I can use those accounts with any mail client as well as go to iCloud.com. It is just part of the Apple ID.
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Which mail provider is the best?
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I can use those accounts with any mail client as well as go to iCloud.com. It is just part of the Apple ID.
Despite all the bad news with Yahoo hacks i dunno why people still use them, other than inconvenience of changing...
You would have t at some point, so better now, than later than there may not even (be) a later.
Gmail would be my first thought.. Not really for privacy reasons, just because they have 15Gig available space for other uses as well.
Gmail doesn't support push either on iOS Mail, unless you use their own Gmail app. At least Gmail is universal... You can use it anywhere since every platform has a Gmail app or too..
If its privacy, then you'd probably be trading 'convenience choosing which apps are available on ecah platform' for security. While Yahoo would probably be more secure than Gmail just on the privacy selling standing, they get more hacked too...
Yeah and outlook isn't that great either. So what is the next best choice after that?
GMail is not bad and is probably the standard and I love if you ever need to delete the account that it just goes away and no one can reuse that user name again.
Outlook (Hotmail), I like the nice clean simple easy to use user interface, I do appreciate that a lot. I think I may go that route only issue I have with them is if you delete the account I hear the recycle the addresses...?
(Yahoo has security issues, plus who really uses that search engine anymore.)
Outlook (Hotmail), I like the nice clean simple easy to use user interface, I do appreciate that a lot. I think I may go that route only issue I have with them is if you delete the account I hear the recycle the addresses...?
(Yahoo has security issues, plus who really uses that search engine anymore.)
Don't think that the search engine part really has much to do with the mail service offering (or really any other offering that is essentially separate/different).
I imagine many people never really "Bing'd" something either, but there are plenty that are using Outlook/Hotmail (just as there are many that use iCloud, which comes from a company that doesn't even have any type of web search or many other web services).Valid point, but I mean when is the last time you Yahoo'd something?
If you’re serious about email, nothing (I know of) beats fastmail.com
It has everything you need including personalities that support sub-domain addresses, which I find invaluable. As its name suggests, it’s very fast and there’s a big range of domain names to choose from, or use your own at the Standard or Professional level.
It’s a bit pricey and there’s no longer a free tier but every tier is 100% ad-free with no 3rd-party usage of your data. I’m a long-time member so I get very good rates based on my old subscription.
It has everything you need including personalities that support sub-domain addresses, which I find invaluable. As its name suggests, it’s very fast and there’s a big range of domain names to choose from, or use your own at the Standard or Professional level.
It’s a bit pricey and there’s no longer a free tier but every tier is 100% ad-free with no 3rd-party usage of your data. I’m a long-time member so I get very good rates based on my old subscription.
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For someone with reasonable technical aptitude, I would recommend purchasing a domain name from a reputible registrar, paying for a business email service from either Google or Microsoft, and configuring it to use your domain name. The result is modern, reliable, and secure email that works reliably from any device or from the browser.