Which email provider do you use and why?

satan_crazy · 8th September 2005, 19:11

1 hotmail (one of the early guys to register for hotmail, got myname@hotmail.com)
1 yahoo - got it when i started using the yahoo messenger
2 gmails - for mail storage

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caroholic1 · 9th September 2005, 10:14

Always use gmail for its gr8 space

carfreak · 9th September 2005, 11:04

i use rediffmail because of the connectivity speed-it is very fast.and gmail beause of its huge free storage space.though i have experienced few problems with gmail of late.
hotmail was my first e-mail id so i still keep it just in case some of my old friends want to mail me!!

idofsuresh · 11th October 2011, 20:57

It was frustrating to find all the unread mails in gmail till I found this short cut. Search for is:unread in the search window! Someone also mentioned that you could create a filter with this criteria. In theory once you create the filter you can do many actions for all the mails selected through the filter viz., delete, mark as read etc. Have not tried out this filter though.

patil · 11th October 2011, 23:16

I use gmail cos I use android phone which requires a gmail account. Further I use mail.com as I got a very simple user name with my profession i.e., lawyer.com.

deepclutch · 11th October 2011, 23:27

I have :
1 hotdak account
1 hotmail
1 rocketmail(yahoo)
2 gmail accounts

Rehaan · 12th October 2011, 16:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by idofsuresh

It was frustrating to find all the unread mails in gmail till I found this short cut. ...

Try this :

Which email provider do you use and why?-screenshot-20111012163336.png

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AvinashV · 12th October 2011, 20:02

Office id (coz no escape)
Gmail - space, simplicity & the additional features at the top of the page like documents, maps & Google news access

msdivy · 2nd August 2012, 08:06

Microsoft kills Hotmail with Outlook - Outlook.com: Hotmail reborn for a new era

http://www.outlook.com/

raj_5004 · 2nd August 2012, 12:10

I was using Hotmail till around 2-3 months back. Then a friend asked me "who uses Hotmail these days?". I was zipped. Anyways, I was irritated because of the countless spam messages I used to receive.

I switched to Gmail and am very happy. I use my Hotmail ID as my 'garbage' ID and my Gmail ID is my primary ID which is linked to my Android phone.

kannan666 · 2nd August 2012, 12:29

Office ID
Yahoo - All personal emails / statements / bills
Hotmail - My second email id opened in 1997, keeping it for senti reasons
Rediffmail - Earlier personal email, checked once in three days or so
Gmail - For googletalk only

sgiitk · 2nd August 2012, 14:26

I use my official e-mail provider. iitk.ac.in has a very good firewall and takes care of most other issues. Also, post returement you can retain the account for life. I also have gmail and yahoo accounts. I have not used the latter for ages since if your yahoo account gets hacked then there is very little you can do to get it back. I use gmail also esp. since some vendors are unhappy with two letter ids, as is mine.

dean5545 · 22nd June 2014, 17:41

The Indian Website Sify.com's e-mail service will be closed on 1st July 2014. This thread can help people with e-mail id on sify.com to transfer their contents as well as contacts to a new mail id.
At least I for one am having difficulty in doing so.

Here are some links
Sify HelpHELP

Transferring Sify mail to Gmail accountHELP

And now back to my question:
What will happen to the mails which people send me on sify mail? Is there any way I can receive them on the new e-mail address. Something like re-directing the mails.
Help will be appreciated.
Thanks
P.S. Mods could'nt find any related topics hence made a new thread.

raghu.t.k · 23rd June 2014, 07:30

Since they are closing the service, I dont think the forward facility would be available. Normally this is a service extended by the mail service. Though tedious task, its advisable to replace your latest id instead of sify mail id on all sites/contacts.

I'll wait to hear from the experts as well..

thoma · 23rd June 2014, 12:01

Slightly OT:

Proactively, does anybody know the state of rediffmail? All my bank, demat accounts and what not are linked to rediffmail. I'm following this thread.

View Poll Results: Which email provider(s) do you use and why ?
Official	23	25.84%
Yahoo	35	39.33%
Hotmail	29	32.58%
Rediffmail	9	10.11%
Rocketmail	1	1.12%
GMail	73	82.02%
Indiatimes	2	2.25%
VSNL	1	1.12%
Sify	0	0%
Other	7	7.87%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 89. You may not vote on this poll

8th September 2005, 19:11	#16
satan_crazy BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 129 Thanked: 0 Times	1 hotmail (one of the early guys to register for hotmail, got myname@hotmail.com) 1 yahoo - got it when i started using the yahoo messenger 2 gmails - for mail storage s
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9th September 2005, 10:14	#17
caroholic1 BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Delhi Posts: 407 Thanked: 31 Times View My Garage	Always use gmail for its gr8 space
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9th September 2005, 11:04	#18
carfreak BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Udupi Posts: 599 Thanked: 342 Times	i use rediffmail because of the connectivity speed-it is very fast.and gmail beause of its huge free storage space.though i have experienced few problems with gmail of late. hotmail was my first e-mail id so i still keep it just in case some of my old friends want to mail me!!
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11th October 2011, 20:57	#19
idofsuresh BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 157 Thanked: 81 Times	GMail Tip It was frustrating to find all the unread mails in gmail till I found this short cut. Search for is:unread in the search window! Someone also mentioned that you could create a filter with this criteria. In theory once you create the filter you can do many actions for all the mails selected through the filter viz., delete, mark as read etc. Have not tried out this filter though.
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11th October 2011, 23:16	#20
patil BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Shorapur Posts: 353 Thanked: 66 Times	Re: Which email provider(s) do you use and why ? I use gmail cos I use android phone which requires a gmail account. Further I use mail.com as I got a very simple user name with my profession i.e., lawyer.com.
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11th October 2011, 23:27	#21
deepclutch Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Muvattupuzha Posts: 1,165 Thanked: 162 Times	Re: Which email provider(s) do you use and why ? I have : 1 hotdak account 1 hotmail 1 rocketmail(yahoo) 2 gmail accounts
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12th October 2011, 20:02	#23
AvinashV BHPian Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Mumbai Posts: 159 Thanked: 34 Times	Re: Which email provider(s) do you use and why ? Office id (coz no escape) Gmail - space, simplicity & the additional features at the top of the page like documents, maps & Google news access
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2nd August 2012, 08:06	#24
msdivy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,815 Thanked: 2,826 Times	Re: Which email provider(s) do you use and why ? Microsoft kills Hotmail with Outlook - Outlook.com: Hotmail reborn for a new era http://www.outlook.com/
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2nd August 2012, 12:10	#25
raj_5004 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Dubai/Mumbai Posts: 5,238 Thanked: 3,138 Times	Re: Which email provider(s) do you use and why ? I was using Hotmail till around 2-3 months back. Then a friend asked me "who uses Hotmail these days?". I was zipped. Anyways, I was irritated because of the countless spam messages I used to receive. I switched to Gmail and am very happy. I use my Hotmail ID as my 'garbage' ID and my Gmail ID is my primary ID which is linked to my Android phone.
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2nd August 2012, 12:29	#26
kannan666 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: KA-02 Posts: 1,002 Thanked: 128 Times View My Garage	Re: Which email provider(s) do you use and why ? Office ID Yahoo - All personal emails / statements / bills Hotmail - My second email id opened in 1997, keeping it for senti reasons Rediffmail - Earlier personal email, checked once in three days or so Gmail - For googletalk only
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2nd August 2012, 14:26	#27
sgiitk BANNED Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gurugram Posts: 7,969 Thanked: 4,787 Times	Re: Which email provider(s) do you use and why ? I use my official e-mail provider. iitk.ac.in has a very good firewall and takes care of most other issues. Also, post returement you can retain the account for life. I also have gmail and yahoo accounts. I have not used the latter for ages since if your yahoo account gets hacked then there is very little you can do to get it back. I use gmail also esp. since some vendors are unhappy with two letter ids, as is mine.
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22nd June 2014, 17:41	#28
dean5545 BHPian Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: mumbai Posts: 812 Thanked: 1,555 Times View My Garage	Sify mail closure The Indian Website Sify.com's e-mail service will be closed on 1st July 2014. This thread can help people with e-mail id on sify.com to transfer their contents as well as contacts to a new mail id. At least I for one am having difficulty in doing so. Here are some links Sify HelpHELP Transferring Sify mail to Gmail accountHELP And now back to my question: What will happen to the mails which people send me on sify mail? Is there any way I can receive them on the new e-mail address. Something like re-directing the mails. Help will be appreciated. Thanks P.S. Mods could'nt find any related topics hence made a new thread.
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23rd June 2014, 07:30	#29
raghu.t.k BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 468 Thanked: 193 Times	Re: Sify mail closure Since they are closing the service, I dont think the forward facility would be available. Normally this is a service extended by the mail service. Though tedious task, its advisable to replace your latest id instead of sify mail id on all sites/contacts. I'll wait to hear from the experts as well..
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23rd June 2014, 12:01	#30
thoma Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kerala Posts: 1,980 Thanked: 1,447 Times View My Garage	Re: Sify mail closure Slightly OT: Proactively, does anybody know the state of rediffmail? All my bank, demat accounts and what not are linked to rediffmail. I'm following this thread.
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