free email account?

[mg17475]

I am after a free email account any ideas?

[spaced]

www.hotmail.com
www.yahoo.co.uk
www.excite.com
www.orange.com

Google is a fantastic thing you know

[Ethel]

Gmail is excellent

[fo3nix]

Get Gmail.

[Buenchico]

I always use Gawab. It's an excellent service, which allows you to send and receive your mail both via web access and through an e-mail client, such as Outlook Express.

To create an account, go here:
http://www.gawab.com/webfront/main.php
Click 'more countries and cities' and choose the domain name you'd like as part of your e-mail address. (Gawab is based in Egypt, so the selection is mainly based around the countries of that area. I usuallly select either '@gawab.com' or '@alex4all.com'.

Work your way through the instructions, to set up the account. (When you get to the bit about whether you'd rather not see certain types of advertising content, just tick the lot. Then your incoming and outgoing mails are ad-free).

When you've set up a web-based account, send yourself a mail, to check that it's working.

Then open Outlook Express and go to Tools > Accounts, to set up a new account, based on this information:
http://gawab.info/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_ a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=4&nav=0,21,22

Chris

[Buenchico]

PS: Others are suggesting GMail. There's currently a campaign (which I support) to get Google to suspend GMail until they resolve potential privacy issues. See here:
http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/GmailLetter.ht m

Chris

[fo3nix]

The privacy rights issue with Gmail is a load of rubbish, btw. Every other provider scans your mail too. Google just make use from the data to target adverts at you. No human ever reads your data, it's all machine handled.

[mg17475]

thanks all, The gmail looks good, Plus its the only one my work hasnt blocked yet so i can accessemail all day !!

[Ethel]

Gmail also acts as a pop server (like Outlook) and will 'fetch' your emails from up to 5 other accounts.

I use it to access all my blueyonder emails. And very very easy to set up.