What type of email do you recommend?

[Murky]

What is the best way to do email now?

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Best free email site: Gmail or Yahoo.
Best Free Client: Thunderbird.

I prefer web.

 

[Mirc]

Web-based all the way.

 

[Zelig]

Both my email accounts (school email, and gmail) are web-based, but I've only gone to the actual website for each of them a handful of times, local clients are much nicer for organizing emails.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Definitely web-based, although I prefer to have a local client on top of that. Its just much easier, and in the case of Gmail, faster.

 

[Chairman Meow]

The best way to do email these days is not at all.

 

[Chieftess]

ISP email (usually with a windows app, like Outlook, or Netscape's email program, which is some cases is/was better than Outlook). Most ISPs do have webmail, too.

 

[GVBN]

Gmail and school email

 

[jkp1187]

Gmail. I have it set up so that the messages go to my Blackberry.

 

[Murky]

The best way to do email these days is not at all.

I have heard of some people switching to blogs or RSS feeds instead. The only problem that I see with that is that you have no idea if someone else reads what you intended them to.

 

[Quintillus]

Facebook is a better option than blogs or RSS feeds. The message and wall functions are de facto email, except you can't use special formatting or attach files.

I still think email is necessary, though. You don't want to have your teacher, boss, or job interviewer sending all communications though a Xanga profile.

 

[mdwh]

Well I voted "ISP's email server for incoming/outgoing" but that's not quite accurate - my *ISPs* server is crap, but I use someone else's POP based email server.

Also note that there is some overlap, as some web-based emails allow POP access too (gmail, and I think Yahoo if you pay for it).

I prefer to download my email sooner or later, as I prefer to be able to back it up, and keep it in my hands rather than a company's.

 

[dragokatzov]

Gmail all the way. and you can use POP and IMAP services with Gmail as well and use THEIR servers, not your ISP's, even if they selectively block port 25

 

[AznWarlord]

I'd go for Windows Live Hotmail. MSN Hotmail sucked but Windows is a huge improvement.

 

[Chairman Meow]

I'd go for Windows Live Hotmail. MSN Hotmail sucked but Windows is a huge improvement.

What's the difference?

 

[AznWarlord]

Better organization of stuff and better security.

 

[damunzy]

Web because it is automatically backed up by Gmail. Unfortunately, now Google knows all about me.

 

[Methos]

Web based (read: G-Mail )

 

[STATS]

Gmail is great