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03-08-17, 12:31 PM
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Stowaway
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WHICH EMAIL TO USE?
I have been using yahoo email for years but now every 3 weeks the lock my account and demand I change passwords because "they" (not my account) got hack 3 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
googles gmail doesn't seam to be any better they yahoo with all the ads and BS and most websites block gmail address so im not wanting to use them either anywho, im just wanting a simple basic email to use and figured I would ask you guys what are the best ones out there to use that are trouble free, fairly secure, don't spam me with ads, and has been reliable for you? im in the USA if that matters, thanks for your help |
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03-08-17, 12:33 PM
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Lucky Jack
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
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I use live mail.
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03-08-17, 01:36 PM
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Ocean Warrior
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I mean why are you not changing passwords on critical services every week and use two factor identification?
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03-08-17, 01:41 PM
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Lucky Jack
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03-08-17, 01:55 PM
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(probably got myself on the NSA watch list for saying that lol) I change passwords when I feel its time, I don't want or need to be REQUIRED to do it every 2 weeks because yahoo's buggy software cant seem to remember I already changed it. plus this is all to resolve a hack that happened back in 2014 !!!! so its a bit late for that by now. all this just started last month and you call them and they say they aren't even in control of their own software, if it says you need to do something then you have to do it or get locked out of your own account !!!!!!!!!!!! |
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03-08-17, 02:11 PM
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Sea Lord
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intresting. I have been using Yahoo! Mail for many years and it has never demanded me to change my password. There are ofcourse two potential explanations a) I pay for them for their ad free premium version and b) I use British (@yahooo.co.uk) version of service.
As for alternatives I can only offer Live or Gmail but those are just as ad stuffed as standard Yahoo unless you use something to block ads (as I do, except here in subsim).
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03-08-17, 03:37 PM
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Born to Run Silent
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03-09-17, 06:26 AM
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Chief of the Boat
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I do use an ad blocker though.
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03-09-17, 07:14 PM
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thanks for the suggestions guys
I guess i'll try the Hotmail thing and see how I like it, Gmail seems ok too but I think that's the one all the spammers use so that might cause issues with creating accounts at some websites im just a crusty old bugger set in his ways and I want websites to leave my accounts and my password choices alone lol |
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