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 Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:24 am Post subject: MSN Hotmail to compete with Gmail |
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I have a hotmail account and just the other day I got an email from them saying that Hotmail is now being improved, beome part of the Beta testing, it will now offer a 2Gb inbox, and emails can no be customised with fonts and things like that. I mean i'm only new to Gmail and looks like it is slowly kicking off as it isn't widely publicised from what I've see, and i believe that hotmail woud have sent this to quite a few people and looks like Gmail wont have much of chance being noticed as MSN moves in on their ground. Do you think that Google will try to push Gmail into the open, so that there will be some competition? Sorry if I posted this in the wrong section. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:04 am Post subject: |
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Yeah Microsoft are trying to beat Gmail! The new features you were talking about Cc are in the beta version of Windows Live Mail though myself I do prefer Gmail as Live Mail keeps going wrong for me and most of my friends. The loading times and loading problems with Live Mail get on my nerves!
Wheather or not Google will be opening the beta of Gmail soon I do not know?
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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I've had a Windows Live account for a while now (after converting a Hotmail account), and it's nowhere near Gmail.
No POP3 Access.
It doesn't have full functionality with anything but Internet Exploiter.
Ads. Packed with blinky, flashy ads.
Still has the spam signature on outgoing mail.
It's next to useless, as far as I'm concerned.
[Also, I'm moving this to the Gmail forum.]
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, iv had Windows Live Mail for a whole also.
It doesn't offer anything that great, they are useless they people.
Still nowhere as near as good as Gmail.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hotmail........worst............free email.............ever.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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I got that email too. seems to me like the race is on...
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:54 am Post subject: |
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| chevydriver1123 wrote: | | Hotmail........worst............free email.............ever. |
LOL... Myself I think Gmail rules and Yahoo! & Windows Live Mail / Hotmail are the worst free e-mail providers 
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Everyone seems to have covered most of the reasons why I don't like Hotmail. I can still think of another.
They keep saying they've made it faster. I think they should reword it: "we've improved it from suicidal-slow to painfully-slow".
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sirlaguna
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| Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:56 am Post subject: |
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andrew247 wrote: | Quote: | Everyone seems to have covered most of the reasons why I don't like Hotmail. I can still think of another. 
They keep saying they've made it faster. I think they should reword it: "we've improved it from suicidal-slow to painfully-slow". |
LOL true it is still very slow especially Windows Live Mail though Hotmail is still slow!
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| Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:16 am Post subject: |
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Hotmail comes from HTML.. well, I'd say it should be Sogmail.. SGML.. the lazy old standard..
compared to gmail..
well, gmail is XHTML 1.1 Strict, styled with CSS, and also some JS with it..
(note: these are not the standards used for these services.. just a comparison..)
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| Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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I have to give Hotmail the benefit of the doubt, it was the first email i have ever had, and still have today. It's gone from like no room to tons of space. The hotmail live looks pretty good.
Though i don't think anyone will compete with Gmail. Yahoo and Hotmail will try, but in the very end, they will fail.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:12 am Post subject: |
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Why do you still use hotmail then? You could register a gmail (I`d gladly send you an invite), and then forward your hot mails to it.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| cruocitae wrote: | | forward your hot mails to it. |
Hotmail doesn't let you do this, what a surprise!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| cruocitae wrote: | | Why do you still use hotmail then? You could register a gmail (I`d gladly send you an invite), and then forward your hot mails to it. |
Thank you for the invite, but i've had Gmail since the summer of 2004 i believe.
I still use Yahoo and Hotmail... i have so many emails, its not funny. lol
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