OT email forwarding service?

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Anyone using an free email forwarding service that doesn't spam?

I was using aggies org for years (a pay service - but cheap). They
folded, so I need a replacement for free or very low cost.
 
Anyone using an free email forwarding service that doesn't spam?

I was using aggies org for years (a pay service - but cheap). They
folded, so I need a replacement for free or very low cost.
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Google search - email fowarding. 2nd result:

Free Email Forwarding Services
Email forwarding services automatically redirect your email to an existing
email account. ... Free Email Forwarding Services. Home > Types ...
www.emailaddresses.com/email_forward.htm - 17k - 29 Aug 2004 - Cached -
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:33:20 +0200 (CEST), starwars

Free Email Forwarding Services
Email forwarding services automatically redirect your email to an existing
email account. ... Free Email Forwarding Services. Home > Types ...
www.emailaddresses.com/email_forward.htm - 17k - 29 Aug 2004 - Cached -
Similar pages
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What would interest me is what is available if one wants to forward an
* existing * email address to another eg. (e-mail address removed) going to
(e-mail address removed).

As I understand things isp2.com could do the re-direction "for a
price" OR one can download to one's emailer and then forward to
isp1.com . In effect downloading the mail twice.

Are there other options than these two ? If so what are they please ?

Regards, John.
 
Anyone using an free email forwarding service that doesn't spam?

I was using aggies org for years (a pay service - but cheap). They
folded, so I need a replacement for free or very low cost.
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I know it's not freeware, but for the sake of a few dollars a year, why
not buy your own domain name from a registrar that includes email
fowarding? Then you keep the same email address for as long as you keep
paying, and forward mail anywhere you want -- often more than one
destination.

In the UK, www.123-reg.co.uk does this very cheaply for .uk domains and
a bit more expensive for .com.
 
I know it's not freeware, but for the sake of a few dollars a year, why
not buy your own domain name from a registrar that includes email
fowarding? Then you keep the same email address for as long as you keep
paying, and forward mail anywhere you want -- often more than one
destination.

In the UK, www.123-reg.co.uk does this very cheaply for .uk domains and
a bit more expensive for .com.
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That does look cheap. Thanks.
 
Roger it is "free" if you don't mind the advertizing. Sans
advertizing it is something like $10 a quarter (which makes it one of
the more expensive services)
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Bigfoot doesn't put any advertising in the messages; the only
advertising is on the website and you only have to visit it when you
need to change the redirection.
 
Mr Nobody said:
Bigfoot doesn't put any advertising in the messages; the only
advertising is on the website and you only have to visit it when you
need to change the redirection.
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The free email forwarding service on bigfoot is limited to 50 messages per day.
Not enough for many, especially if you get spam messages too.
I wonder what happens when message number 51 for a certain day arrives, does bigfoot refuse to receive it, or is it thrown into the
trash bin?
 
Bigfoot doesn't put any advertising in the messages; the only
advertising is on the website and you only have to visit it when you
need to change the redirection.
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Thanks. I misunderstood what they were saying - the web site
implies/states that they would give your name to their "partners," or
something like that.
 
The site mentions pop also...
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I had a hotmail account and didn't use it and still had tons of spam .
.. . seems like "shooting oneself in the foot" to just forward that
mess to my home computer.

Maybe I'm ignorant; my understanding is pop3 is just the ability to
send main to a mail client instead of the web based system?
 
How does 100 email addresses for $15/year sound?

Go to www.inexpensivedomains.com and register a domain of your own. They
will let you park it on their server for free. You can set up a one-page
home page, or just leave it blank if you want.

Along with the domain registration, you will receive free email forwarding
for up to 100 individual addresses.

So, say you register a new domain www.myowndomain.com

You can now create addresses, such as

(e-mail address removed)
(e-mail address removed)
(e-mail address removed)
(e-mail address removed)
(e-mail address removed) etc. etc. up to 100 of these addresses.

You can go into your control panel at inexpensive domains, via any standard
web browser, and you can set up where to forward each of these email
addresses. You can also set up any or all addresses to forward to more than
one location. For example, you could have an address that forwards to both
your office email server AND your regular ISP email server for your home
account.

There is no advertising of any kind on this service. The emails simply
bounce from Inexpensive Domains' mail server over to wherever you have
chosen to forward them to.

I have 5 domains with Inexpensive Domains, and the service works like a
charm. All my family members use these forwarding addresses, as "permanent"
email addresses. If they change their respective ISPs, all it takes is for
me to go into the control panel and change the "Forward To" address. You
can make unlimited changes, additions or deletions throughout the year, but
you are limited to 100 addresses, which should be plenty for anybody.

I suppose you could resell some of your addresses, if you so desired, to
make a few bucks for yourself.

Not a bad deal for under $20 bucks per year!
 
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I had a hotmail account and didn't use it and still had tons of spam .
. . seems like "shooting oneself in the foot" to just forward that
mess to my home computer.

Maybe I'm ignorant; my understanding is pop3 is just the ability to
send main to a mail client instead of the web based system?
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We seem to be misunderstanding each other. I s'pose I had better
install the app to be sure.

It's original purpose was certainly to forward Hotmail mail to a pop
account, which you have no use for.

But it will also forward any mail from any pop account anywhere.
Testing got me nowhere because of my stupid AOL based setup and local
SMTP server. I seem to be setting off ISP spam filters when I use the
app... my guess is that someone on less restrictive dial up would not
have this problem. I'd be interested to know.
The disadvantage of this app over a web based forwarding service is
the need to download the mail twice. It has some limited filtering
built in though.

This is a useful looking tool; if you get no joy finding a web based
service, or if you simply want full control, it might be worth your
while trying it.
Basically you set it up to receive your mail, and it then forwards it
to an address you select, using an SMTP server that you specify.
 
How does 100 email addresses for $15/year sound?

Go to www.inexpensivedomains.com and register a domain of your own. They
will let you park it on their server for free. You can set up a one-page
home page, or just leave it blank if you want.

Along with the domain registration, you will receive free email forwarding
for up to 100 individual addresses.

So, say you register a new domain www.myowndomain.com

You can now create addresses, such as

(e-mail address removed)
(e-mail address removed)
(e-mail address removed)
(e-mail address removed)
(e-mail address removed) etc. etc. up to 100 of these addresses.

You can go into your control panel at inexpensive domains, via any standard
web browser, and you can set up where to forward each of these email
addresses. You can also set up any or all addresses to forward to more than
one location. For example, you could have an address that forwards to both
your office email server AND your regular ISP email server for your home
account.

There is no advertising of any kind on this service. The emails simply
bounce from Inexpensive Domains' mail server over to wherever you have
chosen to forward them to.

I have 5 domains with Inexpensive Domains, and the service works like a
charm. All my family members use these forwarding addresses, as "permanent"
email addresses. If they change their respective ISPs, all it takes is for
me to go into the control panel and change the "Forward To" address. You
can make unlimited changes, additions or deletions throughout the year, but
you are limited to 100 addresses, which should be plenty for anybody.

I suppose you could resell some of your addresses, if you so desired, to
make a few bucks for yourself.

Not a bad deal for under $20 bucks per year!
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That sounds like the best idea so far. I was reading through the
"boilerplate." Did you read all the terms and conditions?

I assume if you pick a name that the ICANN (or whatever) already has
taken, you don't lose the money? (terms and conditions suggests that
any money they get, they keep) Even though there's a domain name
search engine on the pages, they imply that ICANN can still veto it.
 
default said:
That sounds like the best idea so far. I was reading through the
"boilerplate." Did you read all the terms and conditions?

I assume if you pick a name that the ICANN (or whatever) already has
taken, you don't lose the money? (terms and conditions suggests that
any money they get, they keep) Even though there's a domain name
search engine on the pages, they imply that ICANN can still veto it.
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That is another issue altogether. I assure you, thousands of domains are
registered every day, with no problem. What kind of name were you
considering, to have been concerned that you could not register it?
 
That is another issue altogether. I assure you, thousands of domains are
registered every day, with no problem. What kind of name were you
considering, to have been concerned that you could not register it?
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Plan A is to go for something that makes little or no sense, has
nothing to do with me, but is easy to remember, and spell . . .
 
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Subject: Re: OT email forwarding service?

What they said was......
thanks

I avoid hotmail and microsoft .
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Hotmail is Microsoft ???
 
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