Yahoo!Xtra Pro Mail with Bubble

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zimbokiwi

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#15827 10-Sep-2007 09:05

Just thought I would make a quick topic on the email solution now offered by Xtra - namely Yahoo!Xtra Pro Mail.

I am using it quite a bit now and have set up numerous domain based email addresses as well, and am able to now manage this all in one mailbox.....Yippee!!

Currently I am accessing the following using my @xtra.co.nz login details:

My Gatward.co.nz Domain emails
My Yahoo.co.nz emails - I am just using POP to access these - saves loging in as my other yahoo.co.nz login
My xtra.co.nz emails
My old Xtra aliases

To keep it pretty, I have set up some mail rules which sort the mail into folders based on what address they are sent to.

Then when it is time to send an email - I just select which address I want it to go from.....and that's as difficult as it gets :)

I could do this with my Gmail too - but the annoying thing was that it added the gmail address in the address line along with the domain address - so it was kind of sending it on behalf of my domain...

I have also configured a page on my Bubble called Email - and have the inboxes for my Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and Xtra all on the same page.....

Anyone else loving the mail capabilities? - post migration :)
Anyone else using a similar solution?

glasairnz

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#86608 13-Sep-2007 21:12

Hi
Maybe you could help me get to the same point. So far I am stuck as follows:
1. I went to www.xtramail.co.nz and got redirected to the bubble web site
2. I entered my username@xtra.co.nz and my password
3. It then took me to a Yahoo User ID screen - but I don't have a Yahoo ID
4. So now what do I do?

Ta
Mike

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#86615 13-Sep-2007 21:42

The login on the Yahoo! is the same Xtra login...

kiwispire

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#86621 13-Sep-2007 22:19

Just remember to use your full @xtra.co.nz email address as the username :)

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#86627 13-Sep-2007 23:29

I have not used my xtra account for a long time. It makes no difference to me if the bubble works, or screws my non-used xtramail up.

I decided to have a look for the first time today - heres my experience so far...

Went to webmail.xtra.co.nz
Clicked the registration link
Registered
Logged in
Got unlimited storage for mail
Briefcase showed 100MB, + 30MB for sub accounts till I logged out and back in, now at 1054MB for main briefcase.
Flickr account is pro - very cool, this will get a lot of use
Email interface is okay - I actually live in webmail for my personal email, and have about ten email addresses all pointed at one 'master' gmail account. This account now forwards a copy of all my mail to my Xtra/Yahoo account. So I can use either at any time (basically redundant mail interfaces for me, to some degree)
Our Xtra login is awful, my partner made it up on the spot when her 1st choice was unavailable. Its a six letter unusual word with a number 0 substitution for one of the 'o's in it. But you can also log into the bubble/mail with an xtra email alias, and I have a nice short 3 letter one, so login is that tiny bit faster.
The mail interface automatically lists all my xtra aliases - including some I forgot i had!!
All in all, very smooth, no problem, showing lots of potential.
Doesnt "blow gmail away", but for me, it could be a more attractive service. Only time will tell.

What didnt I like? Well, its all a bit 'messy' to some degree, and moving around Xtras various services, I still need seperate logins for things. Why cant my bubble include all my Telecom account info/access/logins ?