Re: Simple Free Email Address
On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM Paul M. Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
>
> Folks:
>
> I have to set up an email address in order to administer some websites
> for a client. This email address must be with a provider not hosted on
> my principal domain's hosting computers. I'm running Thunderbird on
> Debian Trixie. I'm based in the U.S.
>
> NONE of the major providers appear to work. I have a gmail address. But
> for reasons beyond me, I can't send email from my main email address to
> it. They don't show up. Worse, every way I try to set this up in
> Thunderbird, it won't finish setting up the account.
>
> AOL and Yahoo appear to be on the same servers, using the same software.
> After I gave them all my data to set up accounts, they thought for a
> minute, then told me they couldn't set up my account based on what I
> gave them. No explanation why.
>
> Protonmail appears to want to run some daemon in the background; the
> connection parameters to their service involve the IP 127.0.0.1.
>
> Mail.com: POP3 and IMAP are *premium* services (= paid).
>
> Zoho: excludes POP3 and IMAP from their free alternatives.
>
> Fastmail is paid.
>
> It appears there are an abundance of alternatives, all of whom want you
> to use their particular webmail version, along with calendars, contact
> lists, etc. Walled gardens.
>
> I just need a free email address, preferably with POP3 which works with
> Thunderbird, or IMAP if I have to. I'd appreciate any assistance along
> these lines.
It appears there are additional requirements other than an external
email account like AOL, Fastmail, Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo:
> I have to set up an email address in order to administer some websites
> for a client. This email address must be with a provider not hosted on
> my principal domain's hosting computers...
What are the additional requirements?
Jeff
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