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Posted July 11, 2011
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Rohan15: Gmail.
Hotmail still receives penis enlargement spam mail. And I prefer Gmail anyways....
Gmail receives the same too.

Hotmail user here, loving it.
Posted July 11, 2011
I have to agree that the spam block filter for gmail is not being overstated here. I may have gotten one or two junk emails since I got my gmail a few years ago, if that.
Posted July 11, 2011
Hotmail: I can get your account details by pretending to be you and/or looking at your mail headers.

Gmail: I cannot do this.
Posted July 11, 2011
Back in 1997 Hotmail was my very first e-mail account I used... before the dark times, before the Micro$oft Empire...

I no longer used it since 2002 or so... Nowadays I use Yahoo and Gmail. So, in a Gmail vs Hotmail debate, I have to answer: Gmail.
Posted July 11, 2011
Lycos Mail seems to be pretty good about spam as well. I have only had two or three get passed my filter for as long as I have used the service. Im very careful about where I put my email out though, and that has a lot do do with not getting spam as far as I can tell. Gmail is nice, but it was a bit more bloated than I like when I tried it. Haven't used Hotmail since people were constantly making "Hot Male" jokes all of the time. I honestly didn't know it was still around. I haven't heard the name for a few years, so I always assumed MS just changed it to windows live mail or something like that. The fact that I haven't heard about it probably doesn't bode well. Then again, I am the only person I know that even seems to be aware that Lycos has free email accounts.
Posted July 11, 2011
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tarangwydion: Back in 1997 Hotmail was my very first e-mail account I used... before the dark times, before the Micro$oft Empire...

I no longer used it since 2002 or so... Nowadays I use Yahoo and Gmail. So, in a Gmail vs Hotmail debate, I have to answer: Gmail.
I've still got my circa 1997 email account, I keep it up mainly for e-peen. But, the service got a lot worse after mailcity was bought out by lycos. These days, it's OK, but not stellar.

+1 to gmail though.
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MobiusArcher: Lycos Mail seems to be pretty good about spam as well. I have only had two or three get passed my filter for as long as I have used the service. Im very careful about where I put my email out though, and that has a lot do do with not getting spam as far as I can tell. Gmail is nice, but it was a bit more bloated than I like when I tried it. Haven't used Hotmail since people were constantly making "Hot Male" jokes all of the time. I honestly didn't know it was still around. I haven't heard the name for a few years, so I always assumed MS just changed it to windows live mail or something like that. The fact that I haven't heard about it probably doesn't bode well. Then again, I am the only person I know that even seems to be aware that Lycos has free email accounts.
I don't use mine much, but my lycos account is like 99.7% spam at this point. I'll have to log in and clean it out at some point.
Post edited July 11, 2011 by hedwards
Posted July 11, 2011
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hedwards: I don't use mine much, but my lycos account is like 99.7% spam at this point. I'll have to log in and clean it out at some point.
well, I suppose that means that being careful about where you give out your email address is far more beneficial than spam filters.
Posted July 11, 2011
When you guys said Lycos account, is it Eudoramail? 'Cause at one time I also had an account in Eudoramail.
Posted July 11, 2011
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tarangwydion: When you guys said Lycos account, is it Eudoramail? 'Cause at one time I also had an account in Eudoramail.
No, Its just Lycos Mail. Now that I think about it though I remember hearing a wile back about it being shutdown in many parts of the world. It may not even be an option for the OP.
Posted July 11, 2011
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hedwards: I don't use mine much, but my lycos account is like 99.7% spam at this point. I'll have to log in and clean it out at some point.
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MobiusArcher: well, I suppose that means that being careful about where you give out your email address is far more beneficial than spam filters.
Well, it's an address that I've had for like 15 years, who knows how many times that address has been stolen from various databases.

I didn't get spam at all in my gmail account until TD Ameritrade was cracked. Needless to say I no longer do business with them.
Posted July 12, 2011
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hedwards: I didn't get spam at all in my gmail account until TD Ameritrade was cracked. Needless to say I no longer do business with them.
Similar thing with my hotmail... Started getting some spam after Deviantart got effed.

Loving it, though. It connects my lappy, my phone, my online social stuff, all in one place.
Posted July 12, 2011
I go with gmail. No spam, better UI. My Hotmail has been invaded by spam, though that might be my own fault as well, as it was my first e-mail addy back in the day, so you know how that goes.
Posted July 12, 2011
Wow, how do you guys get so much spam in hotmail? I use both gmail and hotmail, and I literaly never get spam in either of them. No spam I didn't sign up for at least. Microsoft's filter works just perfectly. Is it really that bad for others?

Also, I kinda like hotmail's UI a bit better *runs and hides*. That's probably because I'm more used to working with it. But go with whatever feels best after five minutes of use. Creating and account is free, so just try 'em out for a bit.
Post edited July 12, 2011 by RobinOttens
Posted July 12, 2011
Gmail for me. Hotmail got really fugly back in ~2005, as Gmail started.
Also, VERY nice inbox size for Gmail - >7.5GB.
It has a built-in chat (although I don't really use it).
Labels can be applied to emails (effectively sorting them into "folders")
Posted July 12, 2011
Gmail is far and away better than Hotmail... and better than Yahoo, for that matter...

But email sucks compared to using a POP account and a client like Eudora back in the heady days of the Internet Gold Rush, and Yahoo's new updated Interface recalls those glorious days.

I love my Yahoo mail, but my professional address does end in @gmail.com
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