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I've been using googlemail for a year now and no problems. I have one concern - on my home pc I use thunderbird but when I open firefox+google it recognises me - which may mean you are leaving your password behind and the next person to use the internet cafe may automatically log in as you - I haven't tried this out anywhare remote yet - stuck in wet/windy UK 'till feb.
Also have a fastmail account but it's a bit limited on storage.
There is a site called mail2web.com that will let you access your mail even if you can't get your server to work - a bit low tec but good for emergencies.
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password remembering

it only does that if you tell it to remember you password.
usually in an internet cafe or on someone elses comp i make sure the "remember me on this computer" box has NO tick in it.

I also change my passwords on a regular basis use stuff no one else could know like first girlfriends names or even stupid stuff. i had a password for ages that consisted of a girls name and her mobile number. not easily crackable.
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Thanks Martyn, as I thought, but you can't be too carefull - that's why I have more than one server - one for critical/personal and another for general use where I don't have to worry too much.
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Thumbs up Go for Gmail

Hi,
My vote's for Gmail.
You can access it from an Internet café, or from your mobile.
The web-page (that you'd be accessing through a web browser in an Internet café) is very easy to use, intuitive and slick. It's got a great search feature so you can dig out messages from yonks ago, just based on some word that appears in the message, or from part of the senders email address, etc.
I've accessed it a little from a cell phone browser too. Most phones' browser will be able to access Gmail's WAP version of their site. Just point your phone's browser to gmail.com/app.

I haven't used Yahoo, so I can't comment but Gmail is far superior to Hotmail, if for no other reason than the (daft) inactivation of your account if you don't use it for 30 days.

Let us know what you choose.

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...if for no other reason than the (daft) inactivation of your account if you don't use it for 30 days.
Just to clarify, that's your Hotmail account's inactivation I'm talking about. If you don't use it for 30 days, it's put into a suspended state where emails sent to you are automatically deleted and do not reach your inbox. The account is reactivated once you log in again, it's just that you'll have lost the emails that arrived while the account was deactivated.

Gmail doesn't impose that restriction.

Go with Gmail. It won't disappoint.
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I've been using googlemail for a year now and no problems. I have one concern - on my home pc I use thunderbird but when I open firefox+google it recognises me - which may mean you are leaving your password behind and the next person to use the internet cafe may automatically log in as you - I haven't tried this out anywhare remote yet - stuck in wet/windy UK 'till feb.
Also have a fastmail account but it's a bit limited on storage.
There is a site called mail2web.com that will let you access your mail even if you can't get your server to work - a bit low tec but good for emergencies.
Sorry, bit of a ramble
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Hi All, Just my two peneth....i use a 2Gb usb pen drive which has U3 software loaded:confused1: what this is effectivly your own start menu inc all programs, word pro, spreedsheet, thunderbird email client, firfox browser etc, so your passwords etc stay on your pendrive, which you can password protect itself nand "lock it" against acidently wiping it! you caN NOW GET 4gb ones, there are quite cheep now....£20 in the uk, try this link for info....http://www.u3.com/smart/default.aspx
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