Email Account Problem

[ack]

I probably have 20 email accounts or more. And I really need them all and use them all for my many businesses. But I dont know the best way to manage them.

I currently use GMAIL to access all of them. They have great spam filters and I love this feature about GMAIL. I can access up to 6 accounts by logging in once. But 6 is the max. If it was unlimited, I would be golden. And so I have a few GMAIL accounts.

What is the best way to manage all these emails accounts? Is GMAIL my best solution?

[Eriksrocks]

You could use a desktop email client like Thunderbird or Outlook to access them all, which would remove the 6 account limit that Gmail has.

Or you could theoretically set up another Gmail account and use that account to fetch mail from the few other "secondary" Gmaill accounts that you have, funneling all the mail into a single Gmail account.

[TonyS]

I think (I could be wrong, I haven't tried it recently) that if you log in to Horde webmail under your linux username, you can see every email address on your account.

[Early Out]

I think (I could be wrong, I haven't tried it recently) that if you log in to Horde webmail under your linux username, you can see every email address on your account.

Just tried it and yes, it works. Just to clarify, your "linux username" is your BH username, the 8-character one that's based on your domain name. Once you're logged into Horde, click on "Mail" in the directory tree on the left, and you have access to all your POP email accounts.

[KazanDaemon]

you can create forwarders instead of mailboxes

[ack]

Thanks

I will try this. The only thing that I will miss is GMAIL's great spam filtration. I find their spam filters are among the best.

I wish GMAIL would lift this limit of 6...

[Eriksrocks]

I wish GMAIL would lift this limit of 6...

So do I, but they have to keep the load on their servers realistic. After all, it is a free service.

As far as spam filtration goes, I'm not sure if you got the recent email from Matt Heaton, Bluehost's CEO, but they are now offering a completely free, no-risk trial of Postini spam protection, which is supposed to be really good.

Here's the email:

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Thanks,
Matt Heaton / President Bluehost.com