Many platforms read your email the main ones are Microsoft and Gmail but they all do it apart from Proton Mail and a few others.
What email platform are you using?
If not listed keen to hear in the comments below.
What Email Platform Are You Using?
SpeedAU on 22/11/2024 - 00:07
Last edited 22/11/2024 - 00:52
Last edited 22/11/2024 - 00:52
Poll Options
- 209Microsoft O365 / Outlook / Hotmail
- 8Microsoft Exchange Online
- 476Gmail
- 17Zoho Mail
- 29Fast Mail
- 29iCloud Mail
- 31Yahoo Mail
- 74Proton Mail
- 4Mail.com
- 5MXRoute.com
- 18Host My Own
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I signed up to Gmail in 2005, and I'm still on 5GB of my 15GB allocation ^_^
@11112007: Every time there is a big embedded attachment in the first Email, I think all subsequent replies, that reference that same attachment, adds to the account quota. I know Google made some design/architecture choices, to encourage space to be filled up and then upsell the storage.
However, if everyone is in the Google ecosystem, then that same file "exists" in everyone's personal accounts, only as a pointer to the original file, so it's not even taking up 'actual space'.
Outlook
Have a Gmail only for phones. Never read it.Haven't researched in a while, but will be transferring across to Tuta if/when a bulk import feature exists. Otherwise will reconsider Proton.
Made the switch to Proton yesterday. Bulk importing Outlook and Gmail was quick and easy. Linking domain name also easy. Phone app a bit hit and miss until I opted into the new beta version, much better now.
Highly recommend.
Used to have some Outlook accounts, but they have a fatal flaw - you cannot turn the spam filter off, unlike in Gmail.
I have missed too many emails, because they were filtered and deleted after only 10(!) days. It's a joke.I can't believe how there aren't many complaints about this! I had enough of that stupidity and switched over to protonmail. It has a sieve function where you can add a tiny bit of code to allow everything through. At least everything comes to me now.
I've been with Gmail since it was in beta, and snagged a great username so use that as my main.
Also used to have a Hotmail one but it got locked out forever due to bots brute force login spamming it and none of the recovery options worked. 🤷♂️
I had been using outlook since the hotmail days, but just recently I absolutely HAD ENOUGH of how almost half of legit emails were going into junk and there is no way to turn off the junk filter. This was a feature that was previously available and taken away.
I looked into gmail and icloud email as alternatives but they too do not give the choice of disabling junk mail filter. I ended up going with protonmail which has that option. It has its own downsides, but at least it does its most crucial purpose right: getting emails through to me!
Seriously Microsoft et al., WHO ARE YOU to decide for me what comes through to me and what doesn't! You lost a customer of two and a half decade.
Mxroute.
Used to be a great "indie" provider but the amount of issues and downtime 2 years ago made me ditch them. Perhaps they are better now.
I've had no issues or downtime (ever?) on their Australian server.
Their status page clearly shows they have regular outages from issues, upgrades, maintenance. Perhaps ok for a personal account that you check once a day, and have low expectations. Theyre cheap for a reason.
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Also back in the 1 and 5 GB days if you maxed out your storage, it would increase by. I think it was 250 MB a day. So you could always receive new mail.