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I now have an iPhone 3g and have set up three email accounts on it. My main one being the Talk21. I have had problems sending emails from this account and now understand that there is a problem... more

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  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 buzios

    Member since 21/01/2003

    Reviews written: 56

    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages It's free

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Bad performance, design, bugs, adverts

    UPDATE Please note that since writing this review Talk21 has been scrapped and users moved onto Yahoo so this review no longer applies but remains for historic curiosity. ---- talk21 is the free email service provided by British Telecom. There are many things to dislike BT for and this is no exception. I registered for talk21 about 5 years ago when there was not a lot of choice of free email services. I chose talk21 simply because at that time I could get a good email address (rather than the fredbloggs1234567 you would have had to have at hotmail or yahoo). However I don't know if this is the ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    zargax

    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Adequate storage space (250Mb)

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Worse than yahoo, no pop/smtp access, slow, banner ads, spam, features (like the free sms) have been removed.

    **Update 27/4/2004** This is the synopsis of what has happened post team up with Yahoo. Basically talk21 has turned into Yahoo, but with a more unreliable sign in. Just join Yahoo mail instead. Compared to the old talk21 service, the new BT yahoo replacement has a much better interface and a slightly increased mailbox and seems a bit more reliable, so overall it seems like an improvement over the old talk21. However, a big disadvantage is that it no longer has POP or SMTP access unless you suscribe for their paid service. It's just a big advert for their paid service and not a particularly ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    oldmanshands

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lots of good features

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None as yet!

    There are so many different web mail services out there that it's difficult to choose between them. Talk21 is run by bt, originally as a web based email service for btclick customers, although it has always been available to anyone who wants an account. The reason I first opened a talk21 account is that they have a service which will send an sms (text message) to your mobile phone whenever you get new emails. I was looking for a free service which did this, and this was the only one I found which was reliable. Since I joined they have improved this so that you also get the subject line of the ... more
  • 27 of 28 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dave27

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Reliable, fast, functional

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Nothing special

    Bureaucratic Tendencies ... Barely Tenable ... Bloody Terrible ...Badly Turned Out ... Beautifully Tense ... Boringly Turgid ... Benefits Tiny ... Bodged-up Tools ... Buncha T***s ... Bendy Toes (eh?) ... Whatever!!! We've all got our views about BRITISH TELECOM and they're almost universally critical these days. Mrs D and I are as very unimpressed as anyone in this regard, but there is one offering in the BT stable which is difficult to fault, and that's the Talk21 free e-mail service. This is BT's contribution altruistically to the government's desire to get the UK on line and the 21 in the ... more
  • 25 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    mmclcukie

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to use, you can send text messages, you can get talk21 through Outlook Express etc...

    Disadvantages Disadvantages not much!

    When I first bought my PC I signed up for the Internet using BT Click (one of BT’s ISP’s) - this was about two years ago, and as I joined a BT internet service provider they recommended that I signed up to talk21 for my email. I have used talk21 ever since, as it’s a great site for email and sending text messages to friends mobile phones. There’s no problem with file space so even when you leave your account for a while i.e.: to go on holiday the talk21 account will have plenty of space to receive emails while you are away. The site is quick to load, and easy to use so ... more

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  • snookeredtalk21 26/10/2010 17:16:30

    how do i access my talk21 emails which yahoo replaced?

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