| Gmail is quickly becoming the most popular web | | | | service is that they say they will delete all your |
| based email platform. This is for several reasons. It's | | | | messages if your account isn't accessed for 4 |
| free, it provides a of free storage lot (over 7 GB and | | | | months. |
| counting), and it is provided by one of the best | | | | 2. Windows Live Mail |
| known internet brands - Google. | | | | This is the second most popular email service in the |
| However, some people aren't completely happy with | | | | United States. Formerly known as Hotmail, MSN Live |
| the service that Gmail provides. One of the biggest | | | | Mail gives you 5GB of storage and a choice of |
| complaints is the contextual advertising. It can be | | | | domains for your email. You can choose an @hotmail, |
| disconcerting when you get an email from your | | | | @live, or @msn email address. They also let you |
| father asking you if you are going to attend the New | | | | consolidate all of your other email accounts into their |
| York Giants football game, and you see that Google | | | | interface. This is useful if you have a Yahoo! email |
| has placed several ads around the email asking you | | | | account or you would still like to see your old Gmail |
| to buy Giants tickets. It seems as if Google is reading | | | | emails through a new interface. |
| our emails! | | | | 3. Hushmail |
| If this describes you, then this guide might be useful | | | | For people who are looking for an alternative to |
| to you. Here are some of the best free alternatives | | | | Google because of privacy concerns, Hushmail may |
| to Gmail for email on the internet. | | | | be a good choice. Although they have never been |
| 1. Yahoo! Mail | | | | widely popular, Hushmail has a high customer |
| Yahoo! Mail had an early start providing free email | | | | satisfaction rating stretching back to 1999. This |
| accounts, and they are still far and away the most | | | | service automatically encrypts every email you send. |
| popular web email service. As of March 2010, Yahoo! | | | | If normal emails are like sending a postcard, then |
| Mail actually had more U.S. traffic than all the other | | | | Hushmail lets you send sealed envelopes. They offer |
| web email sites combined! Yahoo offers free email | | | | 2GB of free storage, but you can pay for more if |
| with unlimited storage space. A downside of their | | | | you ever need it. |