# Best Fee-Pay E-mail **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 19, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fee-pay-e-mail/225239 "2004-01-19T22:31:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Sparky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Saint\_Sparky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Sparky)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fee-pay-e-mail/225239/1 "2004-01-19T22:31:02Z")
Hi, there, I am not to sure if this is the right forum for the topic, if not, mods can move it. I am looking to purchase a e-mail address, but not one that is connected to an ISP. I do not need to purchase any type of dial-in service etc, I have access already, and most e-mail addresses I have found you can only purchase when purchasing an ISP package. These places don’t seem to sell e-mail addresses alone. (Plus I don’t want to pay like $20 a month just for e-mail). Does anybody know of any good, reliable places to purchase an e-mail address? I am sick of the free stuff like Yahoo! or Hotmail, and I think it is time to purchase my own. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fee-pay-e-mail/225239/2 "2004-01-19T22:43:25Z")
I’m gonna move this over to IMHO, but to answer your question (maybe), most of the freebie e-mail providers offer some sort of “premium” package for a fee. Have you looked at any of those? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fee-pay-e-mail/225239/3 "2004-01-19T22:45:12Z")
Off to [**In My Humble Opinion**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=12). * * * **Cajun Man** ~ SDMB Moderator ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fee-pay-e-mail/225239/4 "2004-01-19T22:51:07Z")
Fine then. You do it Cajun Man 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Sparky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Saint\_Sparky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Sparky)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fee-pay-e-mail/225239/5 "2004-01-19T23:13:28Z")
I have actually looked into most of the common ‘premium’ upgrades of free e-mail accounts, and they still tend to be spammed alot with junk e-mail (the filters still suck) and the only think they really offer compared to the free e-mail addresses is a bigger inbox storage space. So my want is, if I am going to be paying this money, I want to have a proper e-mail address and not a freebie plus one. ---
**Author:** ![Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bag_of_mostly_water/32/1029_2.png) [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fee-pay-e-mail/225239/6 "2004-01-20T00:20:37Z")
I’ve been using [Mailsnare](http://www.mailsnare.net/) for about a year and half. It has been very reliable and is inexpensive. Highly recommended. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Sparky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Saint\_Sparky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Sparky)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fee-pay-e-mail/225239/7 "2004-01-21T16:26:08Z")
Thanks, mailsnare does seem to be the type of e-mail right up my alley, though I am still curious about any other brands. anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fee-pay-e-mail/225239/8 "2004-01-21T18:46:49Z")
Get a cheap webhosting account and your own domain. Viola, email for life.