Shiny new e-mail address

[peteyoung]

A couple of days ago my e-mail ISP crashed and burned yet again: I can't download mail using POP3, which I have learned through painful experience is the first warning sign that things are about to get much worse. That's now three times in the last year, and each time it took them at least a month to fix, each time with the S.O.B. that they're

Comments

[johncoxon]

With Gmail, my overriding experience is that although I get 300 spam e-mails a day (my address is on Usenet, so it's not surprising), it all goes into my Spam folder and I extremely rarely get any through to my Inbox. Google appear to have a kickass spam filter.

[lamentables]

Very happy with gmail - virtually spam-free - and I can't think of any downsides. I've found that you don't need to use 'googlemail' in the address, and that 'gmail' will reach you.

[miramon]

I've found gmail to be very good. You do occasionally have to check the spam, but I haven't had any false positives for quite a while now.

[peteyoung]

I've just looked in the spam folder and found a very dodgy one from a Victor F. Gonzalez. Could it be...??

[dfordoom]

As others have said, their spam filter actually works. I find gmail to be exceptionally reliable, very easy to use and pretty much trouble-free. I now use it for 99% of my email needs.

[peteyoung]

Great. All you need now is a Mac... ;)

[bohemiancoast]

Splendidly reliable, great spam filter, accessible anywhere (except my work which blocks it), fast. I use gMail for everything.