Anndi
Aug 12 2005, 04:09 AM
Many people don't care about email account security and just go for a Hotmail account because it's automatically MSN compatible or a Gmail account because it has lots of space. But out of those of you who choose your email based on safetey and security, which client do you recommend? There are tons out there. Personally, I use GMX.net, it's a German service with extremely high security. They have a password meter to check your password for how easy or hard it might be to guess, encouraging you to use upper and lower case letters along with numbers. They verify all your contact information and scan for fake addresses. They also warn you before viewing HTML emails that may contain inappropriate or harmful information. They're claimed to be one of the best European email providers. They even provide you with a 1GB mailbox that can be accessed by 5 separate, free email addresses. The only downside to some people is that the service is all in German. So if you don't speak German, such a safe and handy email client isn't of much use to you. Does anyone else here use GMX? If not, what do you use, and do you actually care about the security, or just the space and special features?
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RemoteConnection
Aug 12 2005, 09:02 AM
Well, YAHOO,GMAIL.MAIL.COM,FASTERMAIL.COM all of them are at the high level security , Just in yahoo maybe you can find some ways to block an EMAIL ADDRESS , but they have the best security! EVER!
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round
Aug 12 2005, 12:06 PM
i'm not sure but i haven't really needed any added security. I working on a mac and there aren't any viruses out there for us. But i'm assuming here that the worry is viruses. I would say, if you have the cash, then by a mac round
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eXtreme
Aug 12 2005, 03:24 PM
Hmm.. i never really worried about my email provider security. I mean I AM the one that's suppose to be careful with my own email address. Not open suspect programs and files, be careful when handling emails coming from a strange person.. etc etc. For email providers i use Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo (and my internet provider email account) As Gmail and my internet provider accounts support POP3, i usually read them with Mozilla Thunderbird. So i think the most important thing when it comes in email security is the user self attention to not fall in not necessary risks.
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dymondgurl
Aug 24 2005, 03:57 PM
I have been using yahoo mail for years. In my opinoin there the best to use.
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Sebastian Naitsabes
Aug 28 2005, 03:04 PM
I use a Yahoo.co.uk email account that I have set up to use Mozilla Thunderbird. Mozilla Thunderbird is a lot more secure than Outlook Express and Outlook. Just like Mozilla Firefox is much more secure than Internet Explorer. Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird are a nice combination to have together. Why is Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird much more secure? It is, because they are free open source programs that have many developers coding them from all over the world. The majority of the Firefox or Thunderbird developers are hobbyists and do not get paid to code Firefox or Thunderbird. With open source programs the source code is available for anyone to get hold of. Yes this does include the bad guys, but with popular open source programs such as Firefox and Thunderbird any security issues that they find out about get fixed really quickly. Where as a software company with Microsoft being a prime example, it can take over a year before security issues are fixed in a program, if they ever get fixed at all.
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Zychez
Aug 29 2005, 03:50 AM
QUOTE Hmm.. i never really worried about my email provider security.
I mean I AM the one that's suppose to be careful with my own email address. Not open suspect programs and files, be careful when handling emails coming from a strange person.. etc etc.
For email providers i use Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo (and my internet provider email account)
As Gmail and my internet provider accounts support POP3, i usually read them with Mozilla Thunderbird.
So i think the most important thing when it comes in email security is the user self attention to not fall in not necessary risks. i agree with that~ the user would be the one responsible for the security of his/her account, so its much better to watch what things you open rather than totally rely onthe email client  i use thunderbird too at times~
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mayank
Aug 29 2005, 09:05 AM
Well what you are saying is basically about email service providers not about EMAIL CLIENT. An Email Client is basically a software which downloads your email from pop, imap and sends it from smtp server for example : Outlook, Outook express, eudora etc. But yes if you are asking about the security thing then GMAIL, HOTMAIL are fine because when you are typing your password there main page is secured and thus makes sure that password cannot be decrypeted by anyone else. Thus ensuring the security of the emails!
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Saint_Michael
Aug 29 2005, 07:44 PM
security isn't my concern since, most of my emails is junk anyways, but i have to yahoo, has pretty good security though.
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thablkpanda
Aug 31 2005, 02:25 AM
When the thread starter refered to security, did they mean the Client itself (Thunderbird, Outlook Express) or the provider (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.)? As far as security is concerned, if you recieve sensitive data in the mail like that, you need to lose the free accounts and such, and get Verisigned, and pay for all the expensive certificates. I think that otherwise, security isn't much of an issue... If you have a password that's difficult to guess (not something straight outta the dictionary) then that's the only concern as far as security should go in your part. If you need 512 bit-AES encryption for your e-mail, and triple passworded, non-cookie enabled service, It makes me wonder what kind of stuff you're trafficing, and how much you get paid. As far as clients go, the only one for me is Thunderbird. It's made by a company we all know and trust, so there's no chance of them Hijacking personal information, and it's fully featured, and has the World's best spam blocker (IMO, second only to Gmail itself). Ultimate combo - Gmail and Thunderbird. If you've got the spamblocker on gmail working, then it stops all the naughty magazine subscriptions from e-mailing you trying to get another years worth of magazines out of you, and thunderbird's filter catches everything else you deem appropriate. Panda
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shigajet
Jan 3 2006, 04:28 PM
I link up one of my Gmail accounts with Thunderbird (my E-mail client of choice), and I've never had any security issues so far. Both seem very solid programs and I wouldn't change it at all.
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mystmag
Jan 3 2006, 04:22 PM
I personally am not extremely suspicious when it comes to email security, but I definetley do not use Microsoft's Outlook Express. Outlook Express has constant bugs, and although Microsoft Update constantly updates Microsoft's Outlook Express, it is not a good email client. So when I first went on a hunt for an email client, I instantly thought, Mozilla's Thunderbird! After downloading it and adding accounts and everything, I could receive mail, however I could only send mail once in a blue moon. It would work to send mail once every week or so, and the rest of the time it just failed on me... But why? It could SEND it sometimes? But it was a good email reader! Ha! ha! ha! So I decided to take a trip to Download.com...there they had lots of email clients, but they all sounded like they would not work... Too cheap? Maybe...But I was positive that I did not want an email client that displayed ads such as Opera... To this day, I did not find an email client that I could 100% totally rely on, so I am still using Mozilla Thunderbird, even though I despise it because I can't send emails from it...however luckily for me, my email provider is my Internet Service Provider, so I can access web mail for sending my messages, but Mozilla Thunderbird for viewing them...don't ask me why...it doesn't make much sense to me, either...  However, I am not extremely suspicious when it comes to email security because my computer is protected from Symantec's Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus, the highest, top-of-the-line Firewall, Privacy Protection, Parental Controls, Ad Blocker, Spam Reducer, and AntiVirus Scanner and Protector with weekly checks over the entire system for any and all viruses and spyware programs, such as trojans and keyloggers, my worst enemies from experience... But, that's another story... Stephen
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MarCrush
Dec 26 2005, 12:22 AM
QUOTE(Tyssen @ Dec 25 2005, 04:17 PM) Outlook's gotta be just about the least secure email client there is. Who knows, I have it installed and don't use it anyway. I usually just use my web browser to read my e-mail (Gmail and Hotmail). Thunderbird or web based e-mail is probably better IF you so worried about security.
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Tyssen
Dec 25 2005, 11:17 PM
QUOTE(MarCrush @ Dec 26 2005, 08:22 AM) The e-mail clients I would recommend are Microsoft Office Outlook
Outlook's gotta be just about the least secure email client there is.
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MarCrush
Dec 25 2005, 10:22 PM
The e-mail clients I would recommend are Microsoft Office Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird.
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