Monday, January 10, 2005

I use pobox.com for my personal email. Basically it’s a way to have a lifetime email address even though you may switch internet service providers or even just email providers over time. It eliminates the need to notify all of your friends and family of an email address change; you simply update the information with pobox. I’ve had my pobox account for years and I love it.

What makes pobox even better is their spam protection. It’s astounding to see how many messages they kill before they hit my inbox. It’s in the hundreds every day and it saves me a ton of aggravation. I rarely check the discards list anymore because it’s so “smart” that I have yet to not receive a legit message. The proof came during the Christmas shopping season - I did most of my shopping online and I was worried that my heavy spam settings might block order confirmations from getting through. But I got every single one of them.

If you’re inundated with spam, look into making the switch to pobox.com. For $20/year for the basic service, it’s well worth the money.