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Features
Email organization
Search emails
Automatic inbox organization
Automatically sort incoming email into folders
Nested folders?
Contextual right-click menu
Integration with social networks
Undo send
Vacation auto-responder?
Quick-add pane
Disposable address option
Email stationery options
Create contact groups (distribution lists)
Multiple inbox option
Customized for mobile
Customized for tablet
POP3
UPC
MPN
IMAP
SMTP
Storage limit
Attachment size limit
Ads
Browsers supported
Deactivation Period (if not logged in)
Automatic forwarding
Secure SSL
Instant messaging integration
Integration of text messaging to cell phones
Built-in audio player
Built-in voice calls
Pulls in email from other accounts
Virus scanning
Spam filters
Steps from log-in to inbox
Calendar integration
RSS feed integration
Map integration
Custom sending address
Domain name customization
Mobile version
Offline version (synchronized with online version)
Interface
Preview pane
Previews inside messages
Tabs to open more than one message
Customized display
Switch easily between accounts
 
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    Gmail

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    Free
    Pros: fast, free IMAP and POP support, attachments up to 25 MB, updated frequently with new features
    Cons: unusual interface -- tags, not folders, no full preview pane, storage ample but not unlimited

    not avail.
     
    Gmail
    Colored labels (tags); can apply multiple labels to emails
    Yes
    Conversations (Threads)
    Can automatically sort by labels
    N/A
    No
    Yes
    Yes, within 30 seconds
    Yes
    No
    No
    Emoticons
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    N/A
    N/A
    Yes
    Yes
    7 GB and increasing
    25 MB
    Text ads with received email (based on email content) and on top of inbox, not sent email
    Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
    9 months
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    One
    Yes
    Yes
    Automatic links from addresses in emails to map
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes (optional)
    Unusual
    No; snippet only
    Audio, video (You-Tube), PDF, images (Picasa, Flickr)
    Yes
    Yes, including colors
    Yes
     
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    Windows Live Hotmail

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    Free
    Pros: customizable display, drag-and-drop folders, switches easily between email accounts, good integration with Windows Live features
    Cons: ads on free version, 5 GB storage limit unless you upgrade

    not avail.
     
    Windows Live Hotmail
    Folders (drag and drop)
    Yes
    No
    Yes
    No
    Information not available
    Yes
    No
    Yes
    Yes (aids searching for links to insert in email)
    No
    No
    Yes
    No
    N/A
    N/A
    Yes
    N/A
    N/A
    No
    No
    5 GB and increasing (10 GB with paid version, Hotmail Plus (*Est. $20/year)
    25 MB
    Graphical ads (except with paid Hotmail Plus)
    IE, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari
    270 days (none with paid version)
    Yes
    Optional for log-in
    Windows Live Messenger
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes, any POP3 account including Gmail, Yahoo! Mail Plus (paid version), AOL Mail
    Yes
    Yes
    One
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Similar to most email programs
    Yes
    Information not available
    No
    Yes, including colors and location of reading pane
    Yes
     
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    Yahoo! Mail

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    Free
    Pros: outlook-like interface, drag-and-drop folders, unlimited mail storage, excellent integration with other services
    Cons: ads in free version, poor spam filtering, extra cost for POP mail forwarding

    not avail.
     
    Yahoo! Mail
    Folders (drag and drop)
    Yes
    Paid "Plus" version
    Paid "Plus" version
    No
    Yes
    Yes, can see messages from selected "friends" first
    No
    Yes
    No
    Only with paid version
    Yes
    No
    No
    N/A
    N/A
    With paid version (*Est. $20/year) or YPOPS or other third-party add-in
    N/A
    N/A
    No
    No
    Unlimited
    25 MB
    Animated and image ads plus text on sent messages (except with paid Yahoo! Mail Plus)
    IE, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari
    4 months (none with paid version)
    With paid version (*Est. $20/year) or YPOPS add-in
    Log-in only
    Yes
    Yes
    With Yahoo! Messenger
    With Yahoo! Messenger
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    One
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Paid "Plus" version
    $35/year
    Yes
    Paid "Plus" version
    Similar to most email programs
    Yes
    Yes, plus slideshow of images
    Yes
    Partial; can't change location of reading pane
    No
     

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