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Gregg Bell · 11-05-2017, 05:28 PM

Okay, not a Linux question per se, but you guys know so much, I figure you'll know about this too. I just upgraded my Godaddy email because it was so crappy. Now I have Microsoft's Outlook 365 Essentials Basic. Fine. It works great. It wasn't that expensive. But a Godaddy rep is telling me that I really need to get Outlook Email Client. (For another $178 for three years.) He says the Essentials security is okay but even so it will be so easy for someone to steal my password and then clone my account.

I told him I'm just a writer and I'm not selling anything. (I do send regularly to my newsletter list wich is 5K.) Still, he says hackers'll hack my account and send phishing and spoofing emails to my newsletter list etc etc etc.

My Essentials has a really strong password and I'm super careful about not opening attachments or suspicious emails.

I Googled the difference between webmail and client email and not one article talked about the webmail being more likely to get hacked. (A big thing the Godaddy rep kept saying was that with a regular email account you're always entering your password (and hence you're more likely to have it stolen) whereas with the client you don't have to enter the password.)

So my questions:

1) Do you think I need an email client?
2) If yes, do I need to get their Outlook? (Couldn't I get a free one like Thunderbird?)

Thanks!

11-05-2017, 05:28 PM	#755
Gregg Bell Gregg Bell Posts: 2,266 Karma: 3917598 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Itasca, Illinois Device: Kindle Touch 7, Sony PRS300, Fire HD8 Tablet	Okay, not a Linux question per se, but you guys know so much, I figure you'll know about this too. I just upgraded my Godaddy email because it was so crappy. Now I have Microsoft's Outlook 365 Essentials Basic. Fine. It works great. It wasn't that expensive. But a Godaddy rep is telling me that I really need to get Outlook Email Client. (For another $178 for three years.) He says the Essentials security is okay but even so it will be so easy for someone to steal my password and then clone my account. I told him I'm just a writer and I'm not selling anything. (I do send regularly to my newsletter list wich is 5K.) Still, he says hackers'll hack my account and send phishing and spoofing emails to my newsletter list etc etc etc. My Essentials has a really strong password and I'm super careful about not opening attachments or suspicious emails. I Googled the difference between webmail and client email and not one article talked about the webmail being more likely to get hacked. (A big thing the Godaddy rep kept saying was that with a regular email account you're always entering your password (and hence you're more likely to have it stolen) whereas with the client you don't have to enter the password.) So my questions: 1) Do you think I need an email client? 2) If yes, do I need to get their Outlook? (Couldn't I get a free one like Thunderbird?) Thanks!