Did anyone ever wonder why Satoshi Nakamoto used a GMX mail account?

2 points by benries 12y ago ↗ HN

I know those were very common in Germany before Gmail became more popular, but I have never known anyone outside of Germany to use GMX.

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serf 12y ago ↗

they used to be big globally when it was hard to find a free pop3/imap enabled account. post-gmail it's not that big a feature anymore.

rufusjones 12y ago ↗

Hi-- Rufus Jones. Pleased to make your acquaintance. I live outside of Germany-- in fact, I live outside of Boston. There was a 3-year period when you couldn't pick up a computer magazine without finding a 1-page or 2-page spread on 1&1 Media, which is why they have 13 million accounts.

I have mine because they're less annoying than MS, Yahoo or Google, and I really don't need more for LivingSocial or Groupon,