| If you're looking for an email service provider, you | | | | on e-mail although in the past few years (very little |
| might be overwhelmed by all of the choices you | | | | change) they've been trying to reverse that thinking. |
| have to sort through. They might all seem the same | | | | You can now chat with your Yahoo! contacts as well |
| and have similar features, but some are better than | | | | as attach files as large as 100MB with the built in |
| others. | | | | application for drop.io. Its spam filtering is as good as |
| Let's start with # 3: | | | | you could hope for coming from a free service. |
| Microsoft Live Hotmail | | | | #1: |
| Microsoft has been providing e-mail for many, many | | | | Gmail |
| years. It has evolved into a 5 GB storage | | | | Google is the reigning king of webapps. Gmail has the |
| powerhouse. It provides you with good amount of | | | | most built in features of all the popular email services. |
| security, but doesn't have the best spam filtering | | | | Unlimited storage, the ability to create, edit, find, |
| service. In my experience, a good amount of spam | | | | publish, and save documents all within your Google |
| gets through the filter and into your inbox. On the | | | | account. It's spam filtering is superior to other email |
| plus side, you can chat with your MSN messenger | | | | service providers. You can even have shared |
| friends directly from Hotmail, making live | | | | calendars, get your e-mail on your phone, and a |
| conversations that much faster. | | | | whole host of other options. This service will not |
| # 2: | | | | leave you wanting anything else as it is all there for |
| Yahoo! Mail | | | | you, waiting for you to launch it. |
| Yahoo! has a reputation for keeping the status quo | | | | |