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Looking For A Backup Email Service

gatewaewanderer

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So, I did a quick search and didn't find anything for this already here in the General Forum. If there's anything elsewhere, I'm not sure where to look.

For email I've only ever used AOL and Yahoo and Comcast / Xfinity, all of which I've long since stopped using, Outlook (been using it since it was Hotmail,) Gmail, and Apple's iCloud email. I bounced between using my 3 current email addresses (Outlook, Gmail, and Apple's iCloud email,) as my email for QQ over the years I've been a memeber of QQ, but now with both Outlook and Gmail no longer available as email adresses for QQ, I'd like to have a backup address that I can use for QQ if I'm having trouble with iCloud.

So what I'm looking for is an email service that's free or at least has a free plan, preferrably has an ios app or can be used with an ios app (like how Apple's mail app and the Outlook app can let you use other email services through them.) And most importantly, I need an email that doesn't get used often for spam like Gmail does, which to my understanding was why Gmail addresses are no longer allowed to be used for QQ. I honestly have no idea which email addresses are most frequently used like that, so I need some guidance here.

Guess I should also state that last thing applies to any email that has trouble with QQ, as Outlook does.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
 
I actually use gmail myself for everything and my QQ e-mails and such have no issues?

I just know that a few months back I tried to login and got something saying gmail addresses were no longer accepted due to being used for spam accounts. I managed to get back in anyways using the password request feature and then changed my email.

So after searching a fair bit, I decided to try Proton mail as my backup email. Does anyone know if that's an email that has problems getting QQ emails, or forum or message board emails in general?
 

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