OT: alternative to Gmail?

[Default User]

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 23:24, Ioannis Vranos <cppdeveloper at ontelecoms.gr>wrote:

> On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 23:14 -0600, Default User wrote:
> > I am looking for an alternative to Gmail.  I find it surprisingly
> > difficult and temperamental (for example, I can't just sort the inbox
> > messages by sender).  And Google seems to be getting way "too big for
> > its britches".  The "last straw" was that they are apparently trying
> > to force users of Gmail to have a cell phone and to use that just to
> > use Gmail (2-factor authentication).
> >
> > That is unacceptable (and also some other words not fit for polite
> > company).  No, I will NOT use an email service that requires a cell
> > phone to send/receive email, and I sure wouldn't give a phone number
> > to Google.
> >
> > So, any suggestions for alternative email services?
>
>
> Do you need it to be web based?
>
>
> No, it doesn't have to be, but if it is, I won't have to set up /
> administer a separate email application program.  OTOH, I do fret about my
> email being stored "out there in the cloud" . . .



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