Re: e-mail provider recommendations?

2012-02-29 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Thomas Charron writes: > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen > wrote: > > Dear GNHLUG, > > > > A couple of (non-technical) friends of mine have expressed > > a desire to move away from Google's services in response to > > the latest publicised privacy/security gaffe. The big que

Re: e-mail provider recommendations?

2012-02-27 Thread Bill Freeman
Your college or alumni association may offer a forwarder. Mine does. Since I'm an ARRL member, they, too, offer a forwarder. Those kinds of things could, however, dry up on you someday. As you can see, I'm still on gmail. Bill ___ gnhlug-discuss mail

Re: e-mail provider recommendations?

2012-02-27 Thread Thomas Charron
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Dear GNHLUG, > > A couple of (non-technical) friends of mine have expressed > a desire to move away from Google's services in response to > the latest publicised privacy/security gaffe. The big question > is "where do I go from GMail?"

Re: e-mail provider recommendations?

2012-02-27 Thread Tom Buskey
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Brian St. Pierre wrote: > You *can* do forwarding with GMail (and the others, I presume), but > you can't usually get forwarding if you use your ISP's address and > then change ISPs. > > I've had my email address (a .name) for over a decade. It redirects to wha

Re: e-mail provider recommendations?

2012-02-27 Thread Brian St. Pierre
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 1:08 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > It seems like > the obvious next line of questions, though, is: is going through > a the digital version of changing your address a significantly- > greater ordeal than the `real life moving' version? And, > if it is..., then why is it?

Re: e-mail provider recommendations?

2012-02-24 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
"Brian St. Pierre" writes: > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:41 AM, David Rysdam wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:32:43 -0500, Joshua Judson Rosen > > wrote: > >> Maybe you guys can suggest other providers, or just provide > >> some thoughts on the two I've listed above. > > > > I think a reasonab

Re: e-mail provider recommendations?

2012-02-24 Thread Brian St. Pierre
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:41 AM, David Rysdam wrote: > On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:32:43 -0500, Joshua Judson Rosen > wrote: >> Maybe you guys can suggest other providers, or just provide >> some thoughts on the two I've listed above. > > I think a reasonably protective feature should be something li

Re: e-mail provider recommendations?

2012-02-21 Thread David Rysdam
On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:32:43 -0500, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Maybe you guys can suggest other providers, or just provide > some thoughts on the two I've listed above. I think a reasonably protective feature should be something like getting their own domain name in the email address. Otherwis

e-mail provider recommendations?

2012-02-20 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Dear GNHLUG, A couple of (non-technical) friends of mine have expressed a desire to move away from Google's services in response to the latest publicised privacy/security gaffe. The big question is "where do I go from GMail?"--I don't think I'm familiar enough with the options for me to be comfort