I'm currently using Hotmail. I'm looking for a free web-based email
service, that offers more space, is as reliable and has as-good
services like junk mail filters (and preferably isn't a prime target
for dictionary attacks by spammers). My dream service would have a
translation feature like Babelfish and also allow foreign script entry
without the Global IME or Win 2000, but that's probably an
unobtainable pie-in-the-sky requirement.

In your answer, please provide 3-4 URLs to the best such email service
you know. One single URL would do if the service is clearly head and
shoulders above the rest. A brief explanation would be nice, but not
demanded.

I'll rate a quick, satisfactory answer *****, otherwise, it'll be
unrated.

PS: I've been getting a lot of grief lately for being cheap (see
Q.126792). Please provide an answer of a quality you'd think
reasonable for $2.

Hi! Thanks for the question.

I think the best strategy to answer your question is to look at
reviews of free email services. The About.com website has a terrific
review.

"Top 9 Free Email Services"
http://email.about.com/cs/freeemailreviews/tp/free_email.htm

This one comes from a UK based website. It has reviews on other free
(relatively unknown free email providers). The reviewers are site
users.

Free Email
http://www.ciao.co.uk/categories/1,12,12975,12992.html

In case of email translation (it may not fit in your pie in the sky
requirement) this free email from Mail2World is a good resource.

Mail2World
http://www.mail2world.com/

There is also a third party website which could translate the email
for you like Wordlingo.

Wordlingo
http://www.worldlingo.com/products_services/email_translation.html

Search terms used: 
free email reviews translation service

I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information.

Thanks for visiting us.

Regards,
Easterangel-ga
Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Answer Clarification by spurious-ga on 20 Dec 2002 01:34 PST

Thanks for your very quick reply, which answers my question nicely.

I have a number of follow-up questions on this topic, but multi-part
questions like this deserve more than $2.  If you would like to answer
any of these at $2 each as a clarification, I'll post the additional
payment as a tip.  Otherwise, I'd be happy to close the question and
post your ***** rating.

(1) "Is there one or more WWW site that allows the entering of North
Asian scripts without the Global Input Method Editor (IME) or Win
2000?"

(2) "Is there a similar free site to http://www.advicebox.com/, but is
more free-form and doesn't require membership?"

(3) "Is there a similar, but free site to http://www.sendfakemail.com/
?"

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 20 Dec 2002 02:04 PST

Hi again! I cannot answer number 1 but I'll try to answer the rest.

2. Free Anonymous Email: No Membership

Vmonkey
http://www.vmonkey.com/

Anony
http://anony.co.uk/


3. Similar sites to http://www.sendfakemail.com/

I don't know if you would accept this since I tried to send an email
but it couldn't do it at this time. Maybe some server problems.

Funtoosh 
http://www.funtoosh.net/funtoosh/fakemail/fmail.asp

Well it was worth the try anyway. Thanks for accepting my answer.

Best Reagrds,
Easterangel-ga

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 20 Dec 2002 15:41 PST

Thanks for the nice rating and for the generous tip!

Many thanks; I'd been searching for that info repeatedly for quite a
while now.  Two of your links exceeded my wildest expectations. Your
clarification answered two additional questions that had been bugging
me for ages. And the turnaround for each round of questions was only
20 mins.  Truly spectacular.

In answer to your first followup question, try:

Hikyaku (Free World-Wide Japanese E-Mailer)
http://www.hikyaku.com/jpmail/jpmail.html

"This is a web based E-mailer able to process Japanese messages on
no-Japanese computers, useful for Japanese speaking people who wish to
keep a contact with their home base by E-mails outside Japan. Thanks
to our technology, you can exchange Japanese mails from any place in
the world where an Internet connected computer is available such as at
Internet/Cybercafes or hotels."

Many thanks, milesw-ga! I'll check that out.