Web Email Question

[XpGuy1]

Question,

Which in your opinions is the safest online web based email service? Can Emails be traced even if they are sent thru an online email service (ie yahoo or Hotmail)


thanks,

 

[sean.ferguson]

yes they can be traced... the most secure, not sure.

 

[XpGuy1]

Thanks i was sure they could.. but i was just curious about which one was the best and had the least amount of spam...

 

[PseudoKiller]

there is no security if youre looking to avoid being traced.... well almost. there's the whole relaying thing.
best you could hope for is to encrypt your email. but that too can be traced, just not read.

 

[PseudoKiller]

XPGuy1 where on the east coast are you?? I am in Pa.

BTW the best bet in avoiding spam... get your own domain and use spam assasin... works great for me, or you could just block all email not sent to a specific email addy. but hey thats me.

 

[XpGuy1]

Pseudo.. i'm in NJ

i use Yahoo and Hotmail and was wondering if those were safe i know they ain't spam free.. i get enough of that. my own domain sounds good... whats the cost normally????

 

[sean.ferguson]

well, domain only and no hosting, a few dollars.... hosting £35 approx

 

[XpGuy1]

hummm i might do that.. then i can kill off all the damm spam i'm getting.. i like the ease and flexability of online emails but i hate having to sift thru endless spam emails..

 

[PseudoKiller]

domains are cheap... NameCheap
but hosting can cost a few $$$ but this is who I use eMax Hosting

The guy who runs it lives in Jersey

 

[XpGuy1]

Sounds good... I might check that out... cost doesn't seem to bad either...

 

[vern]

I believe Hushmail offers free PGP encryption and SSL connections to their webservers. You could check them out.

A good solution to your SPAM problems could be Mailwasher. I've only started using it, and it's become very useful.

 

[XpGuy1]

hushmail... interesting name.. LOL.. i'll give it a look as well.. thanks..


the spam is just annoying at times ... i just dont feel like sifting thru all those bogus mails.. i'll look at mailwasher as well thanks..