Which email provider do you use for your primary email?

Prototypical · Dec 4, 2012, 06:56 PM

I have decided to pare down the number of email addresses and email providers that I use (currently have far too many) and I'm not sure which way to go. I'd really like to get down to one or two providers to make consolidating email a lot easier.

Which provider do you use for your primary email address?

Ariii · Dec 4, 2012, 07:33 PM

I use LavaBit. It's a really nice service, the web version is lightweight, the spam filter is great, and it has free POP3/SMTP support.

I used to use AmeriTech, which turned into SBC/Yahoo!, which turned into AT&T/Yahoo!, but my account was suspended, due to spammer breaking into my eMail and sending news fraud scams.

mobilehaathi · Dec 4, 2012, 08:07 PM

Depends on what you mean by primary. [I have more, but] in general I have a gmail address for personal stuff and work address for work stuff.

SumoHamster · Dec 4, 2012, 08:36 PM

I use fastmail for my primary address and gmail as my junk/facebook address.

malman89 · Dec 4, 2012, 08:58 PM

I switched to an @outlook.com when I was able to reserve my perfect email address when it went live.

It's also sleeker and nicer than gmail. And after 6 years of gmail, I unfortunately started to accumulate quite a good amount of bothersome email newsletters/spam, so it was a good time to cut loose.

sarah1623 · Dec 4, 2012, 09:06 PM

Yahoo! for me. It's what I had for my first email address and I've stuck with it since.

ucfgrad93 · Dec 4, 2012, 09:20 PM

I'm using gmail for a lot of my stuff. However, I was able to get first.lastname@outlook.com so I am using that as well.

ChrisMan287 · Dec 4, 2012, 09:26 PM

Gmail for business, Yahoo for forums and AOL for spam/Facebook junk.

jasonvp · Dec 5, 2012, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prototypical

Which provider do you use for your primary email address?

IMAP on a server sitting in my office at home.

jas

sviato · Dec 6, 2012, 10:34 AM

It's difficult to define what primary is, but I use several. Gmail would probably be primary, although I use these as well:

- School email for school stuff and job applications
- Hotmail for random sign-ups to stores and forums etc
- iCloud for Apple stuff

Also reserved an outlook one with my name which I'm considering using as my primary in the future.

View Poll Results: Which email provider do you use for your primary email?
Gmail / Google	20	48.78%
iCloud / Apple	6	14.63%
Outlook.com / Microsoft	3	7.32%
Yahoo!	2	4.88%
AOL	0	0%
Other web-based email	1	2.44%
Your own server-based email	9	21.95%
Voters: 41. You may not vote on this poll

Dec 4, 2012, 06:56 PM	#1
Prototypical macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Nebraska	Which email provider do you use for your primary email? I have decided to pare down the number of email addresses and email providers that I use (currently have far too many) and I'm not sure which way to go. I'd really like to get down to one or two providers to make consolidating email a lot easier. Which provider do you use for your primary email address?
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Dec 4, 2012, 07:33 PM	#2
Ariii macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Chicago	I use LavaBit. It's a really nice service, the web version is lightweight, the spam filter is great, and it has free POP3/SMTP support. I used to use AmeriTech, which turned into SBC/Yahoo!, which turned into AT&T/Yahoo!, but my account was suspended, due to spammer breaking into my eMail and sending news fraud scams. __________________ •Indigo iBook Clamshell, MacOS 9; Lime iBook Clamshell, Panther; MacOS 9 users: Use Classilla \| MacOS 9 Lives I'm on IRC at #macrumors on irc.krono.net Tumblr
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Dec 4, 2012, 08:07 PM	#3
mobilehaathi macrumors 68030 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA	Depends on what you mean by primary. [I have more, but] in general I have a gmail address for personal stuff and work address for work stuff. __________________ Of crimes---none is greater than having things that one desires; Of disasters---none is greater than not knowing when one has enough. Of defects---none brings more sorrow than the desire to attain.
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Dec 4, 2012, 08:58 PM	#5
malman89 macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Michigan	I switched to an @outlook.com when I was able to reserve my perfect email address when it went live. It's also sleeker and nicer than gmail. And after 6 years of gmail, I unfortunately started to accumulate quite a good amount of bothersome email newsletters/spam, so it was a good time to cut loose. __________________ Late 2006 Model - 13.3" MacBook, 2 GHz C2D, 4 (3.3) GB RAM, 500 GB 7200rpm HD running OS X 10.5.8
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Dec 4, 2012, 08:36 PM	#4
SumoHamster macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Omaha	I use fastmail for my primary address and gmail as my junk/facebook address.
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Dec 4, 2012, 09:06 PM	#6
sarah1623 macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan	Yahoo! for me. It's what I had for my first email address and I've stuck with it since.
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Dec 4, 2012, 09:20 PM	#7
ucfgrad93 macrumors G4 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Colorado	I'm using gmail for a lot of my stuff. However, I was able to get first.lastname@outlook.com so I am using that as well.
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Dec 4, 2012, 09:26 PM	#8
ChrisMan287 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NY.	Gmail for business, Yahoo for forums and AOL for spam/Facebook junk. __________________ 15" PowerBook G4, 1.67GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HD ; 16GB iPad2.
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Dec 6, 2012, 10:34 AM	#10
sviato macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Mississauga, Canada	It's difficult to define what primary is, but I use several. Gmail would probably be primary, although I use these as well: - School email for school stuff and job applications - Hotmail for random sign-ups to stores and forums etc - iCloud for Apple stuff Also reserved an outlook one with my name which I'm considering using as my primary in the future.
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