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brush

(57,471 posts)
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:09 AM Sep 16

DUers pls recommend best, free email service, preferrably with no strings attached...

with clear instructions for sending and retrieving emails.

Recently I got a gmail account but soon found a fee of $21.60 for something called GSuite for a business...something I don't need.

Or do free email servie still exist? I've had one with GoDaddy for over a decade because they were my web site administrators which entitled me to free email service. They cut me off though recently as they want to charge me now for 365 and I can't access my emails with them.

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DUers pls recommend best, free email service, preferrably with no strings attached... (Original Post) brush Sep 16 OP
Gmail is your best bet. IMO Dennis Donovan Sep 16 #1
Do you pay a monthly fee? brush Sep 16 #2
It's completely free. Dennis Donovan Sep 16 #4
They can be a nightmare. 2naSalit Sep 16 #7
YMMV Dennis Donovan Sep 16 #9
Only started having problems... 2naSalit Sep 16 #10
look into... Think. Again. Sep 16 #3
I agree MO_Dem Sep 16 #12
Quick list bucolic_frolic Sep 16 #5
Thanks, I'll try the and see what I find. brush Sep 16 #6
Using mail.com for a couple of years LunaSea Sep 16 #8
Thanks. I'll try it. brush Sep 16 #14
I have gmail Lulu KC Sep 16 #11
Yeah, that GSuite thing is really for business/small bussiness for several email addresses. brush Sep 16 #13
Yikes! Lulu KC Sep 16 #22
Make fun of me if you wish, but I've had multiple free AOL accounts dating back to dial-up days... hlthe2b Sep 16 #15
Ok if it works for you, but I think I'll pass. brush Sep 16 #16
Wow. I'd have preferred you had overtly mocked me. It would have been more honest. hlthe2b Sep 16 #17
Alright. You asked for it. America Online? Are you kidding? I don't need the old fogey jokes. brush Sep 16 #18
Projection much? It is YOU who just directed an "old fogey" comment toward ME! hlthe2b Sep 16 #19
I told you at first "I'll pass" but you wouldn't leave it alone. I haven't even heard the words America Online in years. brush Sep 16 #20
Which is what I provided. Do you routinely insult and ridicule those trying to help you, Brush? hlthe2b Sep 16 #21
I checked my Google account Lulu KC Sep 17 #23

Dennis Donovan

(25,503 posts)
1. Gmail is your best bet. IMO
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:15 AM
Sep 16

Always free, easy to use, accessible from PC & mobile. I've used it for 15 years without any trouble.

brush

(57,471 posts)
2. Do you pay a monthly fee?
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:17 AM
Sep 16

I don't mind something reasonable but $21 a monthy seems high. I mean they make money with the ads we put up with.

2naSalit

(92,662 posts)
7. They can be a nightmare.
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:33 AM
Sep 16

I have had a gmail account for some fifteen or more years and in the past two they have inadvertently denied me access to my account for unspecified reasons and there is nobody you can contact to rectify anything when you have a problem.

I always have trouble accessing my acct when not on my specific ISP - meaning I can't travel and use my gmail even with my own laptop. I am also looking for a new email provider since I haven't been able to access my gmail for several months and I'm pissed about it.

And there is no customer service with gmail.


2naSalit

(92,662 posts)
10. Only started having problems...
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 08:00 AM
Sep 16

In the past five or six years, they were great for a long time, now, pffft! Soon as I find a different service, I'll be dropping the google stuff, it's the only one of their products I use anymore and I am ready to dump it.

What good is an email account that you can't access?

bucolic_frolic

(46,970 posts)
5. Quick list
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:23 AM
Sep 16

Yahoo klunky, can't unlearn spam and can't block it.

GMAIL slow, annoying, worse than Linked In

Mail.com .... yes, very yes. Takes a little time to learn filtering, and adding addresses. can create sorting folders on the fly. never lost an email because it saves every draft on the fly. Free unless you need premium.

Tuto ... don't know never tried it.

Free, private, but new and not full featured: mailfence.com

LunaSea

(2,926 posts)
8. Using mail.com for a couple of years
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:35 AM
Sep 16

No complaints, easy to use. They offer their premium version at half off every holiday (15.00 a year) but free version works great.

Lulu KC

(4,182 posts)
11. I have gmail
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 08:03 AM
Sep 16

And don’t have a fee. Sometimes I see the G Suite thing pass by, but never a fee. Hmmm. Mysterious.

brush

(57,471 posts)
13. Yeah, that GSuite thing is really for business/small bussiness for several email addresses.
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 09:16 AM
Sep 16

Somehow when I was trying to get just a simple gmail account I must've clicked on a link for Google Work Space (for a business/several accounts) and they've been charging me monthly. I just got my bank to investigate to get my money back...$21.60 a month.

hlthe2b

(106,327 posts)
15. Make fun of me if you wish, but I've had multiple free AOL accounts dating back to dial-up days...
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 09:55 AM
Sep 16

While I've had trouble lately with it importing into MS Outlook, I am convinced that is an Outlook issue, so I just access AOL-mail online. No problems. And even free accounts have benefitted from their anti-spam, anti-phishing, and other features.

So, come on, DU-mockers... It has worked for me for decades. But DO change passwords frequently because your email addresses (there and everywhere) DO get published online. For that reason, pay attention to return addresses when you click on ANY email.

hlthe2b

(106,327 posts)
17. Wow. I'd have preferred you had overtly mocked me. It would have been more honest.
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 10:00 AM
Sep 16

Why, pray tell do you feel that way?

hlthe2b

(106,327 posts)
19. Projection much? It is YOU who just directed an "old fogey" comment toward ME!
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 10:10 AM
Sep 16

May I remind you what you asked DUers to provide?

DUers pls recommend best, free email service, preferrably with no strings attached...


That is what I tried to provide back to you. Take the suggestion or not, but most would find it highly ungracious to ridicule someone sincerely offering you the same. But, if it makes you feel better...

brush

(57,471 posts)
20. I told you at first "I'll pass" but you wouldn't leave it alone. I haven't even heard the words America Online in years.
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 10:28 AM
Sep 16

I just need advice on the best free email service.

Nothing else.

Lulu KC

(4,182 posts)
23. I checked my Google account
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 11:15 PM
Sep 17

If I sign out and re-sign in, it flashes "Google workplace," not suite. I have three different Gmail accounts. And I pay no fees at all, ever. I looked at Google products in the little square of dots ("Google aps&quot and I saw Google Workplace as a product.

IF you even want to stay near gmail, that is. (I'm kind of stuck there because I'm so used to the format that nothing else feels right, but I wouldn't want to pay for it, either.)

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