OH Magoo Microsoft has done it again.

[MikeWa]

I give up. Some time ago I used MSN as my internet service provider. Including MSN.com e-mail. Early on I wanted to set up their e-mail as pop3. Well after several calls to customer service we finally decided to transition to Hot Mail as the issues could not be resolved. Then a couple of years ago Microsoft changed their support of Hot Mail and I had to download Outlook Connector to continue using Hot Mail as pop3.

 

Then last July weird things started happening. Mail returned to sender, folders wouldn't synchronize etc. I blamed that on Windows 7 sp1 as I had allowed Microsoft to update my computer. That was a mess. Worse than a virus and could not be fully uninstalled. Even with back-up. I finally had to go to Windows 10. But my next computer will not be Microsoft. That is for sure. It finally got to where MSN e-mail was not working at all.

 

Today I talked to Microsoft customer service again. Turns out they completely changed Hot Mail and Outlook again last July without notice. If I want to be able to download my e-mail all I need to do is purchase their new Outlook 2016 ($99) as it is compatible with their new mail format. Or I can just access my e-mail on line, except for what they send back as undeliverable of course.

 

So after years with the same e-mail address I have begun the tedious process of notifying my accounts of my new address. Which is NOT Microsoft or MSN or anything else that starts with an M.

 

Mike

[Midrsv]

I got tired of changing my email every time my service provider sold out. So, I switched to gmail and I've been very happy with their service. It works well on mobile devices and as web mail.

 

Dennis

[djh3]

I have used yahoo for years. I have a hot mail and have not noticed anything fishy. Also have the manditory G-mail as I have had android phones and that is how I get any apps from app store.

[ragtop69gs]

With the recent price increases foisted upon us by Comcast, I may be changing over all my Tv, internet and email to another provider. I looked at yahoo & gmail but neither will let me have my desired user names. How difficult and expensive is it to setup my own email domain?

[camos]

  ragtop69gs said:

How difficult and expensive is it to setup my own email domain?

A quick google search found this list.

Hahahahaha, who knew?

 

The range is from free to not too expensive depending on the amount of storage/traffic required.