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On Oct 8, 2009, at 9:51 AM, Bill Bogstad <bogstad-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: > > Which is why I've had a $20 a year pobox.com email forwarding address > for over ten years now. > Currently, I use gmail to actually read/send mail. I normally use the > web interface, but sometimes use IMAP clients. I can switch to a > different mail provider (or my own server) quickly without having to > update my address with the world. It's worth the <$2 a month for that > piece of mind. > > Given the longevity of my address, I get lots of spam directed there. > So far Google does a pretty > good job of dumping it into my spam box. I only see 2-4 messages a > day of spam that are > false negatives. And one or two false positives a week. Yes, I > routinely skim my spam folder. > That's when I use IMAP. I start up my client and let it download all > the headers from my spam folder. I then quickly skim the > senders/subjects. The roundtrip time via gmail's web interface to do > this is just too slow to switch screens. > > Bill Bogstad > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Directnic.com will let you set up email forwarding for domains you register with them--both individual addresses and wildcards--last time I renewed it was $15/yr I've been using them for 5+ years for my "name" domain fr email only. They also redirect web requests for the domain as well. Ethan
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