Re: newsletter topic free email accounts

GeorgeTH · 2004-11-19, 05:58 PM

I'm sorry, but I'll keep on using my free email, and there are at least a dozen reasons for free email accounts:

1. convenience: I can check my mail anywhere without any problems! I have been many times overseas during my webmaster years, and a yahoo/hotmail (or in my case gmx.net) email account can easily be checked anywhere without arousing any suspicion!
2. I feel confident opening my emails at friends' places or in internet cafes, even if people around me are not supposed to know about the adult stuff.
3. one time before travelling I had set up a mail server on my domain, only to find that in many internet cafes their 'adult filtering software' blocked my entire domain, meaning mail too!
4. at least with this knowledge that I can easily access my mail from anywhere I will not miss anything important (like un-authorised domain changes, etc.)
5. for this reason I'm rather worried that with a few sponsors I was forced to use my domain based email, because at time I can't access it, and might miss things like sudden changes in conditions or (worse!) changed link syntax for all sites (we had that happen before!)
6. forget ISP based emails! In my case I have stopped using any ISP mail in 1997, after my third ISP move. In 1999 I went through 6 (that's SIX) ISPs in one year = 6 times changing email address - no, thanks!
7. consistency: I have the same 2 free email accounts for years now! They're reliable and safe!
8. spam filtering: most good free emails offer excellent free spam filtering, so I don't have to wade through tons of unwanted emails to find the few important ones.
9. spam avoidance: so many bots screening boards like this for email addresses; I'd rather have my 'free email' spidered than one at my domain. Same applies to worms, because I know that emails at my free email account are screened by the latest virus scanner available.
10. lazyness: my free email account holds mails only for 3 days in the spam folder, for 2 months in the in-box. If I haven't forwarded them then they're simply deleted and gone for ever! At least I don't have to bother going through my mail box every few weeks and deleting all the trash - they do it for me...
11. I know of sponsors who are incredibly slow with any change of address. In 2000 Trafficcash took over 3 months to change my mailing address, sending all checks to an outdated address in Germany, from where I had to get them to Australia. Imagine a change of home address combined with a change of email address: such a case you would never get sorted (because the emails would go to the wrong address, too).
12. this year when I went to Europe I simply forgot to take the password for my domain based email account - and couldn't access it for over 9 weeks! What 'professional impression' does that leave, if I don't answer my emails that long?
13. I could go on - but I've filled the first dozen easily

2004-11-19, 05:58 PM	#1
GeorgeTH Don't let a programmer design your front-end pages! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: currently on the road in CA Posts: 781	Re: newsletter topic free email accounts I'm sorry, but I'll keep on using my free email, and there are at least a dozen reasons for free email accounts: 1. convenience: I can check my mail anywhere without any problems! I have been many times overseas during my webmaster years, and a yahoo/hotmail (or in my case gmx.net) email account can easily be checked anywhere without arousing any suspicion! 2. I feel confident opening my emails at friends' places or in internet cafes, even if people around me are not supposed to know about the adult stuff. 3. one time before travelling I had set up a mail server on my domain, only to find that in many internet cafes their 'adult filtering software' blocked my entire domain, meaning mail too! 4. at least with this knowledge that I can easily access my mail from anywhere I will not miss anything important (like un-authorised domain changes, etc.) 5. for this reason I'm rather worried that with a few sponsors I was forced to use my domain based email, because at time I can't access it, and might miss things like sudden changes in conditions or (worse!) changed link syntax for all sites (we had that happen before!) 6. forget ISP based emails! In my case I have stopped using any ISP mail in 1997, after my third ISP move. In 1999 I went through 6 (that's SIX) ISPs in one year = 6 times changing email address - no, thanks! 7. consistency: I have the same 2 free email accounts for years now! They're reliable and safe! 8. spam filtering: most good free emails offer excellent free spam filtering, so I don't have to wade through tons of unwanted emails to find the few important ones. 9. spam avoidance: so many bots screening boards like this for email addresses; I'd rather have my 'free email' spidered than one at my domain. Same applies to worms, because I know that emails at my free email account are screened by the latest virus scanner available. 10. lazyness: my free email account holds mails only for 3 days in the spam folder, for 2 months in the in-box. If I haven't forwarded them then they're simply deleted and gone for ever! At least I don't have to bother going through my mail box every few weeks and deleting all the trash - they do it for me... 11. I know of sponsors who are incredibly slow with any change of address. In 2000 Trafficcash took over 3 months to change my mailing address, sending all checks to an outdated address in Germany, from where I had to get them to Australia. Imagine a change of home address combined with a change of email address: such a case you would never get sorted (because the emails would go to the wrong address, too). 12. this year when I went to Europe I simply forgot to take the password for my domain based email account - and couldn't access it for over 9 weeks! What 'professional impression' does that leave, if I don't answer my emails that long? 13. I could go on - but I've filled the first dozen easily __________________ Have a nice day!