Webmail Smackdown! - Comments Page 1

Your Webmail Feature Comparison table indicates that Yahoo mail does not have keyboard shortcuts. Not so with the newest free version of Yahoo mail. Typing N will start a new message; M will check mail; F will forward a message, and so on. There are many keyboard shortcuts!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Thanks for the info. I've updated the table.

gmail has 18 features the others have only 16,i use both yahoo and gmail

You failed to give credit to ISPs which permit both POP and webmail.

Comcast gives me both, he ability to use MS Outlook and Comcast webmail at the same time, with advantages of both.

20 Gb mail attachment limit is a bit generous...I think it is Mb

EDITOR'S NOTE: Thanks for pointing out my typo. I was only off by three orders of magnitude! :-)

You don't have to pay for pop access for Hotmail any more, it is now free for select countries.

You can find the details at:
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/next-up-hotmail-pop3-support-arrives-in-the-us-brazil.ars

The direction from the above site are:

If you want to start using it now, there are some details you should be aware of:

* POP server: pop3.live.com
* POP SSL required? Yes
* User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com
* Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
* SMTP server: smtp.live.com
* Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
* TLS/SSL required? Yes.

I've had all 3 services for at least 2 years now.

Hotmail is my "throw away" account that I use when I don't want to use my "real" email accounts.

Gmail was used for a youth organization I ran. I really liked the theaded mail feature.

Yahoo is my all-round favorite. Probably because I've used it the longest. I pay the $20 for full-featured access and use MS Outlook to download and sort/store my email.

I would never consider going to "online-only" email. It's useful for "quick 'n dirty" but I can access my desktop from anywhere with RDC and use my Outlook client.

I love Gmail. I've been using it for years and haven't found one better suited for me yet.

It's really easy to use and has a great interface.

What is right click action. If you are indicating that you can command using mouse right click that there is a error in yahoo mail you mentioned. You can you can command reply, forward, flag, read/unread and many things after clicking right key of mouse on a mail.....
Yahoo mail has another ability too. You can write and attach at the same time. I will also recommend you to add another feature. It is address block. Yahoo and hotmail is giving the service but gmail is not giving.
I have a question In hotmail is it really possible to chat instant?? I am using it from bangladesh but I have not seen anything like it.

At last the time is to mention what is my fave webmail service. I am using all the three for several years. But I think yahoo is the Best. Gmail is very near to Yahoo. They may be the first. But Hotmail is too boaring. I hate hotmail. It is not user friendly.

I have Y and G. (I break out in hives if people mention Hotmail.) Gmail is good, and I use it for my primary email address, but my favourite for usability, accessibility, security and simplicity is fastmail.fm. That's the one /I/ pay for!

Yahoo also allows you to search through your emails for any word or phrase. It works great.

I've not been able to find a way to sort my Gmails into folders, which is how I want to organize my emails. I don't believe they offer them. It only lets me label them. Also, I don't want my emails displayed in threaded conversations, but I don't see any way to override it.

I use online email exclusively. I can access my email from any computer in the world. To prevent accidental loss, I have all my email first go to my Gmail account, then I set Gmail to automatically forward from there to my Yahoo mail account. Voila, instant redundancy and duplication, so if one system should ever lose my mail, I still have it all available on the other one.

I didn't know about the disposable Yahoo email addresses. Thanks for the info! I usually use mailinator.com for disposable email addresses; no signup or registration required, but you still have to remember to access the site. With Yahoo, it all will go to your main account for you.