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Need a Better Email Service Provider...
I've pretty much had it with Charter email... When I'm home, it is down a half day to tow days about every two months. When I travel, I cannot use my Microsoft Outlook at all and have to use webmail. The Charter webmail is absolutely horrific. Extremely "flaky" and just about impossible to send any attachments which are necessary for my work. There is nothing wrong with my computer, etc (confirmed by a very reliable repair shop) this is wholly a Charter issue. I even use a webmail for one of my clients (their webmail) and theirs runs very reliably on my computer. When I call Charter to complain, they just tell me that the email is "free" and that I can basically just XXXX off because this what I get for "free."
I would like to have my email through another provider. I do not want a GMAIL or YAHOO account, I need to keep my current email address. I need a stable, reliable provider so that when I travel, I can continue to work/send attachments, etc., which are critical to my financial well being. I do NOT expect the service to be free, but would appreciate it if were reasonably priced. Open to ideas. Thanks! angela
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It would depend on what your email address is. If you own your own domain and simply want to change hosting providers, that can be done, but if your email is something like Lanco@charter.com, you won't be able to keep that email if you want a different provider.
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If you do own your own domain then you can buy an email service for a couple of bucks a month from any major hosting company, 1and1, goDaddy, Namecheap, pretty much anyone.
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I had a cox.net e-mail address for years. When I set up my gmail, I set the cox address to forward to gmail. My response comes from gmail but the cox address works fine.
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Well dang... Looks like I'll be changing the email name as it's a charter.net...
Guess I'll just do a slow migration and idiot-charter.net running for as long as needed to be sure nothing slips thru the cracks. Time for new business cards too. Did I mention I really HATE charter?  angela
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If you fall out of love with your provider just move it somewhere else. Never be held hostage. Domain names and simple hosting are cheap. If you need help shoot a PM. One tactic for getting the new address out there is keeping the old address alive and when mail comes to it reply using the new email address. Eventually your regular contacts will adapt.
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Excellent advise. I have a hugh.rxxx@ca.rr.com email, but I also have a hugh.rxxxx@hughrxxx.com account that I own. A former Pelican is kind enough to host it for free, but I can keep it forever, as long as I pay the whatever annual fee which is minimal and I can move it anywhere. I also own the domain name, but do not maintain a website currently. |
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Angela I use an exchange program hosted by monster. $9/ month for full exchange support plus the full Ms office suite. My email is at my own domain name and it all works great!
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FWIW, I bounce mine through godaddy which has been fine for years. Can't even think of a time it's ever been down when I needed it even though once every couple months I get notified my servers were down for 18 seconds or some ridiculously small number I don't care about. Pretty cheap too
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Well YEAH???
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I was introduced to 1&1 through Stomachmonkey - awesome. $1 a month and I made a website. Check out 1&1.
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Corporate grade stable, 24x7 live support, enterprise quality: Email Hosting Services - Business Email Hosted by Rackspace
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Here is the GoDaddy set up I am using. Email only is cheaper, but since I didn't have the office suite and needed it, its a real sweet deal. For 108/year I have my email and office taken care of and always up to date!
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do NOT be tempted by Yahoo's email service, free or not, it sucks.
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Yahoo - every now and then it hangs up. The spam filtering is good.
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1&1 is a good company to work with. We are using GoDaddy, but if I were to do it again I would use 1&1. I have used them in other business related things.
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Thought I'd update this thread and thank all of you for your always wonderful advice.
This business trip nearly caused me a meltdown as the charter email tanked completely for part of two days and for an additional 3 days would not let met send anything larger than a few sentences (definitely no attachments). I was so peeved that I decided to get a domain name right now and migrate over to a new email address rather than wait until I got home to sort out. All handled including the domain and email migration in about an hour. Done and everything works 100% plus it is soooo much faster than charter. Thanks again, angela
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