There are quite a few crappy email providers out there. If you did not pay attention when you chose your email provider, chances are that your email provider sucks. I’ve compiled a brief check-list for you that you can use to determine if your email provider sucks and that it’s time to move elsewhere.
Keep in mind that these are general guidelines. I’m aware of situations that invalidate one or more of these arguments, but they are true in general.
You know that that it’s time to switch email provider when….
…your storage quota is less than 5GB and you pay more than $0 per year.
Yes, Gmail changed the rules of the game. When they introduced several gigabytes of free storage, their competitors had no other choice but to follow. Today Gmail gives you more than 7GB of free storage. If you are still paying for less than a couple of gigabytes of storage, it’s time to move on.