Hi John, What you say about Google mail in the UK was true. However, a couple of months ago it was changed and we can now use either "@googlemail.com" or "@ gmail.com". I have been using both successfully. Hope this helps. Jean McCarthy nee Moore 2009/8/1 John Evans (fhml) <fhml@ukfreeisp.co.uk> > Hi List > > Many thanks to Diana, Mary, Stan, Paul, and David for your > helpful advice. > > To summarise the replies: > > Diana & David suggested acquiring my own domain name. I hadn't > thought of that! I'm looking into the pros and cons: it doesn't look > very expensive, but I need to find out how much work is involved in > set-up and maintenance. > > Paul suggested: "Email for Life" from the Alumni Association of a > university. I checked this out - not expecting much. Surprise, > surprise, my old Uni. offers this too. The only problem is that > registering for it will expose me to people I've been trying to > avoid for years! > > Mary recommended Gmail & Stan gave it qualified approval. I > investigated further and found that UK customers can't get an > account with a 'gmail.com' suffix, we have to put up with > 'googlemail.com', which is a bit clumsy. > > Anyway, thanks for all your help. I'll try out Gmail in the short > term, whilst I investigate my own domain name - it would be a > good way to share photos/files/trees with my collaborators. > > Regards, John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Evans (fhml)" <fhml@ukfreeisp.co.uk> > To: <computers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 5:19 PM > Subject: [COMPUTERS] A 'Permanent' Email Address for FH > > > Hi List, > > > > I'm trying to get a more-or-less permanent email address to > > attach to my 'Interests' in FHS journals. So far, two of the ISPs > > I used to use for dialup access have gone bust, and left me with > > a lot of people to inform re address changes. Now that I have > > broadband access I would like something more permanent, that > > isn't tied to any one ISP. Can any list member advise: > > > > 1. How do Hotmail & Gmail compare? > > 2. Are there any other options? > > 3. I understand that I can use POP and Outlook Express with Gmail; > > does that work with Hotmail too? > > 4. How do I get a Gmail address? Going to www.google.co.uk, then > > to the Mail tab seems to lead to being offered an address of the > > type joebloggs@googlemail.com. Is there a different route to > > get to joebloggs@gmail.com? > > > > Regards, John > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ jeanmccarthy36@googlemail.com JEAN.MCCARTHY@MSGH-TR.WMIDS.NHS.UK