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irisblue

(34,256 posts) Wed Jul 7, 2021, 11:54 AM Jul 2021

After more then 20yrs Excite dot com is getting out of the free email biz

Yes I am old.
Yes I made lycos, alta vista and earthlink email accts same time, none of which I remember pass words too.
Yes I had Yahoo email, and I do not recall those passwords either.

Some questions, Are paid for email accounts more secure?

I want to use a free email provider for junk stuff- is Outlook a fair choice.

I'm way not interested in the evil empires (aka Google) as a provider.

Please help me out with advice &what I should know

Thx

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After more then 20yrs Excite dot com is getting out of the free email biz (Original Post) irisblue Jul 2021 OP

Checkout Protonmail.com WA-03 Democrat Jul 2021 #1

TY. irisblue Jul 2021 #2

Excite was my first web portal. lpbk2713 Jul 2021 #3

TY irisblue Jul 2021 #4

Post removed Post removed Jul 2021 #5

I've used Hotmail/outlook for 20 years now vercetti2021 Jul 2021 #6

TY irisblue Jul 2021 #7

It's a pain in the ... mockmonkey Jul 2021 #8

I liked the Netscape on my dial up Earthlink! irisblue Jul 2021 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Jul 2021 #10

WA-03 Democrat

(3,268 posts)

1. Checkout Protonmail.com

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 11:57 AM

Jul 2021

Free, end-to-end encryption and based in Switzerland.

irisblue

(34,256 posts)

2. TY.

Reply to WA-03 Democrat (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 11:59 AM

Jul 2021

lpbk2713

(43,201 posts)

3. Excite was my first web portal.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 12:34 PM

Jul 2021

I got not only email, but local news, weather, TV listings. You could keep track of your favorite sports teams and make a list of whatever stocks or financial issues you wanted to keep track of. It was my main go to place for years. I preferred Excite over Yahoo!.

Your ISP might have what you are looking for. I know Spectrum allows something like ten addresses per residential account.