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Well, my main email provider and the one I use for 'official' stuff, mailandnews.com, is shutting down. Can anyone recommend a free provider that has a lot of storage space? Mailandnews had 10 megs, which was damn handy. So far, the best replacement I've found is beer.com, with 5 megs...
Oh crap. I'm in the same boat, because I also use a mailandnews.com address. It's the one I normally use in webforms and also use with this site, because I use its advanced filtering capabilities to screen out spam. While I do have several other email addresses, I will still need to replace my mailandnews address, because it is the one I intentionally use for spam trapping. What I liked about this address was its advanced filtering capability, its 10 megabytes of space, and its POP3 access. Does anyone know of a free email provider with those features?
Anyway, in case NeoVid isn't looking for exactly the same thing as I am, let me point out some good sources of email addresses. If you've graduated from college or graduate school, you may be able to get a free alumnus address that should be good for your whole lifetime. Another possibility is to get an address based on your name, either by registering your own last name, as I have done with mine, or by renting an address from whoever has already registered your last name. Either option is good for a good, permanent address, though the second option costs some money.