Email

[slates]

i had a free email acc with orange when they became ee i lost my email acc can anyone tell me how to get it back .or how to get another email acc

[CrapAtCryptics]

Just go here and create a new account
https://login.yahoo.com/

Download an add on called "Yahoo Mail Hide Advert Panel" and that will keep your mail page clear of annoying ads.

[AB Editor]

Yahoo is a bit broken, and not often recommended. Simple, powerful email you really have two choices....

Gmail: https://accounts.google.com/SignUp

Or

Outlook: https://signup.live.com/

[AB Editor]

All options are free.

Make sure you update your AB account with your new email address!

[Buenchico]

You should be able to log into your Orange email account via this link:
http://email.orange.co.uk/
However my browser (Firefox) is reporting that the site's security certificate is out of date. If you experience the same problem it's probably safe to allow your browser to override the warning but it definitely seems to indicate that EE are no longer interested in supporting old Orange email addresses.

So it might be best to look for a new email account. The service that's incredibly popular with AB members (probably, in part, because I love it and constantly promote it here!) is GMX:
http://www.gmx.co.uk/
(Simply click 'Free Sign Up' and follow the instructions. It's dead easy!)

[slates]

thanks all

[bibblebub]

i also use gmx - n.b. all emails going to or coming from a gmail address are scanned by google

[Buenchico]

Like Bibblebub, I prefer to avoid Google's over-intrusive attentions as far as possible:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/15/gmail-scans-all-emails-new-google-terms-clarify

[bibblebub]

I found it quite risible that for years they denied what was an open secret until they finally came clean and cited security reasons for doing it; nothing to do with their commercial reasons for tracking, of course. It's like discovering that your postman/woman has been opening all you letters to see if they contained anything interesting before putting them through your letterbox.

[CrapAtCryptics]

The EE issue is a known problem - just seen this on the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35764834