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Anyone Using Gunbroker Email?

nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,017 ******
edited October 2002 in General Discussion
At one time, there was a web-based email service available through Gunbroker. Accounts were something like this: xxxxxx@gunbroker.zzn.

I can't find a link to the service on the site, and I would like to set up a web-based email account.

In the event that this service is no longer available, which is the best FREE web-based email service?

SIG pistol armorer/FFL Dealer/Full time Peace Officer, Moderator of General Discussion Board on Gunbroker. Visit www.gunbroker.com, the best gun auction site on the Net! Email davidnunn@texoma.net
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    bhayes420bhayes420 Member Posts: 1,314 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Tough question David. My wife has tried several web-based accounts, but they fill up so fast with smutty spam that she has left all of them. The worst was hotmail. Every day she would get HUNDREDS of
    x-rated letters. This was after filtering and blocking the maximum number. I have had pretty good luck with yahoo though. Still get spam, but not the x-rated type.

    Taxation WITH representation isn't so hot, either!
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    nelchrisnelchris Member Posts: 557 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    YAHOO IS GOOD,BUT BHAYES IS RIGHT TO GET FREE SERVICE YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH SOME ADS.WHEN I STARTED I HAD WWW.888MAIL.COM ALSO LOOK AT NETSCAPE IF ITS STILL AROUND??
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    REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nunn, I use it constantly, with no spam problems. Never any problems sending or receiving mail, and you can use yor MS outlook or foreward all messages to another account if you wish by going to prefrences. The link to sign up is:
    http://gunbroker.zzn.com/email/english/login/login.asp

    hope it helps-Ralph

    Nothing very, very good or very, very bad lasts for very, very long.
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    kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,857 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    David,
    Its still around, on the auction side under "For Buyers" and "For Sellers" there is a link at the bottom of the page under "Third Party Tools" or you can use this link: http://gunbroker.zzn.com/ to get to the sign-up page. You can get 3MB for free or pay a $20 per year and get 25MB, POP service and a bunch of other stuff. I use it for all my gun related stuff, auctions and my address for all the boards I'm registered on ... my email is at the bottom of this post.

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    Chance favors the prepared mind
    kimberkid@gunbroker.zzn.com
    If you really desire something, you'll find a way ?
    ? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
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    nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,017 ******
    edited November -1
    Thanks. Got it.

    New email: nunn@gunbroker.zzn.com

    I have not been happy with web-based email in the past, but I am going to try it for awhile, at least for auction business.

    Thanks again.

    SIG pistol armorer/FFL Dealer/Full time Peace Officer, Moderator of General Discussion Board on Gunbroker. Visit www.gunbroker.com, the best gun auction site on the Net! Email nunn@gunbroker.zzn.com
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    maggiethecatmaggiethecat Member Posts: 2,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    nra gives free email. i have never ever had even a single piece of junk spam in that box.
    www.mynra.com

    The greatest happiness is to see your enemy scattered before you, to see his village in ashes, and to gather to your bed his wives and daughters.-Genghis Khan 1226
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    adminadmin Member, Administrator Posts: 1,079 admin
    edited November -1
    Nunn (and others): The free email accounts at gunbroker.zzn.com are not maintained and supported by GunBroker.com. This is a co-branding relationship with ZapZone Network (zzn.com). The gunbroker.zz.com is something that is provided as a courtesy to those who want to try web based mail, but since ZapZone runs it we have no way to provide support if there are problems.

    In general you are better off using a real email account from either your ISP or a paid email provider than the free web-based email accounts. Common sense dictates that when you give something away for free you are bound to experience compromises. For free web-based email, the compromises may include lost or non-delivered email, email rejected because your inbox is full, service outages, and poor or no support.

    We get a TON of bounced email sent to Yahoo.com and Hotmail.com addresses, and receive a ton of complaints such as 'I didn't get my winning bidder notification' from users of free email accounts. I personally would rather delete spam than have to deal with lost email and message delivery problems.

    Many ISPs offer a web-based interface that works with your ISP-based email account. This provides the best of both worlds - anywhere access plus reliable delivery. You may want to ask your ISP about this.
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    paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    My ISP here in Penna, screens out all spam and junkmail, plus it screens out all virus's. My Norton's has not picked up a virus since I switched to this ISP.
    It screens out an average of about 30 emails a day for me and it gives me the option to choose who I wish to receive mail from.
    I believe the software that does the screening for them is called Postini.


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    Edited by - nunn on 10/31/2002 14:42:19
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    searcher5searcher5 Member Posts: 13,511
    edited November -1
    I'm with Maggie-Love the NRA account. A little slow in loading,but no spam unless you ask for it.
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    boeboeboeboe Member Posts: 3,331
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the info. Just getting away from the porn spam will be worth it.

    To err is human, to moo is bovine.
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    bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    as some sage said on here a while back- the delete button is good excercize for your trigger finger.
    see, every cloud DOES have a silver lining.
    even whiteclouder, i betcha.lol
    barto

    the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
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    mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Barto...Good advice about the trigger finger.....
    EXCEPT FOR THOSE OF US LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE
    LEFT HANDED

    Mudge the southpaw

    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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