I still have my Hotmail Account from over 10 years ago. It works fine. Also have a Yahoo email Account, which works well as well. But GMail is my preferred right now. I use it heavily, integrating the Calendars and what not. That's my 2 cents ! On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Bea 1935 <bea1935@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for all those who replied to my query. I eventually able to get a > new account this morning. > > It would not accept "fake" numbers for the cell phone space. I even tried a > number that my daughter had on a phone that recently broke. (She may have > already cancelled it ??) So, I used her real one. Hope she doesn't end up > getting a lot of spam calls. > > The reason I want to get rid of gmail is that I hate not being able to see > my messages to mail lists, nor am I pleased with the format of the overall > display. Just my feelings - to each his own. :-) It does do a good job with > the spam. > > I have been a Yahoo user for many years with no problems. Like the way the > site looks and acts. Maybe it is just that I am use to it, but I find it is > the easiest to use. My new address is from there now. > > I have a Hotmail account, and tried to make a new one there. Outlook.com, > live.com and Hotmail are all connected now. It get a new one It suggested > that I should make changes to my Hotmail account. Didn't look over the > change needed too closely. Just gave up on it. > > Thanks again. Bea > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. > > This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 -- -------- K. Ross kr5927@gmail.com