Question for the computer "pros"

[akbluz]

I have been using Yahoo for email for the last few years. Today I get an email from them telling about the new, combined company (Yahoo + AOL = OATH .... all under Verison). Do any of you know or have any experience with what my email will be like if I choose to stay with OATH? Just the "Readers Digest" condensed version please. I want to know if it's time to switch to another email provider....
Thanks,
akbluz

 

[Taterman]

Almost all of the hacked email accounts of contacts of mine have Yahoo email users. I would not use them for email. Just my 2 cents.

 

[caryc]

I see questions about email programs all the time and I'm left wondering something. All the internet providers I've heard of also provide email with their accounts. Why don't people use them?

 

[Kevin]

Cary:
For me personally, I don't use the email provided with the internet service I use, because if I move or want to switch internet providers, I would have to change my email address. I've used Gmail for the past 10 or 11 years, but have had at least two different internet providers in that time.

akbluz: My wife uses Yahoo email for personal stuff, I'll have to ask her if she's switched over to this new OATH or not. That's interesting, I knew Verizon bought Yahoo, or was it the other way around? Anyway, I don't know why they have to change it up.

 

[blume357]

My suggestion is keep what you got... I still have very old bellsouth.net accounts.

 

[ronto]

My daughters Yahoo email account was hacked. I don't recommend them, their security sucks.

 

[caryc]

Cary:
For me personally, I don't use the email provided with the internet service I use, because if I move or want to switch internet providers, I would have to change my email address. I've used Gmail for the past 10 or 11 years, but have had at least two different internet providers in that time.

akbluz: My wife uses Yahoo email for personal stuff, I'll have to ask her if she's switched over to this new OATH or not. That's interesting, I knew Verizon bought Yahoo, or was it the other way around? Anyway, I don't know why they have to change it up.

My first internet provider was on a modem and was "Earthlink.net". I had this provider for many years until it was possible for me to get a high speed connection. I got this high speed connection while I was still making and selling grips, so I wanted to keep the email address I had with Earthlink.net. I called them and they let me keep their email service without online connection service at a very reduced rate.

So, many people know me by that Earthlink.net email address and still use it. I actually have another email address provided by my high speed internet provider. I also have the email address [email protected] that I got from my website provider.

 

[akbluz]

Switching internet providers was one of the reasons I went to using Yahoo email. It also gives me a "junk mail" feature to sweep most "junk" into and not have it show in my Inbox - my internet provider requires Whitelisting or Blacklisting emails which is a pain. Besides my internet provider allots only 5 gigs so it can fill up if I don't get to it regularly to clean it out.
I've not had any problem with Yahoo security after several years of use. I'll have to ponder it a bit more.

Thank all of you for your input.

 

[Ka6otm]

I see questions about email programs all the time and I'm left wondering something. All the internet providers I've heard of also provide email with their accounts. Why don't people use them?

Cox Communications is my provider and their email is horrible. It's bad enough that I use AOL (free) instead.

 

[Captain America]

I had Verizon DSL for years, they sold Verizon email to AOL so my three addresses migrated over to AOL seamlessly. I now have Xfinity and I use their email server for all things private, I use the AOL app for my old Verizon addresses. Th AOL app is fast and works well for me, also, Outlook sends and receives my AOL emails with zero issues.

 

[Chance]

About 18 years ago during those "wonderful" Netscape/Tripod days I took a radical approach to the email problem. At the time many services were supposed to be free but one never knew when you going to exceeded some undefined data limit and would end up locked out of your email/internet or even have your email file completely wiped out. Happened More Than Once

I figured if these california socialist children could do this stuff I sure as hell could. So after searching the web using the brand new and amazing search engine Google (the latest and greatest from the california socialist children) I came up with Mail Enable, a mail server software from a small company in Austrailia. Ran it on a old 366 mhgz E-machine that seldom got turned off for almost ten years. Fantastic software that I still use today. And it's free.

Couldn't imagine going back to a commercial email account. I run some email lists for friends and see the ever changing problems with the big guys in the email field and it ain't pretty.

Yes, a pretty extreme approach to email, but it has worked very well for almost 2 decades.

 

[caryc]

I had Verizon DSL for years, they sold Verizon email to AOL so my three addresses migrated over to AOL seamlessly. I now have Xfinity and I use their email server for all things private, I use the AOL app for my old Verizon addresses. Th AOL app is fast and works well for me, also, Outlook sends and receives my AOL emails with zero issues.

I also use Outlook for all three of my email addresses. Every time it checks for mail, it checks on all three addresses. I can also send email from any one of those email addresses.

 

[gramps]

I have two yahoo accounts, one gmail account, and one hotmail account. Only one has been hacked and is on the dark web-my yahoo account that I use for everything. My second Y account I use for business. No problem there x 20 years The others are remnants of past ventures.
gramps

 

[Pat-inCO]

I "got lucky" as I was getting set up on the interweb. I have a lifetime
membership in one of the national Amateur Radio organizations, and
they maintain a free (now that I'm a life member) forwarding service.
Said service also has some (many?) spam filters which also minimizes
the crud I receive.

I have changed servers several times and all I have to do for that change
is to go on the forwarding service and change ONE entry. All of the
people sending my Email never know when I changed.

Now that I have my own domain, I have my own filtering that is done,
on top of the forwarding service. It's more than nice.

Look around, there are many FREE services available. I'd pick one that
is more than well established. :wink:

 

[caryc]

Just remember, you get what you pay for.

 

[Galaxiedan]

Been using yahoomail for close to 20 years with no problems. Havent had to switch to anything different lately. I use them as a back up for critical info like photos ect, just email them to myself. Saved on there server for free!

 

[Ka6otm]

Just remember, you get what you pay for.

If that's true, why is my free AOL email so much better than my $85.00/month Cox email?