# Free email? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 11, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723 "2007-09-11T00:18:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/1 "2007-09-11T00:18:30Z")
What’s the simplest, least intrusive, free email site. I don’t need any bells and whistles, no big storage capacity, just the basics. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/2 "2007-09-11T00:20:32Z")
Gmail is pretty nice. If you’d like an invite, email is in my profile. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/3 "2007-09-11T00:36:10Z")
Gmail fan. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/4 "2007-09-11T00:43:58Z")
I use [inbox.com](http://inbox.com). It is simple, enough storage space for my needs, and best of all, is not an outlook clone. The link is [http://www.inbox.com/](http://www.inbox.com/) SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/5 "2007-09-11T00:45:02Z")
And another vote for Gmail. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/6 "2007-09-11T02:13:04Z")
Gmail is the tits–if you have a cell phone Gmail will text a code to you, no need for an invite. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/7 "2007-09-11T02:28:36Z")
I use both Gmail and Yahoo, like 'em both. Gmail is the simpler of the two. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/8 "2007-09-11T02:55:09Z")
I vote for Gmail as well ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/9 "2007-09-11T02:59:22Z")
Gmail here as well… and I was even able to sign up without an invite. ---
**Author:** ![initech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/439d5e/32.png) [@initech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/initech)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/10 "2007-09-11T03:29:56Z")
+1 for Gmail. Invites are no longer needed. Plenty of storage, no spam, built-in IM, calendar and docs. It’s all great. And the search function, not surprisingly, is nearly perfect. ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/11 "2007-09-11T03:31:23Z")
Add one more for Gmail. It’s amazing… Brendon Small ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/12 "2007-09-11T03:43:12Z")
Yup, another one for Gmail. I’ve been using it since spring 2004; it thoroughly kicks the collective ass of every other email service I have ever used. The way it organizes conversations is terrific - everything about it is just so simple, clean and convenient. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/13 "2007-09-11T03:50:09Z")
gmail is grand, i’ve had a yahoo account for 8 or 9 years no major complaints yet. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/14 "2007-09-11T03:52:01Z")
At the risk of being redundant and repetetive, I recommend GMail as well. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/15 "2007-09-11T04:13:36Z")
Gee…did anyone say Gmail?.. tsfr ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/16 "2007-09-11T04:54:53Z")
Thanks for all the replies. Consensus wins, I opened a Google account and I’m goin’ w/ the Gmail. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/17 "2007-09-11T05:13:09Z")
Rio, by Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/18 "2007-09-11T07:59:47Z")
I know you already opened the account, but Gmail rocks! ---
**Author:** ![Leah\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Leah\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leah_M)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/19 "2007-09-11T09:17:46Z")
I know you’re set already, but Gmail here, too. They did away with invites, recently. Anyone can sign up. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723/20 "2007-09-11T09:31:03Z")
A small learning curve with Gmail: you don’t use “folders” you use “labels” - but it’s largely the same thing. You label an email then you archive it. Retrieve all mail labelled in a certain way using the menu on the left - conceptually the same as opening a folder. Also, if you have an old email address you wish to preserve, you can set your old address to forward into your Gmail account, then get Gmail to send mail from the old email address. A very handy feature. It’s full-featured too, but you can ignore all the zappy features if you want. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-email/418723.md?page=2)