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    Once the .Mac trial ends.. will I still have my .mac e-mail adress?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Arquis, Mar 8, 2008.

  1. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    Question in title.... I kind of like it and am unsure if it's free, or I'll have to end up buying .mac to keep it. :)
     
    Arquis, Mar 8, 2008
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    I think the answer is "no" ; I let my dot mac subscription expire and after a couple of weeks or so - - - the email address was no longer functioning.
     
    RedDogMan, Mar 8, 2008
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  3. Arquis

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    Ah lame... I really like this mail app, and iDisk... guess it'll be worth it. Anything to get away from the spamfest known as hotmail :D
     
    Arquis, Mar 8, 2008
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    im going to renew it once the trial is up...I really like it.
     
    thecommish16, Mar 8, 2008
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    gmail is pretty good against spam, hardly ever get any. I have an old hotmail account and I've never received much spam there either, so I don't know, maybe it's cause I only gave that address to really close friends for chatting on live messenger.
     
    00fez, Mar 8, 2008
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    I totally think .mac is worth it. Having said that, I think there is an email-only .mac membership I came across once. It's a lot cheaper if all you want is the email address/webmail access.

    Edit: oops.... you have to have the full membership for additional email-only accounts.
     
    ATC, Mar 8, 2008
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    I recommend gmail as a free alternative, awesome spam filter, better than hotmail and yahoo. I have had experience with all of them.
     
    Stunner, Mar 9, 2008
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    I like getting idisk, webhosting, email, etc all in one...worth 99 a year imo.
     
    thecommish16, Mar 9, 2008
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    It is but it's commonly found for $69. You're not in Canada by any chance, are you?
     
    ATC, Mar 9, 2008
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    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    You don't need to use .mac with mail. Gmail, yahoo, all of them work to
     
    stealthsniper96, Mar 9, 2008
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    I love .mac for the webhosting...made an awesome webblog last night.
     
    thecommish16, Mar 9, 2008
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