotmail. And if you deleted something from Hotmail there was no recovery, at least back then. Spam filter IMHO is excellent with Gmail. I rarely get a Spam in my inbox but if you check the Spam file it loaded. And I love the calendar it has that emails me every morning with events, appointments, etc for that day. Also love Google search it has that I can just speak what I want instead of typing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Field Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 As mister G stated the spam filter on gmail is great and spam is emptied automatically after 30 days. I actually get less spam in yahoo, which I only use for joke emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Guess I'm the only one that still uses an email client like Outlook and keeps my mail on my computer rather than leaving it on some server somewhere out there. Have it set to delete any mail off the server once it is downloaded to my PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister G Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Guess I'm the only one that still uses an email client like Outlook and keeps my mail on my computer rather than leaving it on some server somewhere out there. Have it set to delete any mail off the server once it is downloaded to my PC. So if your PC crashes you have nothing ? ? ? Also you can not access your email if you don't have "your" computer with you ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 So if your PC crashes you have nothing ? ? ? Also you can not access your email if you don't have "your" computer with you ? ? ? Maybe I'm not understanding,but I can access hotmail by smart phone as well.No spam,automatically goes to junk.It's a outside mailbox,why would you not be able to get it back?.My computer crashed 5 years ago,I could still access and check my account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 So if your PC crashes you have nothing ? ? ? Also you can not access your email if you don't have "your" computer with you ? ? ? Been at this long enough to know to back up anything important, heck, I remember backing up a 80 meg Hard Drive on 3 1/2 inch floppies on a DOS machine. I can access any new email online from anywhere, only my main desktop at home has the Email client that stores and then wipes what is there. I have in storage address books and email files from over 10 years ago on an external, when I get a new PC I save the addresses and emails and transfer to the new machine, keeping the zipped type files as insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Been at this long enough to know to back up anything important, heck, I remember backing up a 80 meg Hard Drive on 3 1/2 inch floppies on a DOS machine. I can access any new email online from anywhere, only my main desktop at home has the Email client that stores and then wipes what is there. I have in storage address books and email files from over 10 years ago on an external, when I get a new PC I save the addresses and emails and transfer to the new machine, keeping the zipped type files as insurance. Sounds like you you have it all figured out Dave!!You just reminded me to back my stuff on the external today.Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Been at this long enough to know to back up anything important, heck, I remember backing up a 80 meg Hard Drive on 3 1/2 inch floppies on a DOS machine. I can access any new email online from anywhere, only my main desktop at home has the Email client that stores and then wipes what is there. I have in storage address books and email files from over 10 years ago on an external, when I get a new PC I save the addresses and emails and transfer to the new machine, keeping the zipped type files as insurance. Ok stop confusing me please.LOL Thanks for all the help here. Gmail seems to be working fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icedude Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Heck-easily confused myself-and that is on a good day-lol Could never get that Google Mail thang to work correctly--for me Not a luddite-also not tech savvy--maintain a Bell and Rogers account--Spam Free on both accounts Every success with Gmail bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Gmail is the worst...their systems read your emails and they advertise based on what you type. It's just as bad as facebook for mining your thoughts. I went with vianet.ca. It's a super-low-tech email with no intent of information mining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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