Web Mail - your preference

ishaanranderia · 17th February 2010, 23:41

Gmail for the google universe, heck i'm gonna get an android phone just because of it

adheesh · 17th February 2010, 23:45

Gmail anyday for its speed. However Gmail lacks a very common read receipt feature.

Cyrus43 · 17th February 2010, 23:48

None. Hotmail. Both Yahoo and GMail look Prehistoric as compared to LIVE!

niks_devil666 · 17th February 2010, 23:50

Gmail for space , pop3 , integrated chat and spam filter. Left yahoo id's in 2005 and since then used only gmail .

chevelle · 17th February 2010, 23:54

My Preference:

Gmail>Hotmail>Yahoo

vivekiny2k · 18th February 2010, 00:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by motorpsycho

Gmail wins , cause POP is activated for free , a feature which is not available on Yahoo, Spam protection is very good on Gmail, with the Gmail account other accounts can be activated like Facebook , blogspot among others , Gmail has an in built calender which can be used to send alerts for appointments to both the parties , provided other party too has a Gmail account. And many other feature make Gmail a winner.

Cheers

I have my yahoo account on POP3, which is free. but gmail offers IMAP which is even better. I rarely use their web interface now.

gkrishn · 18th February 2010, 08:32

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Originally Posted by sdp1975

What does Gmail have to offer that Yahoo does not ?

I have subscribed this "ISG" stock yahoo groups. Get hundreds of mails daily.

. With gmail, it is a breeze to handle this many mails. Esp the labeling and grouping by subject is such a big deal. Not sure if yahoo has added these kind of features.

The whole interface is clutter free, very simple and easy to use. I am actually surprised that you even wanted a poll on this. Gmail, wins hands down. Thought after enabling https, it has slowed down a bit.

shankar.balan · 18th February 2010, 09:31

gmail without a doubt.
speed + storage are the key things.
Added plus is being able to receive/send really fat attachments as well - which feature I use a lot since the office mail server has a file size cap.
Practically everyone I know is on gmail so communication is instantaneous and efficient as well.

Latheesh · 18th February 2010, 09:33

Gmail, stopped using Yahoo long back!!

18th February 2010, 09:48

I prefer Gmail and voted for it although I have yahoo accounts also.

tortoiseNhare · 18th February 2010, 09:52

Gmail is my preference for personal use. I use my ids in yahoo, rediffmail and indiatimes for registration of software, IT products, forum memberships etc.

Abhay · 18th February 2010, 10:03

GMail - due to the features (especially the chain of messages) although I still have my yahoo id, funnily I also use my ancient (10 yr+) old Hotmail account for some purposes.

Gandhi · 18th February 2010, 10:04

GMail all the way. Actually I have stopped using all Yahoo! services except Flickr.

There was a time when all my friends were on Y! Messenger, now nobody is there. Google has been able to integrate all its services so very well (GMail, Calendar, Docs, Photos, Videos, Reader, Maps, Add ons, etc etc etc), it makes my life much easier.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abhay

GMail - due to the features (especially the chain of messages) although I still have my yahoo id, funnily I also use my ancient (10 yr+) old Hotmail account for some purposes.

I don't use any of my old accounts any more. I auto-forward all of them to my single GMail id. You have labels/filters you can use to identify such emails.

Laxminarayan · 18th February 2010, 10:11

Gmail all the way. Stopped the yahoo mail a long way back. For me, Gmail loads quicker than yahoo.

Fillmore · 18th February 2010, 10:36

My Yahoo suddenly stopped working one day, after logon it would give an unhandled exception everytime.
Tried multiple attempts reporting it to Yahoo, but nothing worked.
So now its Gmail all the way.

View Poll Results: Do you prefer Gmail or Yahoo mail ?
I prefer Yahoo mail	32	15.24%
I prefer Gmail	178	84.76%
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17th February 2010, 23:41	#16
ishaanranderia BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: mumbai Posts: 167 Thanked: 57 Times	Gmail for the google universe, heck i'm gonna get an android phone just because of it
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17th February 2010, 23:45	#17
adheesh BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bombay Posts: 526 Thanked: 54 Times View My Garage	Gmail anyday for its speed. However Gmail lacks a very common read receipt feature.
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17th February 2010, 23:48	#18
Cyrus43 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 5,019 Thanked: 223 Times View My Garage	None. Hotmail. Both Yahoo and GMail look Prehistoric as compared to LIVE!
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17th February 2010, 23:50	#19
niks_devil666 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pune Posts: 535 Thanked: 237 Times	Gmail for space , pop3 , integrated chat and spam filter. Left yahoo id's in 2005 and since then used only gmail .
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17th February 2010, 23:54	#20
chevelle Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: sacto Posts: 1,299 Thanked: 553 Times View My Garage	My Preference: Gmail>Hotmail>Yahoo
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18th February 2010, 09:31	#23
shankar.balan Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 11,395 Thanked: 23,596 Times View My Garage	gmail without a doubt. speed + storage are the key things. Added plus is being able to receive/send really fat attachments as well - which feature I use a lot since the office mail server has a file size cap. Practically everyone I know is on gmail so communication is instantaneous and efficient as well.
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18th February 2010, 09:33	#24
Latheesh Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: CNN/BLR Posts: 4,279 Thanked: 10,243 Times	Gmail, stopped using Yahoo long back!!
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18th February 2010, 09:48	#25
J.Ravi Posts: n/a	I prefer Gmail and voted for it although I have yahoo accounts also.
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18th February 2010, 09:52	#26
tortoiseNhare BHPian Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Guwahati Posts: 536 Thanked: 90 Times	Gmail is my preference for personal use. I use my ids in yahoo, rediffmail and indiatimes for registration of software, IT products, forum memberships etc.
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18th February 2010, 10:03	#27
Abhay BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 727 Thanked: 11 Times	GMail - due to the features (especially the chain of messages) although I still have my yahoo id, funnily I also use my ancient (10 yr+) old Hotmail account for some purposes.
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18th February 2010, 10:11	#29
Laxminarayan BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 170 Thanked: 0 Times	Gmail all the way. Stopped the yahoo mail a long way back. For me, Gmail loads quicker than yahoo.
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18th February 2010, 10:36	#30
Fillmore BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 506 Thanked: 589 Times	My Yahoo suddenly stopped working one day, after logon it would give an unhandled exception everytime. Tried multiple attempts reporting it to Yahoo, but nothing worked. So now its Gmail all the way.
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