Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail ?

[John]

I primarily use email addresses on my own domain names, for example: my username here +geekboards.com is one of the addresses I use for GB. But I do have a gmail address. I use that for various email newsletters that I signup for. This way it keeps my work related addresses clear of those emails and they are all in the central place, in my gmail account, for when I want to read them.

Yahoo & Hotmail also seem to have good services as well.

[awarepoint1]

THroughout my life I've used all three, but now I exclusively use gmail. This is because, no matter what I tried, my yahoo and hotmail accounts always filled with spam. Now I use gmail, don't worry about spam, and also have unlimited space! Gchat is also cool!

[alex404]

I am using both yahoo and gmail but both has lots of spams too.

[sam1]

I use all of them.. but the most is gmail... however yahoo has the facility to stort mails into specific folders.. whhich i like the most.

[miinet11]

I find gmail to be far superior to yahoo and hotmail, with a yahoo coming in a distant second. I just prefer gmail because of its better spam blocker, unlimited space, and gchat functions. Also, google docs are extremely helpful for a number of different purposes.

[awarepoint]

Originally Posted by miinet11

I find gmail to be far superior to yahoo and hotmail, with a yahoo coming in a distant second. I just prefer gmail because of its better spam blocker, unlimited space, and gchat functions. Also, google docs are extremely helpful for a number of different purposes.

Yeah, it's the spam blocking that makes the decision for me...I rarely get any spam through gmail. I mean, I cannot remember the last time I had to delete spam messages that weren't in spambox already. That's the wall it should be, having real letters and not junk mail.

[onetouchgt]

I like to use gmail as a business account, and yahoo for my personal e mails. This way I can easily sort which e mails I want going to which account, and which account to check at appropriate times. The reason I use the yahoo account as my fun account is because its linked to all of my yahoo games and fantasy sports.

[hiointernat]

I have a similar set up. I use my web server for my "personal" address - though by now I end up getting promotional emails almost every day, trying to get me to buy something.

And then I use gmail for school and business...but it's also become more personal as friends contact me through gmail too. So, I don't really know where to draw the line anymore.

I like gmail, it suits all of my needs, but I still want to get around to forwarding a copy of all my mails to my desktop...I don't like to trust the web even if nothing serious has happened so far.

[secprod]

I switched from yahoo to gmail about 3 years ago and haven't looked back. I love the spam protection, and the unlimited space. Also, there have been a lot of great gadgets added to the google lab recently.

[awnings]

You're protected from spam, but what about your privacy? Doesn't gmail spider your inbox?

I'm not complaining, I have to rely on Gmail too for the space and dynamic conversation feature, but I don't rely on it without a worry at all. I try to keep very personal content on my separate email account.