Can you recommend some good free web-based e-mail accounts other than Yahoo, Lycos, and Hot Mail?
Answer Hello. In my opinion the terms “good” and “free” rarely go together so if you insist on “free” then you have to be willing to accept some tradeoffs. Most free email accounts have a number of disadvantages including: – limited storage space for messages on the server – limited size for file attachments and/or individual messages – no service guarantee, can often be down for maintenance or intermittently unreliable – little or no technical support – increased spam – advertisements included in the webmail and/or appended to the bottom of your messages – fewer advanced features and customizable settings – incompatible with common programs such as Outlook – domain name and/or email addresses which change over time – free service which hooks you for a while and then they sell off to another company or start charging you later If you are willing to accept some or all of the above then you might want to checkout Google’s version of free email. I don’t use free email service but if I did
