What is a really good free email service?

I have gmail, and really like it but it has gotten a bit messy...

What is a really good free email service?
There's a lot of free e-mail service providers out there. Based on my experience I can share my opinion on the following three services:





I think the easiest one and one with the most functionality is Google Mail (GMail - http://gmail.com ). It's fast, integrated with Google Talk, can be used with mail clients, has good spam filter. With GMail you can tag your messages and organize them by conversations.





Yahoo! Mail ( http://mail.yahoo.com ) is decent, but has couple of drawbacks:


- does not integrate with mail clients (think Outlook Express)


- is extremely slow to start comparing to Google.


Also, as with Hotmail, after you log into mail they take you to "Home" page with advertisement, instead of your Inbox.


Yahoo! Mail spam filter is one of the best though. Also Yahoo Contacts is the best place to store your contacts data, although it can be a bit overwhelming.





Hotmail ( http://mail.live.com ) - does not integrate with Outlook Express (at least for new accounts it doesn't), overall slow, constant issues with browsers other than Internet Explorer, spam filter is no good, you'll get ton of "cheap viagra" and "canadian pharmacy online" messages into your Inbox. This one also has the least storage space for your e-mails among the three services.
Reply:it might sound obvious but i've been using Hotmail for the past 3 year and i think it's very good for staying organised and doesn't look messy. they've recently given it a makeover so it looks fresh and it really easy to use, i'd recommend it!
Reply:If you use gmail with the web interface, it's not that easy to keep organized. But the one feature that gmail has over the others is the POP download.





That means you can use Outlook, Outlook express, or any other mail reader to download and manager your mail. Here is a link to get you started:





http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic...





If you prefer to keep your mail on the server, you can use IMAP, IMAP lets you use the same programs to manager your mail, but the folders are kept on the server. So if your at a friends house you can still access all the mail and folders that you've created. Here's a link for that:





http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic...





I hope this helps.





Dan


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Reply:Gmail is one of the best. Just make sure that you archive your messages out of your inbox.





Yahoo!'s mail service is decent, but not as simple to use as Gmail.
Reply:I've been using Hotmail for the past 4 years and it hasn't failed me ever. I highly recommend it due to the large amount of messages that you can store.
Reply:i think yahoo is the best.except for the ads.msn hotmail shrunk the screen where you cant read emails.i have comcast.net myself i read and write on
Reply:I like Gmail. You could also use Hotmail I guess, or Yahoo Mail. But what do you mean by "messy"? Just clean it up.
Reply:I personally like yahoo mail. It free, it's easy and it's just plain use full.
Reply:Well, DON'T use Yahoo!
Reply:i like AIM its cool.
Reply:yahoo, of course.
Reply:yahoo it is!

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