Comments on: Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo Mail Comparison

By: Zero

Zero — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:15:24 +0000

I use hotmail. Seems the best to me right now. Love the new features and speed enhancements too.

I’ve tried gmail but i hate the conversation ordering and there’s no way to change the ordering plus I don’t trust google anymore as they don’t care about anyone’s privacy and love the chance to leak data. Google truly is an evil corporation.

I like yahoo mail especially the new interface. they’ve really done well over the years.

By: shailesh

shailesh — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:08:02 +0000

I use Zimbra Desktop (zimbra.com) as mail client which pulls gmail as well yahoo mail for offline browsing. For those who are fan of Gmail’s thread conversation, Zimbra Desktop does it with or without thread conversation.
As for as Spam is concerned, i get more in gmail than Yahoo mail. To my utter surprise, i daily see some fixed spams in gmail’s junk folder which gives me the impression that these are sent intentionally to prove how GOOD gmail’s spam filter is.

By: Mr. Wright

Mr. Wright — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:57:55 +0000

Another option that is comparable to all the big names is Zoho. Zoho will sync your email with all their other apps, most of which are free (CRM, Planner, Calander, Project Mgmt., etc.)

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By: thehosh

thehosh — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:28:43 +0000

gmail primarily, for the simple reason that it can handle multiple emails, i have about 10 accounts (including 3 from hotmail, and 2 other gmails and 4 own domain accounts and 1 university account). i send and receive them all through gmail. very convenient with the labels as well :)

By: kai

kai — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:17:54 +0000

@steve burton: it seems that you still have the old version of Yahoo Mail.
FYI, Yahoo has been rolling out the new version of their webmail service progressively. As a Spanish user, they upgraded my account just a couple of months ago whereas many other users had their accounts updated months before. Currently, you get 25MB in regular attachments and 100MB attachments using Drop.io integrated app.

As for the POP support, you gotta pay to get it in US but it has been free for years for the rest of the world.

By: steve burton

steve burton — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:32:59 +0000

You information is off quite a bit on Yahoo.com. They currently charge for most of the services listed above as free just so you know. $19.95 per year for their Yahoo Mail Plus service. Without the service fee you get no pop mail service at all, you message size is restricted to 10MB. They do not allow you to forward your email to another email account if you want to transfer. They are tagging your outgoing emails with message ads. They also remove most of their filters and spam guards as well. So to any one that wants an email, I would say pick something else that you don’t have to pay for. I just switched back to regular yahoo classic and you should have seen the nice nasty email I got from them. It states “we value your business and are sorry to see you go. ” They are already assuming I am leaving I just haven’t had time to change the credit infor on my account. Now that I see everything everybody else is offering for free. Why keep Yahoo is the question, keep $19.95 a year in your pocket!!!! I can forward you the email if you like!! Over the last few months, they have increase their ads by 1,000 per cent on every download also.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:39:45 +0000

Kai you are right, I wrote about that earlier this year that they have integrated the service.

By: kai

kai — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:56:08 +0000

Martin, 100MB attachments are possible in Yahoo using the Drop.io integrated app.

>>”As for M$ – no way I trust them with my email.”
That’s funny, because unlike MS, Google is a really scary corporation. To begin with, it’s the most privacy-invasive company out there (along with Facebook).
I use Gmail because it’s easy-to-use and i don’t care about my own privacy, otherwise I’d be using another webmail service (both Hotmail and Yahoo are good alternatives and have improved a lot over the years).
Also, Google should get their priorities right. They add tons of useless features to Gmail Labs(i.e. that snake game) but still haven’t added HTML signatures support (which is a killer feature)

By: Toby Galino

Toby Galino — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:30:16 +0000

I have to echo VictorAv — For personal use its gmail’s SSL feature that’s got me hooked and the fact that its pushed to my iPhone. Email services need to provide more robust forms of protection — like extended validation ssl, – and two factor authentication. if all email users had a 2FA token it wouldn’t matter if their passwords were hacked. We’re betting here at VeriSign that Google also leads the way implementing multi-factor authentication.

By: DanTe

DanTe — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:57:56 +0000

To “Clement”, sorry, didn’t know I was being “aggressive”. You had mentioned “plug and play” Yahoo, meaning “convenience” to me. So I just reiterated what you pointed out: plug and play, because I really don’t have the time to waste on setting up stupid things just to be “technical”.

And to me, Gmail, is not plug and play. Time (a limited resource) is better spent elsewhere.

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:32:29 +0000

There’s a hidden work-around for pop access with Yahoo! Mail. If you set your country to Asia, then you can check it with your favorite pop client.

By: Clement

Clement — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:57:54 +0000

Actually, I wasn’t talking about Yahoo ! Plus, but just the plain My Yahoo ! Homepage, where anyone can add their own e-mail addresses from Hotmail, Gmail, etc.
And no need to be aggressive, I think none of the Gmail users are there because of its “coolness”, but more of its convenience…
And nowhere in my comment did I mention that Yahoo! was not convenient, quite the contrary, just pointing out the facts about things you did in Yahoo that you didn’t seem to know Gmail could do as well, that’s all…

By: DanTe

DanTe — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:26:32 +0000

Yes, you can set up new gmail accounts for everyone of my unique Yahoo! Plus accounts. But it’s a pain. And it requires separate signups. I just click on my Yahoo Options button, type in new email address to be associated, and click yes. It’s done. No confirmation emails, no separate signup sheets, et al.

It’s all about convenience. My time is too valuable to be wasted on stupid things, just because it’s technically flashy and “kool”.

By: Mike J

Mike J — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:07:26 +0000

I gave up on Yahoo; just a nuisance all around.I use gmail mainly,but of course you have to put up with bots scanning every word.
BTW-Inbox allows up to 50MB attachments to be sent or received.

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By: Clement

Clement — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:37:00 +0000

@DanTe :
Just FYI, when it coms to the last point you bring up, you can do this very simply with a standard gmail account :
- Use youremail+goldman@gmail.com for goldman and youremail+chase@gmail.com for chase
OR
- Use “periods” within your e-mail address to differenciate your accounts. your.email might be used for XXX, where youremail is your standard address.

As for Downloads, a good old fileserver is perfect for that ;), but I understand that you enjoy using your e-mail for that purpose.

And to my understanding, My Yahoo! now enables you to load external emails from say… Gmail, right ?

Basically, I think Yahoo! is nice for anyone who would like a “plug and play” solution, whereas Gmail would suit power users, ready to take the -little- time required to set it all perfectly to their needs (thanks to labs, SSL, pop accounts, etc).

By: DanTe

DanTe — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:35:41 +0000

I use Yahoo! Mail the most. Chiefly because it lets me send and store .exe files. It’s also highly convenient to read as part of My Yahoo! as I get most of my news fix from My Yahoo! feeds.

My Gmail account has generally been relegated to backup status and for use of my Google Phone. Or for when I want to cut and paste pictures into the email as Yahoo! Mail does not allow this.

But since I use email mainly as a repository of useful software I can download and use remotely, I stick to Yahoo. For those of you who would constantly say: just zip the exe files and Gmail will let you send it and store it. To which I say, if I’m fixing a PC remotely, the last thing I need to do is constantly unzipping files.

Yahoo! Mail is also great for my financial needs. I give each of my financial institutions a unique Yahoo! Plus Mail account. i.e. yahoomail-chase@yahoo.com for Chase accounts; yahoomail-goldman@yahoo.com for Goldman Sachs accounts, et al. This way, when I receive email from say Chase, if it’s not sent to yahoomail-chase@yahoo.com, and is sent to my actual Yahoo account or some other Yahoo Mail Plus account, I know for certain it’s a Phishing scam.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:08:28 +0000

Yes I read about the nine month figure but it seems as if Google is not enforcing it at this point. It is probably still better to log in at least once every nine months to stay on the safe side.

By: S.Jaafar N. Ahmed

S.Jaafar N. Ahmed — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:56:14 +0000

Copied from gmail help page:

“Google may terminate your account in accordance with the terms of service if you fail to login to your account for a period of nine months.”

Source: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/program_policies.html