THE BEST FREE EMAIL

For Windows 9.xx to Windows XP/Vista & MAC Tip #0005

Free eMail is a good idea. Free eMail with almost unlimited storage is even better. Free eMail that can be accessed from Microsoft Office Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird and most POP3 eMail clients, well that is well neigh terrific.
Google’s eMail programme offers all these features and more. Fully customizable and with the ability to forward copies of your eMail to any source, G-Mail is one of the few ‘free’ programmes that truly lives up to it’s promises and actually delivers more functionality than most paid eMail or ISP provided eMail accounts.
Even in the world of ever growing services and programmes G-Mail not only delivers but does so in an efficient consistent fashion. The storage rate per account is 2 gigabits and growing. So, it is possible to maintain copies of all the mails you send and receive in one place with little worry you will exceed your allowed limit of 2 gigabits. In fact dear Bulldog readers, if you exceed your G-Mail account storage limit, please contact me immediately. We need to get you some serious help. You obviously need treatment for your internet addiction.
I have been using Gmail for well over three years now. I store and archive every singe eMail I have sent or received during that time. On average, I receive at least 100 mails daily, more often 120-13o. That is cumulatively a heck of a lot of eMail. More I suspect than the average user. I am only using 11% of my allotted storage.
The interface is straight forward and intuitive. It is easy to attach documents, photographs, even entire files to your eMails. Perhaps my favourite feature is ‘mail search’. You can search your entire collection of eMails by eMail address. (What was that mail from Aunt Millie earlier in the year? She had some information about a family gathering this summer? Put in Aunt Mille or auntmillie@webaddress.com or key words – family/gathering/summer. Within seconds all mails that meet your search criterion will be displayed. Finding old or near forgotten eMails comes in handy at time. Finding them is such a quick and easy way, well it truly is invaluable.
Even if you are only a casual eMailer, I recommend this program. No matter if you have a ISP supplied address. In the Daily Bulldog area, this means Verizon, TDS, Time Warner, Hughes.net Add a Gmail address. You will be glad you did.
Creating a sensible useful and professional eMail address has become increasingly useful and important in the growing world of digital mail. GiglyGrl@ or IdealMan@ may have seemed funny or cute or comfortably anonymous some years ago. Sending a prospective employer your Resume with a weird or quirky return address will most likely not impress. I recommend you have at least 3 eMail addresses. One, the main and professional one, i.e., your.name@gmail.com or yourname@gmail.com. A growing trend with eMail especially in the business world is to have your eMail address be your name@. So take advantage of a good way to communicate and easy way to keep track of your communications and track down the elusive mail you sent last year that now suddenly is important to you.
Secondary eMail addresses are also increasingly important. Many web sites require you to register or at least provide your eMail address before you can use their ‘free’ services. This is often fine, but there are unscrupulous people out there on the web. So a bogus or pseudo name Gmail address can solve two problems at the same time. You are not giving out your primary address and perhaps your actual name. If spam results from a sign up to a new site, it is easy to block and permanently stop it. Your worse case is simply to close out the account.
Tertiary address can be used for on-line forums where you want to guard your identity but still be able to input. They can also be useful for blogs and on-line photo programmes where you don’t wish to have prying eyes.
Some other advantages of Gmail:
you can access your Gmail account from any computer connected to the internet.
You can access using a PC or a Mac or Unix or Linux.
It is platform neutral and globally accessible.
So, I heartily recommend Gmail for all our Bulldog readers. All these features and more, all for my favourite price. Free.

Let me know your experiences both good and bad and if you have a complaint definitely let me know.