[LMB] OT: Quoting and email providers

[Mark Allums]

Suzette Petty wrote:
> Would anyone who has experience with comcast list email 
care to share their experience? Or care to suggest a
(preferrably free) email provider that doesn't require
a lot of work when quoting?
 >

I don't have Comcast, but many have experienced their blocking of 
torrents, and have concluded that Comcast is evil.  They also are not as 
high-speed as they claim they are.  Often:  Claim: 10 Mb/s, Actual: 400 
kb/s.

I have used Verizon Wireless mobile broadband (between 600-1400 kb/s) 
for a month, and have had pretty good luck so far.  Alas, they are 
expensive, and don't have email at all.

I use GoDaddy with Thunderbird, who farms out their email to 
Secureserver.net, which is either POP3 or IMAP, your choice, or they 
also have a web client, you use whatever suits you.  No problem with 
quotes.  The downside is they are a little bit too aggressive at 
blocking spam, and you have to "whitelist" certain email addresses or 
domains, including the LMB list. This is not much trouble. The service 
is cheap, typically $19.99 a year.

I have also used gmail, it works well, but there may be privacy concerns.

--Mark Allums