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GMail hacked - Suggested alternatives?
James Marwood | Dec 15 2007
Coming up to 7 weeks ago my 4 year old gmail account was hacked. Google have sent me any number of standard form emails promising action but nothing has happened so I have lost 3 years worth of email and contacts. Let that be warning to back up data in your webmail account as well! In the mean time I have been using a .mac trial account but that has now expired and so I am looking for an alternative. Ideally it would have the following features:
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 Re: GMail hacked - Suggested alternatives?Submitted by ebrodeur on December 21, 2007 - 12:11pm.
I completely understand your concern with being hacked but an expression comes to mind about "throwing the baby out with the bath water." If you're uncertain the source of the hack, and in this case speculate it was over an insecure wireless network, I wouldn't blame Google. Any service can be compromised in this fashion so switching to something else could present the same issue. The description of your needs are exactly what Google offers and I have not heard of another service offering the same set of features, free or otherwise. I'd give it another go with Google and knowing what you know about computer security, take the necessary precautions for the future. » POSTED IN:
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