What is Digg?79 Comments
- kilps, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27The google cache got it though ... http://209.85.135.104/search?hs=sUq&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.our-picks.com%2Farchives%2F2006%2F12%2F05%2F6-e-mail-accounts-worth-having-and-why%2F&btnG=Search
- CapeKid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21If only he knew of one web host that was worth having.
- smilf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14If you didn't know about 10minute mail, it's a nice thing to make use of. Or you could go the way of just having a email for spam and collect viruses. :)
- fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17GMail
Why?
Simple. Because Yahoo! and GMail are the largest rivals out there, and they will always compete for your appreciation, by giving you newer, cooler things. As opposed to Yahoo’s mail system, GMail has the advantage of controlling several e-mail addresses from the same account, a larger storage space (almost 3.0GB; if that doesn’t satisfy you, what will?), and a better interface. The one slight disadvantage is that you can’t register your account directly from the website, you have to be invited by a friend. But don’t worry, there’s bound to be somebody willing to help (if not, ask me and I’ll invite you). - fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15The world’s longest Alphabetical Email Address
Why?
Because it’s funny as hell. Even as they advertise it: everybody will think your e-mail account is bogus; email software cannot be configured; web forms are unable to read your email address; people have a hard time even typing your address. Let’s be honest, it’s not meant to be effective, it’s meant to be funny. And it is. What’s the address, you ask? Let me take a deep breath. Here it goes: http://www.abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com/ . Woah. - revmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9honestly, i rather just use dodgeit.
- RedViper1999, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Yeah, that's what I do, my spam email gets hit with 200 emails a day, its nuts. I'm afraid to even open it.
- anonatron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Huh, maybe they should be less worried about email and more worried about hosting.
- fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Yup, Klingons will sing songs about this failure one day.
- fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -3/+910 Minute Mail
Why?
Because it’s simple and very very useful! Did you ever find yourself wanting to register an account somewhere, and that somewhere asked for your e-mail address to confirm something? You know you’re gonna get spammed by doing it, but you don’t have any choice - you need that account now; maybe in ten minutes you won’t, but you will now. That’s where the 10 minute mail comes in handy. Go there, register an account (a random one will be provided), the confirmation will come, and you won’t have any problem registering your account. After that - the e-mail is just deleted, no questions asked. If you still need some time, it can be extended by another 10 minutes, and another 10 minutes, and another 10 minutes, for as long as you need. - webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Yeah, except...
Dear Mehan:
Here is your account name and password.
Name: kotoff
Password: qwaszx
If you have not done so already, you may return to photoSIG:
http://www.photosig.com
and sign in with this information. - fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9What the article said... (as the spam filter allows)
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6 E-mail accounts worth having, and why.
December 5th, 2006
I’m not going to start off like everyone else, saying that we live a time when anybody needs an e-mail address, because technology is advanced, blah, blah, blah… If you’re reading this, you surely have an e-mail address and you know what it’s all about, so I’m not going to explain the principles of electronic communication.
Lately, I’ve seen an explosion of websites that offer e-mail services, just to get some extra visitors, or some recognition, but I myself don’t even bother checking them out, because I think they’re all the same.
If you’re the type of person that likes innovative and diverse things, you might want to read what follows. Each person should have, in my opinion, at least one of the following six e-mail accounts: - timlee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I just signed up at the abcdefghi...f.com mail and sent an email to a random address I generated at 10minutemail.com. It's been over 10 minutes and still nothing.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@revmonkey:
everyonce in a while a site will ban dodgeit and mailinator,,, so it is always good o have more disposible mail. - shelle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Hotmail was a freakin spambucket for me. It's what drove me to Gmail, whose spam filters are at least decent and catch 99% of my spam.
- stray, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'd had a Hotmail account since back in the day (mid-1990s), but Gmail ultimately wooed me away.
Hotmail was juat way, way, WAY too much of a spam magnet. Their junk filters suck(ed), so lots and lots of spam would get past the Junk folder into the Inbox. With Gmail, I get maybe one message a month that gets past the spam filters. That's an easy decision.
That's superior spam protection. - johnwc723, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I think the idea of 10 minute mail is great, excellent find!
- austindkelly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3goowy.com is freaking sweet! never heard of it, but this might just replace the 12 tabs i have open right now.
- marnaq, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5recursive digg effect! :-O
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3As soon as he said the Yahoo Mail beta was cool, he got Dugg down as lame.
- fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'm a bit partial to:
www.gawab.com
Free POP/SMTP/IMAP access in addition to a decent webmail interface.
www.nerdshack.com
Free POP/SMTP access (but no "From:" spoofing). "A nerdshack.com e-mail account comes with our pledge to protect your privacy, and respect your time. This site serves as a direct reaction to the corporate portals which have actively chosen to trade your privacy for their profit."
www.myrealbox.com -- was good, not accepting new users anymore, though. - fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I could have, and it certainly would've been easier than fighting with Digg's comment spam timer ... but then people wouldn't be able to vote up or down on the individual sites mentioned ... and where's the fun in that?
- colemip, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3http://www.ippimail.com
- rdotson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Spamex.com is a far better service than anything the author mentioned. It lets you create as many disposable email address as you want with which you can both send and receive email, and to disable or delete any email addresses that start getting hit with Spam. Moreover, by having a unique email address for each correspondent as I do, you know exactly who put you on the Spammer's lists. They even have a free service if you'd like to try it out before subscribing to one of their more comprehensive (and also inexpensive) plans. I have no affiliation with Spamex except as a happy customer.
- alc0h0lic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hushmail for the really paranoid peeps here...
- strictnein, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2lol - woops... that works
- portis, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5http://www.our-picks.com.nyud.net:8080/archives/2006/12/05/6-e-mail-accounts-worth-having-and-why/
- BOSyooper, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Don't forget about www.bugmenot.com They have logins for lots of free sites on there without you having to sign up.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ultimate Web 2.0
(linked to in the article)
http://www.goowy.com/webtop/ - fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Goowy
Why?
Because it’s the nicest I’ve seen in a long time. In fact, it’s not only an e-mail service. It’s your own personal online desktop, filled with games, IM, Email, contacts, File Storage, even mini widgets. I’m not going to say any more, hoping that you become curious and check it out yourself. Trust me - it’s worth it! - norz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com/signup.php doesn't work very well: gives an error message telling to retry, but the account is still created and works.
also: plenty of mandatory fields: household income, occupation, etc. - fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7Yahoo! Mail
Why?
Because it’s one of the most widely spread e-mail providers out there, and its services are always expanding. Cool interface (which the Yahoo! Mail Beta has made cooler), more than enough space (1.0 GB will suffice, if you only deposit e-mails), lots and lots of other things you can do with your Yahoo! Account. - cuzican, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1hushmail fan.. nothing like turning on "has to be encrypted" to stop the spam.. :)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I believe he meant that it's part of the longest e-mail address as its domain name.
- nubnub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.duggmirror.com
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The website is OK now. Sorry for the inconvenience.
We're going to reply to the comments as soon as things cool down. - wunch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, the author doesn't say you need an email account with all of the listed services. He says you should have "at least one of the following six e-mail accounts".
- lysdexia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I dugg it - both goowy and 10 minute will be of sue to me. Superb stuff for free these days
- Scorp888, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Seconded, no mention of hushmail, not a good round up.
- persaltier, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If you're worried someone is gonna send you spam, or just want a test email address....
http://www.mailinator.com - I use it during testing of any site. - denkc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I just played a game of Solitaire on Goowy and it was missing the 4 of diamonds. Anyone else get this?
Not that I plan to use a browser-based solitaire game often. - Celeron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2You couldn't post them all in one comment?
- Flame500, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Why would they rank Yahoo before gmail? Its got more space and less ads.
Plus you can use it as a harddrive - jigzilla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah goowy rocks. I've had an account with them for a long time and have no gripes. They did however go down for maintenance last week for like almost 48 hours. Nothing like this has happened before, so hopefully it won't happen again. The interface is SO nice and very customizable. Also the databank/online storage is integrated perfectly and a free gig is hard to beat. I recommend them highly.
- insllvn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1nm figured it out :P bury me
- andreiknox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yahoo isn't ranked before anybody, the order is purely random
- Azymn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I signed up for this email in 2004; if I remember right it also used the maximum character limit available for the username, and should be the maximum length of the email they offer unless they've lengthened the field:
typethewholealphabettwicethentok@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com
I don't think I've ever gotten ANY email there, let alone spam. No one wants to type that address in even once... - smilf, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3http://asmallorange.com they freaking rock.
- flypcide, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Windows Live Mail beta (formerly Hotmail) is actually very cool. Similar features as Yahoo Mail beta. I've also noticed a tremendous cut down of spam to my hotmail account and the junk folder catches spam very well too.
I also use Yahoo and Gmail. Each for various reasons. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I can.
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