E mail address

[Hopkirk]

I wish to get a new e-mail address, as I plan to change internet service providers (see my recent question)

To avoid being tied to an ISP in future, I want one that doesn't rely on me remaining a customer.

Do I have any choice other than Hotmail and Gmail?

Am I being silly not wanting to go with the giants of Microsoft and Google?

[MarkRae]

Why not just register your own domain? If you go for anything ending in .uk, it will probably cost about £6 every two years.

[cathfromsaron]

i use hotmail and have never had a problem!

i think they are all equally mr. big!

[Hopkirk]

Hotmail is Microsoft isn't it?

[craft1948]

My spare mail account is with Yahoo.

[Old_Geezer]

Probably thousands of them.
Yahoo is an obvious one. I also have one I don't use a lot at fastmail.fm. Just do a web search and I'm sure you'll find loads.

[MarkRae]

Yes it is. Why would anyone want one of these "c/o" email addresses? It's akin to giving your postal address as "c/o The Chip Shop"...

[boxtops]

You could take your pick from any of the following

http://www.skyuser.co...rum/view-isplist.html

[snags]

http://www.mail.com/mail/#.1258-header-nav1-2

[Hopkirk]

I like the mail.com that Snags suggests - my preferred address is available.

If it is free, what do they hope to get out of me?

[Nibble]

I've had a subsidiary of mail.com as an email address for the past few years, which is & has always been free - but has adverts on your inbox - as per AB. However, the mail server & service is excellent, if you don't want the adverts, then there is a premium mail box available for you for the cost of £3.99/month.

It's your choice.. ☺♥♥

[Hopkirk]

Could I reprogramme Outlook Express / Windows mail to receive @mail.com stuff, without the adverts?

[Traci66]

Mark, my postal address has been the chip shop for the past twenty years, but that's because I owned it.

[snags]

''but has adverts on your inbox''

Not if you use an Adblocker...

[Hopkirk]

Excellent, thanks Snags!

[Nibble]

Look here for mail.com
http://www.mail.com/m....348236-header-nav2-5

For Outlook

http://www.mail.com/m...t/504038-outlook.html

For Outlook Express

http://www.mail.com/m...04038-content-link1-6

[spotit3]

MarkRae, how do you go about registering your own domain?

[MarkRae]

http://hostinguk.net/domain_names.asp

[Buenchico]

My personal choice:
http://gmx.co.uk/

Chris

[MarkRae]

But it's still not "yours", Chris! It's still a third-party and, therefore, "second-class" email address...

[ChuckFickens]

That's a little snobby, MR

Although I hate seeing companies using @gmail addresses or the like (especially when it's on sign-written vans... if you're going to pay to get a van sign-written at least pay the few quid to get a domain) for the average home user having a generic email address with one of the normal providers is perfectly good enough and not second class at all.