January Poll: What online e-mail service do you primarily use?

[Salmon Trout]

What makes (for example) Eudora or Outlook Express, any more of an email client than Incredimail ... ?

Nothing. Those examples are desktop email client software applications. So is the software application called Incredimail. What is it that you are confused about?*

Wikipedia: IncrediMail Ltd. (NASDAQ: MAIL) is an Israeli company that develops and markets e-mail client programs and other personal desktop software for the consumer and home user markets.

*[Edit] I think I see the reason for your confusion. You wrote:

My ISP provides an email service, (it not com., but an extension nevertheless, such as org.,net., etc. ) is that a client? overthehill

Your ISP runs an email server somewhere, connected to the internet . They give you a user name, password and an email address and you get the functions that you expect - send & receive emails. That is the "service". Now to use your ISP's email server you need a "client" program on your computer.  It sounds like maybe your ISP supplied the Incredimail software for you to use but in fact you will almost certainly find that you may use any email client software application you like.

[harry 48]

so what your saying is that my isp installed Outlook Express as my email client , which i choose not to use.

i use yahoo.co.uk , but as patio said it's not an email client it's an online web based portal , what ever that is 

[michaewlewis]

I use Yahoo! Mail..... I guess that explains a lot. If I could just figure out how to upgrade to gmail, I would be a whole lot smarter!

[soybean]

so what your saying is that my isp installed Outlook Express as my email client , which i choose not to use.

No, he wasn't saying that.  All Windows (XP and prior versions) systems have Outlook Express.  It's a Microsoft product.  Salmon Trout said you could use Outlook Express instead of using Incredimail.   

i use yahoo.co.uk , but as patio said it's not an email client it's an online web based portal , what ever that is 

"online web based portal" means you access it via your web browser, not a separate email program, or email client (Incredimail, Outlook Express, etc.).

[harry 48]

No, he wasn't saying that.  All Windows (XP and prior versions) systems have Outlook Express.  It's a Microsoft product.  Salmon Trout said you could use Outlook Express instead of using Incredimail.   
"online web based portal" means you access it via your web browser, not a separate email program, or email client (Incredimail, Outlook Express, etc.).

thanks soybean for that

[Salmon Trout]

I never mentioned Outlook Express.

[soybean]

I never mentioned Outlook Express.

Oops, my bad.  Anyway, the point is Outlook Express is an example of an email client, as opposed to webmail.   

[Salmon Trout]

Oops, my bad.  Anyway, the point is Outlook Express is an example of an email client, as opposed to webmail.

I just don't want anybody thinking I would recommend Outlook Express to anybody... 

[soybean]

I just don's want anybody thinking I would recommend Outlook Express to anybody... 

Whatever floats your boat.  But, I've used it for years and have no reservations about recommending it.   

[Allan]

Guys - if you're going to continue that conversation perhaps you can start a new thread? Thanks.

[southernboy]

yahoo

[Tectonic]

I am using hotmail, an account I have since the 90ies. Never changed.
I do have email with gmail and yahoo too, but I dont use them so much.

[blackrainbow]

i have a hot mail gmail yahoo and i use motzila's thunderbird's email client

[sagebrush]

Gmail is my main online, Yahoo is a minor. Have my Outlook email program all sent to gmail so when on the road I can receive every email sent to the house and answer.

[soybean]

Have my Outlook email program all sent to gmail ...

How did you do that?