Previously the sole domain of hotmail (a play, by the way, on the html source code), today is possible to get free email options from a number of different service providers. So, which one do you use?
- Gmail
- Yahoo Mail
- Hotmail
- In.com
- name@you.com
Yahoo Mail :
Still one of the favorites among experts, Yahoo! functions include the ability to file your incoming emails in different mail-boxes; such as , “work”, “friends”, family” etc. Yahoo! also offer a paid for service with personalized email addresses. Although a very user friendly service provide, one aspect of Yahoo! that falls down is the limited space it providers to users. That said, on the upside Yahoo Messenger more than make up for this minor limitation and so this service comes highly recommended.
Hotmail :
The Grandfather of free email services, Hotmail today is overshadowed by the functions available by other free server email providers. However, as hotmail is now owned and operated by Microsoft, it does offer compatibility with other Microsoft products to users and so remains popular.
Gmail :
The new kid on the block, Google’s Gmail offers users an astonishing amount of space in which to store their emails. Which is just as well as it is virtually impossible to remove outgoing emails from your email box without having to delete the whole correspondence record, which may not be your intention. Identifying and boxing incoming emails on Gmail is not as user friendly as Yahoo!, but the fact that you can search you email box using the Google search function does make up for these minor shortcomings.
Whichever free email service you use, with competition in this area getting more intense up all the time, you can rest assured that each provider will be looking for new and innovative ways to try and entice you to open an email account with them. And keep in mind that while all of these email service providers may be relatively new businesses, all of the them now form part of very large internet based companies, so in all likelihood new players will join the foray sooner rather than later looking to break into this very competitive industry.
I use both yahoo and gmail… they rock. 😀
Now every one have lot of Email Accounts from email service providers like Yahoo,rediffmail,hotmail and not but not the least Popular Gmail.
As you know it!!! Yahoooooooooooooo! Mail 🙂 Better you would have created a survey for this 🙂
@ Pavan Kumar – I have added a poll to this post which can help everyone of you vote for your favourite email service providers
GMAIL Rocks……. it is Gmail which has changed the way users use email….. Yahoo is good but Gmail is THE BEST…. Those who are still using Yahoo please try Gmail.
I use gmail, its lightning fast 🙂
As always I use Gmail so that I can help Google to expand there Gmail Service 😛
I use AOL…but it is not in voting list
I use Gmail because of its SPAM control mechanism..
Nice post Amit, I personally use only GMail. IN.com is also catching up very nicely.
“Identifying and boxing incoming emails on Gmail is not as user friendly as Yahoo!”
Probably you dont know about the power of filters and labels in Gmail. Try them, you’ll never open ymail and hotmail again.
1. Gmail is fast and secure(watch “https://” in gmail. ymail n hotmail are not)
2. Gmail supports POP and IMAP so you can check your mails in your favourite email client like Thunderbird which yahoo doesn’t support(in india).
3.Gmail offers unlimited filters which yahoo limits to 15.
4.Gmail offers more space than any other.
5.Gmail offers chat right away.
The use filters is what makes the Gmail more powerful (and more fun to use).
Google always comes with new ideas with every product they make, as in Google Chrome.
Come on guys give gmail a try and sure you’ll addict to it.
Shivraj… I am nod, nods, nodding….. 🙂 GMAIL IS absolutely better than any of the for mentioned email clients.
Microsoft can’t seem to figure out if they are Hotmail, live mail, outlook mail and did away with ‘spaces’ after we took so much time to set up our space and totally ruined Internet Explorer.
They should have quit @ MSN (Microsoft Network), but noooo….they are soooo worried that we might get something for nothing in regards to counterfeiting their OEM’s that they have dropped the ball as far as their reputation…and NOW…ending all support except for their new OEM Win 8.
You folks REALLY need to try Gmail…like Shivraj stated, once you do…you won’t go back to MS, Yahoo or any other email client out there.
I personally use Gmail and I feel thats the best one with all the latest features, fast, the best spam filter, POP support and almost everything.
i prefer using Gmail … its better then the other options and from the above comments most of the ppl prefer and recommend using gmail 😉