At 22:34 16/11/2010, you wrote:
>On Tuesday 16 November 2010 15:38:48 trotter wrote:
> > At 23:11 15/11/2010, you wrote:
> > >On 15/11/10 22:51, alan c wrote:
> > >>I happen to be using UKOnline ISP and have just discovered they are
> > >>being shut down by their now owner, SKY.
> > >
> > >Thanks for that -- I've got an elderly friend who will need help in
> > >transferring from UKOnline to something else.
> >
> > Holy mackerel !
> >
> > I have all my email on there and it looks like my email address will
> > be invalid from January.
> > I will need to change all my yahoo group subscriptions as well as tell
> > friends.
> >
> > Am i correct in remembering that sky email is Gmail like?
> > I am not too keen on Gmail webmail layout so does anyone have a
> > suggestion of an email
> > service that has a clean interface like ukonline as well as able to
> > offer downloading emails
> > by pop3?
> >
> > thanks for the info ,sky haven't told me anything :(
> >
> > Martin N
> >
> >
> > Running MorphOS v2.6 (Nov 2010) on Mac Mini, Moderator of
> > MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Please post to: Hampshire@???
> > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire
> > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk
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>
>Gmail can be configured to be accessed via Kmail and Thuderbird (and
>many other
>email clients I expect). You have to select the option to use pop3 once you
>have signed up. Also gmail has a very good anti spam system
I do use Gmail for some unimportant email, which is why I have experienced
it enough to not want to use it for my main email address.
Yes the antispam is good but i only tend to get half a dozen spam emails
anyhow on the ukonline email address.
Martin N
Running MorphOS v2.6 (Nov 2010) on Mac Mini, Moderator of
MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups
