Gawab,alternative

[Puzzled001]

Hi, All, as it looks like Gawab is a goner ( according to some remarks on Facebook, I presume millions of users are in the same boat) can I have recommendations from the 'boffins' on a reasonably priced 'paid-for' service that is likely to be more trustworthy than the free ones.

[ChuckFickens]

My comment about paid for services being more reliable, although true (most will offer a service level agreement (SLA) promising over 99% uptime) isn't really directed at home users to be fair, for a single email address a paid for service would be excessive (unless it's business critical in some way)

There are plenty of free services that have been close to 100% for years and are pretty much garanteed not to be going anywhere for a long time, such as hotmail, Gmail, yahoo mail, or one of my favourites (because you can select from a range of silly/sensible addresses) is freeola (note I am not connected with freeola, but I did work for them years ago so I know they are reputable)

http://freeola.com/freeola500/

[Puzzled001]

Thanks,CF, I have accounts with gmail and yahoo but for some reason my bank doesn't like them ! I'll have a look at freeola, thanks again

[Buenchico]

Gawab is not dead!

From their website:
"We apologize for the service interruption that started to happen on Wednesday 1st of June. We are facing hardware problems that are currently being checked and replaced. The service is working but on limited availability currently. The delay in full restoration is due to hardware delivery delay from the Vendor. Sorry for any inconvenience and the data is fully secure."

If you still want alternatives, see here:
http://email.about.co...p/free_pop3_email.htm

Chris

[Puzzled001]

Thanks for that info Chris, 6 days without main email is unacceptable so although I have left gawab on OE I have set up with freeola as ChuckF suggested. As I live in Spain have taken out their freedom pack which hopefully will be trouble free? Thanks again both for your time an trouble, much appreciated