Live Mail vs Hotmail
I recently changed back from Windows Live Mail to the traditional hotmail. Why? Slow load times, inconsistent behaviors with check boxes, small reading panes that you can resize, not being able to export contacts, shall I go on. Sure it is a beta version and sure it is free. However, why should I upgrade from a stable hotmail to a clunky, nonuser-friendly email client.
Long live hotmail!
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December 31st, 2006 at 1:23 pm
Why don’t you use Gmail? Its better than both of them
http://www.gmail.com
January 1st, 2007 at 6:06 pm
I would love to, but it is a pain getting everyone to know my new email address. I will have to do it some day, I suppose.
January 27th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Get with the times, Gmail is the only way to go..
February 10th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Use fastmail paid version to pull your mail from hotmail , remove the spam, and forward to gmail
If need be, you can send mail from gmail with your hotmail address in the from section
February 15th, 2007 at 8:40 am
Help~ help`~!!
How do i changed back to traditional homtail from windows live mail. Will there be any change in the storage size of my acc??
February 15th, 2007 at 10:00 am
Hi, having tried and been dissapointed with Live mail I reverted back to hotmail, however I find I get routed through “loginLive” now before being able to access my Hotmail. This of course all takes time and often I get ‘timed out” before it actually connects, am I alone in this ?
April 22nd, 2007 at 8:42 pm
I have been playing around with Gmail and I have found it to be confusing and slow. Not as slow as Windows Live Mail mind you. Also, Gmail does not have as much unnecessary ajax as Live Mail. Live Mail is ridiculous, it tried to act like a desktop application, but leaves out many necessary features creating a painfully slow website, even on a broadband connection. Gmail has some nice features, but I still don’t think it is worth the hassle of moving all my contacts over from Hotmail.
@Cheng : If you click on the options button, then there is an option to ‘Switch to MSN Hotmail’. I hope this helps.
@Paul this does not happen to me. I complete discontinued my use of Live Mail rather than just switching over on a session per session basis. Maybe you should try opting out all together. See my explanation to Cheng.
September 28th, 2007 at 11:55 am
I AM VERT ADAPTABLE TO CHANGE,BUT THINK WINDOWS LIVE IS THE WORST.I CANNOT STAND IT! TOO MANY DRAMAS TO MENTION,LIKE SIMPLY PUNCHING IN WINDOWS LIVE HOTMAIL.COM TO LOGIN IS RIDICULOUS.I HAVE JUST TAUGHT MY 94YR OLD GRANDMA TO USE HOTMAIL,WENT AWAY FOR 2MONTHS AND HAD RETURNED TO WINDOWS LIVE.I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER FOR A 7+ YRS.MY GRANDMA LEARNT TO USE HOTMAIL A YEAR AGO,NOW SHE IS THROWN ALL OVER THE PLACE AND WANTS TO GIVE UP!!!THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR IMPOSING THIS ON PEOPLE!!!I AM SOON TO BE A YAHOO CUSTOMER
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:31 am
I don’t want live homail at all I can’t open some attachments I had no problems with the old version and I want it back!!!!! but I don’t think that will happen so I have opened a yahoo email account and that was my choice having Live hotmail was not my choice. Thanks for nothing.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Tipical of what I have heard about microsoft using there customers as guinee pigs to sort out there problems no wonder I use a Mac cannot access my hotmail account after 5years yahoo here i come f.. you microsoft.
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:33 pm
I’ve had a hotmail account for about 5 yr & now because of Windows Live I cant log in ..it says my password is incorrect then asks me my secret question (In chinese!!). I Google translated the question but still cant answer it!
Does anyone know how to get around this?
Cheers DAS
February 24th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I use both gmail and hotmail, gmail is better,but its for home use,to important to me, I use my hotmail account for emails when im at a net cafe etc or a friends place, hotmail is just for that, crap service but easy to use when not at home.