Paid email? The what? I didn’t think people used that anymore, now that there are so many free alternatives, but unfortunately some people still do. And if you’re one of them, stop, get a free email instead. It doesn’t make you look less professional at all. If you buy a website then email accounts will probably come with it, but don’t waste your server space on emails, just get a free account and let all mail get forwarded through the site address to your other one. It’s both cheaper AND more secure. Let me make a nice short list for you, with the best of the best :
gMail ( http://www.gmail.com )
Undoubtedly the largest free email service on the net, and the best, IMHO. They provide you with many GBs of space, and the counter is constantly ticking upwards in bits of storage. Unless you try using it to back up your harddrive the space will most truly never run out.
Yahoo ( http://www.yahoo.com )
Another giant, offering unlimited space and professional features. The only cache is limitations on the attachment filesize, but it’s still pretty large, so that won’t be a problem either. Second to Gmail it is the best.
Aim ( http://www.aim.com )
Not one I’d reccomend you to use, but it exists, so therefore I’ll list it. All in all it’s a good email, but many services around the net have problems sending or receiving emails from here. Why? I have no idea, but the safest choice is just using one of the above. ^
GMX ( http://www.gmx.com )
GMX is a clean and simple email provider. They have a nice interface, but not at all the features the three above giants provide with their services. Still, theyy have 5gb storage, they are fast, and they are reliable. It’s a service worth being included in this list.
Gawab ( http://www.gawab.com )
Gawab gives you the funkiest name on the market, 10GB storage space and all the features you are used to. At the time of writing, their counter claims they host 5,586,889 emailers, so they must be good. If not in interface, then creative agenda. Check them out.
Hotmail ( http://home.live.com )
Hotmail has been along for a long time. They were the ones who started the public email revolution, but because of this they haven’t been able to move along at the same pace as the other email providers. Stuck with almost all internet users since the internet first opened, gathering tons of heavy data, it’s not strange that they have – in regard to the providers above – quite many restrictions in regard to their status. They offer 5GB space and a clean and quick interface. If all else fails, you know they’ll be there.
