Many years ago my mom - and in the process me to - got herself broadband. With it came an e-mail account. I've since used that one as my only e-mail account. A couple of days ago, she changed broadband vendor, and at the same time the e-mail account got closed. Being used to checking my inbox every ten minutes on my phone, the sudden removal of access was jarring to put it mildly.
Over the years I've gotten very accustomed to have mails from work, my banks, service providers and everything else neatly gathered in a single application. Now that I no longer have access to the account, I feel as a part of my identity is missing. And the task of getting it all straightened out seems pretty daunting. I know that 15 years ago people managed just as well (if not better) without any e-mails, but now it seems as important as hot water. Just as I feel naked if I step outside without my phone on me, I've adjusted so much to this service that it's really hard to be without it. As I don't receive bills via e-mail anymore, there is nothing really urgent that I need access to, yet I can't help feeling very handicapped.
Anybody else experienced something similar? Share.
And also, what's the best e-mail service out there? One that is easy to integrate to Live Mail and such.
Over the years I've gotten very accustomed to have mails from work, my banks, service providers and everything else neatly gathered in a single application. Now that I no longer have access to the account, I feel as a part of my identity is missing. And the task of getting it all straightened out seems pretty daunting. I know that 15 years ago people managed just as well (if not better) without any e-mails, but now it seems as important as hot water. Just as I feel naked if I step outside without my phone on me, I've adjusted so much to this service that it's really hard to be without it. As I don't receive bills via e-mail anymore, there is nothing really urgent that I need access to, yet I can't help feeling very handicapped.
Anybody else experienced something similar? Share.
And also, what's the best e-mail service out there? One that is easy to integrate to Live Mail and such.
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