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    I set up a Hotmail account for my daugher last night, to help organise an upcoming party. My Gosh, what an absolute clusterfuck the UI is - it's making me feel like I'm utterly clueless with computers. It really is a total mess. For sure, there are a lot of options, but jeez if they're all in front of you at once, all competing over dead zones of non-sensical whitespace.

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    • Seems obvious, but why didn’t you choose a different company? Or just use a prettier email client to access?monospaced
    • Obvious in hindsight, perhaps I'd already sent out the invites with the address. GMail's a no-no (also - have yout tried setting up a child account there?!Nairn
    • GMX didn't work (?!), yahoo et al were shite, so I figured MS might just be simple (and free). Now wishing I'd just set her up on omg.lol for $20 p/aNairn
    • Mainly I just wanted something fairly generic and anonymous, that both my partner and I could easily check from wherever.Nairn
    • fastmail?
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    • I have a fastmail account for myself, but it's paid-for. I wanted something free.Nairn
    • I’ve never paid for email before.monospaced
    • Are you against Google? Gmail is great.jagara
    • Yes, I'm against Google.Nairn
    • @mono - I've self-hosted since the 90s, so paid for my email, then started with Fastmail about 4 years ago, when the hoops to jump through to ...Nairn
    • ... ensure emails weren't junked in spam folders by Google and MS etc became too much to bother with.Nairn
    • Both those will dump an email that is a response to one sent FROM a GMail/ MS account, even on a well-set up server. It's so stupid.Nairn
    • I lost jobs because of that shit. My theory is they do it on purpose to force you to use their services... .Nairn
    • So glad Nairn is tech savvy so proud!
      fucl gmail
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    • @Nairn yes most emails from non gmail addresses end up in Spam
      People lose A LOT of business over this shit
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    • Google made a good search. Everything else, they bought, ripped or was a failure. This has been a drive-by comment.MrT
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