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Thread ID: 145310	2017-09-29 02:24:00	Any preferred web hosting email providers	Laggard (17509)	PC World Chat

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1439972	2017-09-29 02:24:00	I've given up on g-mail, once you get into trouble with it you find you have to learn a new language. The g-mail system is anything but simple! in addition unless you have a predetermind problem as defined by Google there seems to be not one iota of support, even the robots are silent. Anyway I am looking for a reliable, well run(secure) web hosted email provider that does private email accounts. On a quick search there seems quite a lot available and I guess that means a few cowboys, so has anyone got any recommendations ?	Laggard (17509)
1439973	2017-09-29 02:59:00	Outlook the old hotmail I have that and g mail both easy to use and simple to setup	gary67 (56)
1439974	2017-09-29 03:45:00	Maybe give gmail another go and ask your specific problems here . I’ve been using gmail (well google apps actually) for years . I just use their web site for email . Can’t be bothered with clients . I also have it on iPad and iPhone with it syncing not just email but calendar and contacts between the 3 of them .	psycik (12851)
1439975	2017-09-29 04:11:00	Yea what's wrong with the gmail system? I've been on it since it was in Beta before they opened it to the public, and never had an issue.	CYaBro (73)
1439976	2017-09-29 05:07:00	[QUOTE=CYaBro;1266740]Yea what's wrong with the gmail system? I've been on it since it was in Beta before they opened it to the public, and never had an issue.[/QUOTE Hi Guys, Basically I would like the gmail in my phone and the gmail in my computer to totally ignore each other! I don't want the data from my PC accessible on the phone, and vice versa,besides it does chew up data! Plus this would simplify use. I keep getting messages about new signins from google as well. every time something goes wrong it takes age's to find the right place to fix it. the new PC account has been resurrected at leased twice. There just isn't any instructions at all about different set-ups or even a user manual. Basically I don'y want bells and whistles, just a SIMPLE email account I came to the conclusion paying a few dollars would get me an simple account that just behaved predictably, plus permanent email in case I wish to change my ISP.	Laggard (17509)
1439977	2017-09-29 08:15:00	First, get a lot of stamps, envelopes and paper. Look for a typewriter. Prepare to go out in the rain to find out if you have mail. It is simple, PLUS at no extra cost it is slow, cumbersome and unreliable, but at least the junkmail is not of the pop-up variety. (Although junk mail may push your preferred mail out onto the lawn, where snails will graze on it.)	R2x1 (4628)
1439978	2017-09-29 08:52:00	First, get a lot of stamps, envelopes and paper. Look for a typewriter. Prepare to go out in the rain to find out if you have mail. It is simple, PLUS at no extra cost it is slow, cumbersome and unreliable, but at least the junkmail is not of the pop-up variety. (Although junk mail may push your preferred mail out onto the lawn, where snails will graze on it.) Nah, too complex, slow, and ads galore(paper ones). In addition the service is being run down, and prices are escalating:)	Laggard (17509)
1439979	2017-09-29 19:15:00	Basically I would like the gmail in my phone and the gmail in my computer to totally ignore each other! I don't want the data from my PC accessible on the phone, and vice versa,besides it does chew up data! I keep getting messages about new signins from google as well. Then use POP instead of IMAP. You will then only get the email to whichever device connects to it first. The notifications are not an issue really, it's a notification, not an issue you need to respond to. If you use 2 devices to view the same email account, it won't matter ho you use to do it, the issue will be the same.	pctek (84)
1439980	2017-09-30 07:50:00	Then use POP instead of IMAP. You will then only get the email to whichever device connects to it first. The notifications are not an issue really, it's a notification, not an issue you need to respond to. If you use 2 devices to view the same email account, it won't matter ho you use to do it, the issue will be the same. Thank you pctec, and others. I have followed you advice and things seem to have sorted themselves out now!:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap I would mention someone could have a wildly popular web site explaining how g-mail works and solutions to common problems, especially if it was in plain english !!!	Laggard (17509)
1439981	2017-10-01 06:37:00	Gmail works no differently to any other email service, whether that is a 3rd party one or an ISP one. If using 2 devices, generally you are told to use IMAP, which means the mail stays on the server always, so that it will download to your PC, and also to your phone. Or whatever devices you use. The disadvantage is, the mail is still on the server....until whenever it might be set to clear, if it is at all, or you log into the server itself and delete them manually. If you don't, your mailbox ends up full and people sending will get a bounce message and you get no new mail. The advantage is, you get your emails to both devices, which some people like for god knows what reason. But then loads of people collect emails, and never delete anything....some king of hoarding disease really. POP means it downloads - off the server - onto whichever device connects first. You then connect with the other device, too bad, the mail already downloaded and deleted off the server. They all work like that. Gmail is good because they have an excellent spam filter, rarely have issues with the servers and have quite a good amount of storage - well, if you're into loads of storage	pctek (84)
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