HOTMAIL!!!!!

Bond · 07-09-2004, 04:11 PM

I haven't gotten the e-mail yet... I'm sure this has nothing to do with Gmail.

GameMaster · 07-09-2004, 04:12 PM

Not 1G of space? Tsk tsk tsk

gekko · 07-09-2004, 04:33 PM

Hotmail = Bad setup, spamtastic, and full of ads

Gmail = No spam, no ads, clean look

I'll keep the gekko-mail account.

Jonbo298 · 07-09-2004, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by gekko

Hotmail = Bad setup, spamtastic, and full of ads

Gmail = No spam, no ads, clean look

I'll keep the gekko-mail account.

Gmail has ads but they arent as big or intrusive as Yahoo does

Stonecutter · 07-09-2004, 07:51 PM

http://gmail-is-too-creepy.com/

All of you gmail-i-philes would do well to read that.

Jonbo298 · 07-09-2004, 08:00 PM

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We don't use Gmail, but it is safe to assume that the ad matching is no better in Gmail

That's like saying "I don't like that food because it looks bad" before you even take a bite from it.

And I'll reiterate this again and again...Your not being forced to use Gmail. If you don't like a remote computer using just keywords to put a NON-INTRUSIVE ad on the right side, then go use Yahoo or Hotmail. Don't piddle ass around complaining about Gmail. Go to Yahoo, Hotmail, or your ISP's email.

Jason1 · 07-09-2004, 08:02 PM

I also got that email the other day. I was fairly shocked. And very happy, because I dont want to change my email address and now I wont have to.

GameMaster · 07-09-2004, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Stonecutter

http://gmail-is-too-creepy.com/

All of you gmail-i-philes would do well to read that.

Stop trying to stir up trouble, you know just as well as the rest of us that Gmail is safe and friendly.

gekko · 07-10-2004, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

Gmail has ads but they arent as big or intrusive as Yahoo does

Unless it's Windows only, I don't see a single ad.

thatmariolover · 07-10-2004, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by gekko

Unless it's Windows only, I don't see a single ad.

Nor have I. All of this anti-Gmail talk is absurd; all that I've seen has been made by those that have yet to use Gmail. If you want to reasonably dispute Gmail you should at least try it for yourself instead of linking to anti-Gmail stuff (also written by people who have yet to use it). Honestly; most of these arguements they pose can be applied to any webmail account.

quiet mike · 07-30-2004, 07:27 AM

Is there any more news to this? I usually delete without reading the Hotmail anouncements. I still have 2 Mb storage and 1 Mb attachement. The most I'm excitet about the attachement capacity. I have a lot of things I need to share with people on other e-mail acounts and we don't have time to chat and share files so I have to do it trough e-mail and it's a haslle with the 1Mb capacity. Now that they can keep more e-mails with larger attachements I'm looking forward to the upgrade to do this more easily.

P.S. No I'm not sharing mp3 or other (illegal stuff) it's for my work.

Null · 07-09-2004, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

Not 1G of space? Tsk tsk tsk

1000MB, not 1GB

i know i know, im just being a smart ass. but its true

hehehe

and i think it has a bit more to do with yahoo, yahoo upgraded thiers i thought to 100mb. hence why hotmail uped it to 250mb.

gmail is yahoo's/googles beta one, hotmail is going to have to take a BIG step to compete with gmail once gmail is open to everyone.

Happydude · 07-09-2004, 04:49 PM

meh...im happy with hotmail, i do get a ton of junk mail...but i dont have to sort anything it because it all goes into my junk mail folder automatically thx to the filters...and i was fine with 2mb...but now that it's getting to 250mb...i'm even happier!

Classic Rocker · 07-09-2004, 05:31 PM

Nice! All of my mail accounts are finally getting upgraded.

thatmariolover · 07-09-2004, 05:36 PM

I read about this a month ago or so. It's cool. But Hotmail really doesn't work for me. You sign up for an email address and they sell it; seriously. I'll sign up for a Hotmail account, and within minutes I've recieved several spam emails. With GMail I haven't recieved a single piece of spam.

It's an improvement, but not enough. GMail is the way to go for webmail in my book.