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Top 17 Free Email Services
by Heinz Tschabitscher
by Heinz Tschabitscher
Our AssessmentHeinz Tschabitscher, About.com's guide to email, reviews and rates 17 free online email services. Users are also invited to post ratings and reviews for each one. The reviews here summarize pros and cons well, and the interaction among website visitors in user reviews is lively. (Note: ConsumerSearch is owned by About.com, but the two don't share an editorial affiliation.)
Software Reviews: Email
by Simon Pickstock
by Simon Pickstock
Our AssessmentThis U.K. magazine, which focuses on the Internet, reviews quite a few email services and desktop email clients, rating each one for features, performance and ease of use as well as giving each an overall score. Of the three best-known webmail providers, Gmail gets top ranking. However, GMX.com gets a high rating on all counts, and the reviewer says the drawbacks (not as much storage space as Gmail) don't detract from the product offerings.
Gmail
by Simon Pickstock
by Simon Pickstock
Our AssessmentSimon Pickstock's review of Gmail highlights the webmail's "huge capacity" and "superb search" functionality, but he says the provider needs to offer more features to compete with GMX. Still, the reviewer likes Gmail's ability to group emails into conversations, allowing users to quickly find emails when they need them.
Email Comparison Chart
by Michael Muchmore
by Michael Muchmore
Our AssessmentMichael Muchmore provides a comparison chart of Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and MailChimp, along with in-depth reviews of each of the free webmail services. Windows Live Hotmail is selected as the Editors' Choice webmail provider and receives high marks for its "clean, customizable interface."
Windows Live Hotmail 2011 Gets Lassoed By The Ribbon
by Preston Gralla
by Preston Gralla
Our AssessmentThis article about Windows Live Hotmail 2011 highlights features related to accessibility and integration, including the conversation view, photo albums and Quick Views. The nifty Quick Views allow users to see unread email from multiple email accounts in Windows Live Hotmail.
Top 10 Free Email Service Providers
by Kevin Eklund
by Kevin Eklund
Our AssessmentThis review provides detailed information about 10 webmail service providers. The reviews compare free and paid services and include reviews of some later entrants to the webmail race, including care2 webmail, an environmentally conscious webmail provider, and ZenBe, a company that integrates social media tools with webmail.
Webmail Service Reviews
by Editors of Which? magazine
by Editors of Which? magazine
Our AssessmentWhich? magazine -- the British equivalent of ConsumerReports.org -- chooses Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail over all other competitors. The site provides the webmail services with ratings, with the highest rating of 83 percent for Windows Live Hotmail and the lowest rating of 40 percent for Canada-based Hushmail.
10 of the Best Free Webmail Services
by Sean P. Aune
by Sean P. Aune
Our AssessmentThis review provides an overview of the top 10 free webmail services. It includes detail about storage space, costs for upgrading and specifics about available web mail services, including attachment sizes and POP3 functionality.
In-Depth Review: Facebook's New Message Inbox Product
by Josh Constine
by Josh Constine
Our AssessmentThis independent service provides a single-product review of Facebook email. The review is favorable and highlights the services' ability to maximize conversations pulled from different mediums, including email, instant messages and text messages.
Gmail vs. Yahoo! Mail vs. Hotmail
by Robert Bravery
by Robert Bravery
Our AssessmentThe British IT blog provides a comparison of the three big webmail service providers. Robert Bravery reports that Yahoo! Mail had 256 million users as of fall 2010, making it the leading webmail service worldwide. The blogger favors Gmail and highlights Gmail Labs (the webmail provider's experimental playground) in his review.
A Review of Windows Live Mail 2011
by Steve Campbell
by Steve Campbell
Our AssessmentThis tech blog has been endorsed by notable publications including The Washington Post and PCMag.com, so we were curious to see where they weighed in on Windows Live Mail. The review highlights the features of Windows Live Mail 2011, including the "ribbon" interface, which mimics MS Office, and threaded messages, as well as the picture viewer.
Facebook email Brings New Legal Problems for Employers When Hiring, Expert Warns
by Patrick Stafford
by Patrick Stafford
Our AssessmentWhile not a review, Patrick Stafford's article brings to light new concerns with Facebook email. Using Facebook email to respond to a job opportunity could prove problematic for the prospective employee and the employer, says Stafford. The article highlights the need for privacy and emphasizes that users need to ensure that their information is kept private.
Email Providers
by Contributors to RateItAll.com
by Contributors to RateItAll.com
Our AssessmentAt least 32 webmail providers get at least one review at this site, which publishes user-written reviews and ratings. Gmail earns top ranking, with mostly positive ratings from 80 users. Yahoo! Mail is a close second, with a slightly lower overall rating. Windows Live Hotmail has also accumulated several ratings, but their average ratings are lower. Many of the webmail services listed here aren't known as well nationally or internationally and get far fewer reviews.
Gmail Review
by Contributors to Viewpoints.com
by Contributors to Viewpoints.com
Our AssessmentMore than two dozen users review Gmail at this user-review site, giving it a near-perfect average rating. By contrast, Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail only have ratings from a handful of users. According to reviews, Gmail's pros include the large storage space, the quality of the spam filter and the ability to send large attachments with email.
2011 Free Email Services Review Comparisons
by Editors of TopTenReviews.com
by Editors of TopTenReviews.com
Our AssessmentEditors review 10 free online email services on this comparison website. The most popular email sites get top ranking here (Gmail, Windows Live and Yahoo!, in that order) but several less well-known services also get ratings and full reviews. The comparison chart lists a lot of relevant features, making it easier to pick a free webmail service that provides the exact services you care about most. It's a bit confusing that the service that's ranked fifth actually gets better ratings than the services that are ranked second, third and fourth on the list. We'd give this review a stronger rating if it were not for this concern.
Yahoo! Mail
by Contributors to Epinions.com
by Contributors to Epinions.com
Our AssessmentIn about 500 consumer reviews, contributors to Epinions.com praise Yahoo! Mail. Website contributors say the service is speedy, reliable and blocks most spam. Many users state that they have never experienced outages with this provider. Consumer reviews have to be taken with a grain of salt, since they may reflect a misunderstanding or a singular experience, but Epinions.com is widely recognized and used by many people. Gmail had only a handful of reviews on Epinions.com by comparison (less than 50) and Hotmail had more than 500 reviews, but they were somewhat less favorable than Yahoo! Mail.
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