An email domain provider that starts with M
March 25, 2013 7:36 PM Subscribe
I'm looking for an email provider that starts with m and ends with .net
Hi, I am trying to help my uncle log on to his email account that he has forgotten the password for. The yahoo email wants to send a fix your password link to his alternate email which is suggests is @m........net, but he can't remember what email it was. Unfortunately, since we can't figure out what the domain is we can't figure out how to log on to it.
This email domain will probably be a popular one, its not going to be something that runs off his name or something. The email is probably at least 5-7 years old also. We already tried msn, but that is a .com and didn't work regardless.
Thanks!
Hi, I am trying to help my uncle log on to his email account that he has forgotten the password for. The yahoo email wants to send a fix your password link to his alternate email which is suggests is @m........net, but he can't remember what email it was. Unfortunately, since we can't figure out what the domain is we can't figure out how to log on to it.
This email domain will probably be a popular one, its not going to be something that runs off his name or something. The email is probably at least 5-7 years old also. We already tried msn, but that is a .com and didn't work regardless.
Thanks!
Best answer: Did he ever get his internet access through Mindspring? He might have had a Mindspring.net email address.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:46 PM on March 25, 2013
posted by jacquilynne at 7:46 PM on March 25, 2013
mailinator.net?
posted by ceribus peribus at 7:51 PM on March 25, 2013
posted by ceribus peribus at 7:51 PM on March 25, 2013
Best answer: mindspring.net ? was a division of earthlink I believe.
posted by HermitDog at 7:57 PM on March 25, 2013
posted by HermitDog at 7:57 PM on March 25, 2013
I still have a mindspring.com address. They were bought out by EarthLink. (dot net)
posted by mon-ma-tron at 8:20 PM on March 25, 2013
posted by mon-ma-tron at 8:20 PM on March 25, 2013
Here are some other moderately common email domain names that fit the format:
myfairpoint.net
mts.net
mymts.net
mycia.net
metrocast.net
mountaincable.net
mediacombb.net
mwt.net
posted by jacquilynne at 8:39 PM on March 25, 2013
myfairpoint.net
mts.net
mymts.net
mycia.net
metrocast.net
mountaincable.net
mediacombb.net
mwt.net
posted by jacquilynne at 8:39 PM on March 25, 2013
Another factor:
Back in the back when, it was fairly common for ISPs to give their subscribers email addresses that had local subdomains on them like ma.rr.com or tx.rr.com. So if your uncle ever lived in a state that started with M, he might want to consider whether he had a localized ISP address that started with a code for his state.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:45 PM on March 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
Back in the back when, it was fairly common for ISPs to give their subscribers email addresses that had local subdomains on them like ma.rr.com or tx.rr.com. So if your uncle ever lived in a state that started with M, he might want to consider whether he had a localized ISP address that started with a code for his state.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:45 PM on March 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
mail.employer.net?
posted by Vesture of Chance at 8:55 PM on March 25, 2013
posted by Vesture of Chance at 8:55 PM on March 25, 2013
mail.employer.net?
Following that pattern, any chance it's mail.foo.net, where foo is just some other provider he had in the past?
posted by brennen at 9:40 PM on March 25, 2013
Following that pattern, any chance it's mail.foo.net, where foo is just some other provider he had in the past?
posted by brennen at 9:40 PM on March 25, 2013
One other thought - you might try googling his name and typical variations on it. I periodically turn up links to a couple of addresses I had over a decade ago when looking for stuff I published during that timeframe.
posted by brennen at 9:43 PM on March 25, 2013
posted by brennen at 9:43 PM on March 25, 2013
mailnew.net?
I have one of these addresses and it's part of the fastmail.fm email providers.
posted by essexjan at 2:59 AM on March 26, 2013
I have one of these addresses and it's part of the fastmail.fm email providers.
posted by essexjan at 2:59 AM on March 26, 2013
Not directly answering the question, but another line of attack if none of the suggestions above work: is there someone slightly webmail-savvy that your uncle might have emailed with that m*** address? You could try asking that person to search through their history for an email from him.
posted by tyrantkitty at 3:06 PM on March 26, 2013
posted by tyrantkitty at 3:06 PM on March 26, 2013
Response by poster: Thanks for the help. We determined that he did have his email through earthlink and that it was a mindspring.net address. Unfortunately, he no longer has access to that email and doesn't remember his security questions. I think he is going to have to start fresh with his email.
posted by aetg at 6:39 PM on March 26, 2013
posted by aetg at 6:39 PM on March 26, 2013
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posted by These Birds of a Feather at 7:43 PM on March 25, 2013