| The is no need to set-up an app when there are so many free internet emails like Outlook, Yahoo, or Gmail. It's also handier to check your email when you're not at home. |
That's no help if they want to use an existing ISP account. There are also numerous advantages to ISP accounts. (Or any other real email, whether it be thorugh owning a domain/website, ISP, or paying for email service.)
Free webmail is an ad-supported service that basically belongs to the provider. They claim the right to read and keep your email, as well as showing you ads. They don't allow you to completely delete that email.
Most people have several free, real email accounts with their ISP. One can also have a large number of accounts by owning and hosting one's own domain. (I pay only $9/ month for full-service hosting.) And virtually all real email can also be accessed online as a webmail version if necessary. Real email also has all sorts of superior functionality, not the least of which is that it runs in a real software program, not as a javascript operation in a webpage. It also provides the ability to store all of your email locally and to delete it from the server. And it provides conveniences like extensive, custom filtering of email.
I accept spyware webmail (gmail, yahoo, facebook, outllok.com, live.com, hotmail) to some of my email addresses because I have to, but I don't write personal emails to those people. The email address for my website is set up to auto-delete free webmail. I figure that if people can't be bothered to spend a couple of minutes, or a couple of bucks, to have real email that's not run by a sleazy operation like Google or Yahoo, then there's no reason I should spend time reading their message, which is almost certainly asking me for a favor. :)