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My gmail account has been suffering a similar problem in that someone uses it for their throwaway signups for computer game forums and the like. Either that or

My gmail account has been suffering a similar problem in that someone uses it for their throwaway signups for computer game forums and the like. Either that or it's a very effective form of spam to pretend to be the "initial registration" message, as by definition such email has to be the first contact. There is still much to be said for spam filtering though as it catches 5-10 a day for me. Layer priority inbox on top of that and only checking mail when you need to, not letting it interrupt you, and you can get some clarity. I wonder if someone can come up with a proper paid competitor to gmail, it would be something I would be interested in. What are the current alternatives?

Pwnguinz 14y ago
The only paid email service that I have ever used, and would recommend, is fastmail: https://www.fastmail.fm/ https://www.fastmail.fm/ It's run by the fine folks at Opera Software (the Browser).
DanBC 14y ago
If you have the time and inclination can't you now take over the accounts on those forums? Something like [recover password]; "We've sent your password to your email address"; [log in and change password, and engage in shenanigans].
rys 14y ago
Likewise, with the added problem for me that most of my spam is in a foreign language. I own a firstname@gmail.com account where firstname is reasonably popular in a certain country. I get so much spam, but generally it's personal and tied to a real human being trying to do something useful with the address. People have bought holidays, theatre tickets, food, books and more in the last year or so. I try and cancel everything in a polite and sane way, but some large companies with the address in their systems don't care. I get cellphone bills for one guy like clockwork every month. So frustrating.
dangrossman 14y ago
> I wonder if someone can come up with a proper paid competitor to gmail, it would be something I would be interested in. What are the current alternatives? If you only do webmail, nobody else really compares. If you're OK with a native client and IMAP/POP, then Rackspace Mail is #1. 100% uptime SLA, good spam filtering, 24/7/365 phone/online support, big 25GB mailboxes, and just $2 per user.
- epo 14y ago
  ... per month.
Samuel_Michon 14y ago
“I wonder if someone can come up with a proper paid competitor to gmail, it would be something I would be interested in.” If you use OS X or iOS, you may want to look into Apple’s free email service. The native apps are great and the web interface, while not as full featured as GMail, is responsive and well designed. (There’s also Windows integration, but you’ll need Outlook for that.) I've had a mac.com email address since January of 2000. Never lost an email, I have about 60,000 emails in there now. Compared to POP/IMAP, I especially like that it’s push email and it lets me search my archive from my mobile device, without having to download my entire archive. I think that, once you use GMail or iCloud, it’s hard to go back to POP/IMAP. http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/calendar-contacts-mail.html http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/calendar-contacts-mail....

Pwnguinz 14y ago

The only paid email service that I have ever used, and would recommend, is fastmail: https://www.fastmail.fm/ https://www.fastmail.fm/ It's run by the fine folks at Opera Software (the Browser).

DanBC 14y ago

If you have the time and inclination can't you now take over the accounts on those forums? Something like [recover password]; "We've sent your password to your email address"; [log in and change password, and engage in shenanigans].

rys 14y ago

Likewise, with the added problem for me that most of my spam is in a foreign language. I own a firstname@gmail.com account where firstname is reasonably popular in a certain country. I get so much spam, but generally it's personal and tied to a real human being trying to do something useful with the address. People have bought holidays, theatre tickets, food, books and more in the last year or so. I try and cancel everything in a polite and sane way, but some large companies with the address in their systems don't care. I get cellphone bills for one guy like clockwork every month. So frustrating.

dangrossman 14y ago

> I wonder if someone can come up with a proper paid competitor to gmail, it would be something I would be interested in. What are the current alternatives? If you only do webmail, nobody else really compares. If you're OK with a native client and IMAP/POP, then Rackspace Mail is #1. 100% uptime SLA, good spam filtering, 24/7/365 phone/online support, big 25GB mailboxes, and just $2 per user.

epo 14y ago
... per month.

Samuel_Michon 14y ago

“I wonder if someone can come up with a proper paid competitor to gmail, it would be something I would be interested in.” If you use OS X or iOS, you may want to look into Apple’s free email service. The native apps are great and the web interface, while not as full featured as GMail, is responsive and well designed. (There’s also Windows integration, but you’ll need Outlook for that.) I've had a mac.com email address since January of 2000. Never lost an email, I have about 60,000 emails in there now. Compared to POP/IMAP, I especially like that it’s push email and it lets me search my archive from my mobile device, without having to download my entire archive. I think that, once you use GMail or iCloud, it’s hard to go back to POP/IMAP. http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/calendar-contacts-mail.html http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/calendar-contacts-mail....