Ask HN: What other good mail providers are out there?

#1

Post by piers » Sun, Feb 12, 2012, 1:38 PM UTC

Just read this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3581613

There were a couple of providers mentioned, but nothing seemed to stand out as being better than GMail.

I've been using GMail since (approximately) 2004 and I've not come across anything better. I need to be able to send email from my domain. I want decent spam filters. And a way to pick up email from my phone. And a decent UI.

Other than that it can be ad-supported (as long as the ads aren't too obtrusive) but I don't want to pay anything.

So what else is out there?

Edit: I started a new thread because the other one was about moving away from Google. I just wondered what else was out there.

Re: Ask HN: What other good mail providers are out there?

#2

Post by andrewcooke » Sun, Feb 12, 2012, 2:14 PM UTC

does this really need a separate thread?

anyway, as i said there, when i looked a while back, runbox seemed best - http://runbox.com (screenshots - http://www.runbox.com/features/email-services/preview/)

but if you are not concerned about privacy etc then i think gmail is the best there is.

Re: Ask HN: What other good mail providers are out there?

#3

Post by samarudge » Sun, Feb 12, 2012, 2:31 PM UTC

Unfortunately the only real competitors are MS Exchange and Kerio, both require your own hardware and are expensive to licence

Re: Ask HN: What other good mail providers are out there?

#4

Post by bcl » Sun, Feb 12, 2012, 2:44 PM UTC

This really doesn't need a new thread.

Re: Ask HN: What other good mail providers are out there?

#5

Post by namidark » Sun, Feb 12, 2012, 2:53 PM UTC

Zimbra is pretty nice