WHICH EMAIL TO USE?

03-08-17, 12:31 PM

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

AVGWarhawk · 03-08-17, 12:33 PM

I use live mail.

ikalugin · 03-08-17, 01:36 PM

I mean why are you not changing passwords on critical services every week and use two factor identification?

STEED · 03-08-17, 01:41 PM

https://protonmail.com

03-08-17, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ikalugin

I mean why are you not changing passwords on critical services every week and use two factor identification?

lol, its not like I am negotiating with North Korea to buy nukes or anything, there is nothing in my email that needs to be secure and I wouldn't care if it was all posted on a public bulletin board . I just use it to get messages from friends

(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 !!!!!!!!!!!!

kraznyi_oktjabr · 03-08-17, 02:11 PM

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).

Onkel Neal · 03-08-17, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

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).

You're the best

kraznyi_oktjabr · 03-08-17, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

You're the best

You are welcome Neal. BTW I see ads in top right and below forum/thread title. Is that as it should be or is something missing?

Sorry for this minor derailment.

MaDef · 03-08-17, 04:24 PM

I use gmail, moved over from at&t (yahoo) years ago. I have never been rejected for using it, nor do I have any ads while using it.

mapuc · 03-08-17, 05:59 PM

I have two email account. One of them is gmail and this is used for non essential not so important emails. The second Email I have I pay for. Here I have 24/7/365 support. This is for friends, the authorities

Markus

Gargamel · 03-09-17, 02:33 AM

Our It department gut a bug up it's butt a coupe years ago, probably handed down from the higher ups, that we were required to change both our logins and email passwords every 2 weeks. They couldnt be the same for both accounts at the same time, and they couldn't be a previously used password. We were also forbidden from writing the passwords down.

During a company wide meeting, the issue of people getting written up for writing down their passwords came up. I stood up, took out my cheat sheet, and asked who else in the room had their passwords on a piece of paper on them. 80% of the 150 people in the room held up theirs, and the other 20% said they had them in their desks.

Now it's every three months, and there's only one account.

Delanski · 03-09-17, 04:24 AM

I've use hotmail.com for years and years. I don't have a reason to change email services.

ikalugin · 03-09-17, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gargamel

Our It department gut a bug up it's butt a coupe years ago, probably handed down from the higher ups, that we were required to change both our logins and email passwords every 2 weeks. They couldnt be the same for both accounts at the same time, and they couldn't be a previously used password. We were also forbidden from writing the passwords down.

During a company wide meeting, the issue of people getting written up for writing down their passwords came up. I stood up, took out my cheat sheet, and asked who else in the room had their passwords on a piece of paper on them. 80% of the 150 people in the room held up theirs, and the other 20% said they had them in their desks.

Now it's every three months, and there's only one account.

Sounds like the normal OPSEC set up.

It is ok to write the password down if:
- you have a lot of passwords to handle.
- you store them securely.

A lot of system admins and the like use software like keypass to store numerous logins/passwords. Ofc that implies that now instead of 100+ 16 character passwords you remember one 16+ (up to 40) character password (with the same rules about changing it) but then noone says that life would be easy.

Jimbuna · 03-09-17, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Webster

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

I'm currently using one of my emails provided by my isp Webs but have used one of my Hotmail accounts in the past, troublefree.

I do use an ad blocker though.

03-09-17, 07:14 PM

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

03-08-17, 12:31 PM	#1
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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

03-08-17, 12:33 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I use live mail. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-08-17, 01:36 PM	#3
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I mean why are you not changing passwords on critical services every week and use two factor identification? __________________ Grumpy as always.

03-08-17, 01:41 PM	#4
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	https://protonmail.com __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

03-08-17, 02:11 PM	#6
kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	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). __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House

03-08-17, 04:24 PM	#9
MaDef Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,194 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I use gmail, moved over from at&t (yahoo) years ago. I have never been rejected for using it, nor do I have any ads while using it.

03-08-17, 05:59 PM	#10
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	I have two email account. One of them is gmail and this is used for non essential not so important emails. The second Email I have I pay for. Here I have 24/7/365 support. This is for friends, the authorities Markus

03-09-17, 02:33 AM	#11
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Our It department gut a bug up it's butt a coupe years ago, probably handed down from the higher ups, that we were required to change both our logins and email passwords every 2 weeks. They couldnt be the same for both accounts at the same time, and they couldn't be a previously used password. We were also forbidden from writing the passwords down. During a company wide meeting, the issue of people getting written up for writing down their passwords came up. I stood up, took out my cheat sheet, and asked who else in the room had their passwords on a piece of paper on them. 80% of the 150 people in the room held up theirs, and the other 20% said they had them in their desks. Now it's every three months, and there's only one account. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

03-09-17, 04:24 AM	#12
Delanski Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Australia Posts: 133 Downloads: 116 Uploads: 0	I've use hotmail.com for years and years. I don't have a reason to change email services.

03-09-17, 07:14 PM	#15
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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