[NTLUG:Discuss] Advice on email account

[Mike Hart]

For years, I've used web mail (yahoo and gmail) for security (in most cases viruses can't get through a webmail interface).  While cleanup is a little slower, I find them far more reliable, and easier to migrate when it comes time to change distro. 

That said, I went 10 months looking for a job without a single interview. I went through my resume time and again and couldn't find anything wrong with it. Then, In a class on resumes, I heard 3 other unemployees say they had previously been in HR departments and one of their first screens on applications was to throw out all the "fake" gmail, hotmail, and yahoo accounts.  Within a couple weeks after I changed my resume to list a different webmail account ending in .edu, I started getting calls.  

I guess what I'm saying is, remember your email address is like your zip code these days, and some people will choose to make judgements about you based on what comes after the @ sign. 

--- On Mon, 1/17/11, Hank Ivy <hankivy at hot.rr.com> wrote:

From: Hank Ivy <hankivy at hot.rr.com>
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Advice on email account
To: "NTLUG Discussion List" <discuss at ntlug.org>
Date: Monday, January 17, 2011, 12:41 AM

I am looking at changing my Internet Service Provider, ISP.  The only fly in the ointment is 
they provide my primary email account.  What advice do you have for me about two items.

1.  What independent email account provider would you recommend?
  Should I go with something like gmail?
  Should I just pay for a host presence (and IP name on the internet) and have my own email 
host?

2. Do you have any advice on how to go about changing email accounts without missing important 
emails?


-- 
Hank Ivy

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