Larian Studios Forums General Chat Chat (Anything) HELP! reliable & free POP3 mail service needed!

calling all friend from the anti-janus movement! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

lycos UK has informed me that my e-mail's POP3 feature will be disabled 21st of this month. does anyone know of any other free e-mail service that has free POP3 feature? yahoo isn't free. hotmail has too much junk. i used to pay for POP3 mail (netaddress) but after finding out lycos UK's great free service (15MB space, free 50MB webspace, POP3 enabled), i changed.

but now, lycos UK changed its mind & i'm in quandary again. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />

so please divine dudes & dudettes, help this desperado.

btw, lycos UK offers mail sync via outlook (sucks monkey balls & attracts too much viral attention). i know eudora doesn't have mail sync feature. any good e-mail client that caters mail sync but safer & more stable than outlook?

I use myrealbox.com for a mail list.



Despite the warning, I have only had occasional problems, and then it is rare that everything isn't fine a few minutes later.


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thank u, raze.

I'm using GMX for several years now. I don't know whether it is available in English, too, but it has POP3 and a good Spam blocker / filter.

www.gmx.de

Might be something of interest here: Free POP3 Mail Services

thanks guys.

rincewind, your link is similar to that of raze's.

alrik, is gmx free & can u help me find out if it has english language support?

janggut,
If it's only about mail and not about extra stuff anymore I wouldn't even bother with pop3 anymore.
You do have a webbased account, don't you?

hi seth! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

i want POP3 only because i want to download & keep my e-mails, especially ones from friends & relatives. that's the nicest thing about POP3 for me. plus i can read my mail offline.

i hate web-based mail for the fact that i have to slog through adds & banners & stuff i don't want just to read some e-mail. it slows the whole process which should be simple in the first place. plus, most web-based mail service are trapped with spam & i no longer have patience with spam nor forwarded jokes from anybody, even friends or relatives. did i mention that i hate web-based mail?

lycos is offering mail sync which means i have to use outlook to read my mail as an alternative to web-based method. i hate that as well because outlook is a favourite among virus authors & distributors. is there any other e-mail client that can do mail sync like outlook? sync is nice for those on the move but i am not. on the move, that is.

i just want a simple service: download e-mail safely & without hassle. & of course to avoid web-based mail checking & ms outlook as much as possible.

thanks for replying.

Well... doesn't your ISP provides a mail addie?

And there is webbased mail with commercial stuff on the site (ofcourse) but without popups.

But every webbased mail has a limit ofcourse.

No need to thank me.
Specially for not much help. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I also use gmx. It's totally free, but I don't think there is an english version (gmx.com is also German).
I don't know, aren't there English services? I know some more German ones with POP3. Hey, but if you manage to struggle through the registration process, it shouldn't be a problem. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> With pop3 and smtp, I never even go to the gmx page.
With them you get 2 Email-Adresses (I use one for Forums and stuff and one for Friends), and 10MB webspace. I never had problems with them.

I THOUGHT there was also an English version of GMX, but cannot find one ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />

maybe it's called EMX?

G - german
M - mail
X- something, or maybe service

E - english
M - mail
X - something, but since alrik cannot find any evidence, so it means nothing.

the thing about me is that my ISP's e-mail service sucks monkey balls. always down & they have this stupid filter(censorshite) on as well.

any more help, people? tomorrows i won't be able to check my mail via eudora anymore & that means i have to resort to stoopid ms outlook(hackers' beloved target).

GMX is Global Message eXchange - yes, they're very global with the restriction to German-speaking people. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
I've googled a bit, and found these sites, with listings of free pop3 services.
http://freemailguide.com/free_pop3_email.html
http://www.worldofinternetcafes.de/email.html
http://www.iopus.com/guides/bestpopsmtp.htm
The last one even explains, that GMX discontinued their english language support, so Alrik remembered correctly.
As I have no experience with any of these services, I can't tell you about reliability (and mass of ads), but perhaps it helps.

thanks, flash. it's a great help.