Is outlook.com a game changer?
Aug 3, 2012, 3:22 am
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Is outlook.com a game changer?
So I decided to see what all the fuss is about and took a look around outlook.com. It's not bad!
I've been a yahoo email user since it started (all those years ago), and think it is still the best email provider in the world but outlook is getting there.. and I'm finally tempted to switch. I love the tiles design and once skype is launched on it, it will be hard to beat.
However, there are still a few things that stick out in my mind...
What do you all think?
I've been a yahoo email user since it started (all those years ago), and think it is still the best email provider in the world but outlook is getting there.. and I'm finally tempted to switch. I love the tiles design and once skype is launched on it, it will be hard to beat.
However, there are still a few things that stick out in my mind...
- It doesn't provide unlimited storage unlike yahoo.
- I'm not convinced Microsoft have sorted the security issues they had earlier in the year.
- SPAM! Will it be honey to the spam bee, like hotmail was?
What do you all think?
Aug 3, 2012, 11:19 am
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I posted this picture on Facebook earlier in the week when I first tried it.
I figure if they can catch their own stuff as SPAM, it may be worth trying for a change. Somebody over at Microsoft probably is not laughing now.
I figure if they can catch their own stuff as SPAM, it may be worth trying for a change. Somebody over at Microsoft probably is not laughing now.
Aug 3, 2012, 11:37 am
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It does have unlimited storage.
I'm not a convert at this point, but I like it. The SPAM filter has been amazing thus far. I was getting literally hundreds of SPAM messages a day in my hotmail inbox, rendering it unusable. So far every single one of those has been dropping into my SPAM filter, leaving me with a 0 count in my inbox since the introduction Tuesday.
I'm not a convert at this point, but I like it. The SPAM filter has been amazing thus far. I was getting literally hundreds of SPAM messages a day in my hotmail inbox, rendering it unusable. So far every single one of those has been dropping into my SPAM filter, leaving me with a 0 count in my inbox since the introduction Tuesday.
Aug 3, 2012, 12:21 pm
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Just moved my Hotmail account over. Wow. Very slick.
Absolutely love the "Schedule cleanup" functionality. I wish Gmail had this. There is similar functionality in Thunderbird, but it doesn't work at all (and a real PITA to setup).
Absolutely love the "Schedule cleanup" functionality. I wish Gmail had this. There is similar functionality in Thunderbird, but it doesn't work at all (and a real PITA to setup).
Aug 3, 2012, 1:47 pm
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Aug 3, 2012, 11:26 pm
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So I can see that it's all the same features I get on live.com after logging into my hotmail account.
I still am not sure how it's not just hotmail.com/live.com with exactly the same functionality but a different, but quite similar*, interface.
*meaning the menu options are still the same, the organization of content is the same, navigation steps are still the same, etc.
I still am not sure how it's not just hotmail.com/live.com with exactly the same functionality but a different, but quite similar*, interface.
*meaning the menu options are still the same, the organization of content is the same, navigation steps are still the same, etc.
Aug 3, 2012, 11:50 pm
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yahoo better than gmail!?
Does anyone really think yahoo is better than gmail? I have not been able to get my yahoo outgoing mail to sync with iphone at a reasonable time and I have never been able to get yahoo calander to sync with iphone. I intall gmail once in my iphone and everything works perfect. Unfortunately most of my mail is still on Yahoo and I have a lot of mail
Aug 4, 2012, 5:42 am
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Aug 4, 2012, 7:59 am
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I typed in outlook.com and was taken to my existing hotmail.com account with a different color scheme. I guess the login mechanism is the same (I was logged into hotmail in another tab). It looks/functions identically to me, so far, compared to hotmail. But all I use is email, perhaps it has a bunch of twitter/facebook/foursquare/humptihump integration that I'm not seeing/have no interest in.
Aug 4, 2012, 8:55 am
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Well, after a day or so of using outlook.com instead of traditional hotmail, I have to say, it filters spam much better. I usually get about 4-6 spam mails per day, and so far I have received none.
Aug 4, 2012, 1:36 pm
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Does anyone really think yahoo is better than gmail? I have not been able to get my yahoo outgoing mail to sync with iphone at a reasonable time and I have never been able to get yahoo calander to sync with iphone. I intall gmail once in my iphone and everything works perfect. Unfortunately most of my mail is still on Yahoo and I have a lot of mail