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"Mediocre at best"
Version: Windows Live Hotmail
Pros
Large attachments.............not a lot else, except storage size.
Cons
Slowwwwwwww. Keeps saying "Can't connect to hotmail right now". Get "Loading.............." "Loading.............." "loading................" Fails to delete email from reading window occasionally- need to go back to folder view and delete. Won't keep default font type and size when composing: if you don't like Tahoma 10pt, then tough! Feedback to hotmail asks what version I'm running. I have no friggin' idea how to do that and neither does Microsoft!!
Summary
I was entranced early on and I'm sorry I was. It's too bad ther's no 'light' version for us 'non-power' users. About 75% of what's in hotmail I don't need/can't use.
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"for several months its rubbish, cant handle it"
Version: Windows Live Hotmail
Pros
I have been using it for ages happily, but not anymore 000000000
Cons
never works, unstable, lousy prog.
Summary
nothing more to tell
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"very basic and slow"
Version: Windows Live Hotmail
Pros
pretty colours & design
Cons
slow,unhelpfull, no spellcheck (use brower spell check!) no fonts except basic & set default & the spam/junk control is none existing. Also got a nasty habit of putting the mail not by dated recieved but all jumbled up, nightmare if time limited
Summary
Hotmail live is awful, basic and lifeless. If they charged for this they'd go bankrupt very quickly.
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"Its a great service, does what it says it does."
Version: Windows Live Hotmail
Pros
On my computer as the download it works great as a client. Nicely done. The internet interface even works on my Android phone.
Cons
Spell cheking is only in one language. Cannot figure out how to spell-check in another.
Summary
Security and safety are great. This is the big strength. Offcourse hotmail or live cannot determine what you do on your computer safety wise, but they do a great job with junk, spam and viruses. Just recenlly someone could not send me e-mails, they were returned to him "as the reult of a Windows LIve policy". It turns out that he is on a server whose IP address is used by a virus to open a backdoor on infected computers. I found that quite impressive. This happened to me before with another e-mail contact, similar policy notice, but this time for spam. I feel save using this client software or hotmail on-line. In both cases, the contacts were legitimate businesses, they were unpleasently surprised. Comes to show, choose your e-mail server well.
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"I just don't like it!"
Version: Windows Live Hotmail
Pros
Nice UI...
Cons
Crappy everything else! slow and awful spam filtering!
Summary
Don't use it, Use something elce instead, like Gmail or Yahoo Mail... Please!!!
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"Best online email. Ever growing storage starts at 5GB."
Version: Windows Live Hotmail
Pros
Fantastic interface. Very fast. Excellent folder control. Send and receive other email accounts through Hotmail. Excellent calendar and contacts that sync with Windows Live Mail desktop app or Outlook. Choice of @hotmail.com or @live.com address.
Cons
There are not cons.
Summary
This is a great service that offer much more than the others in terms of a full featured mail, calendar, contacts, photos, online file storage, events, groups, etc. that also syncs with your laptop. Get access to all your stuff whether you are online or not, and whether you are using your own computer or someone else's.
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"No Way!!!!"
Version: Windows Live Hotmail
Pros
nothing at all
Cons
everything !!!!!!! IT SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!
Summary
The mail client keeps making me resign up no matter I just did it.
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"AMAZING EMAIL"
Version: Windows Live Hotmail
Pros
All the services that come with Hotmail as well as Hotmail itself. It also comes with "Windows Live" desktop apps that are wonderful.
Cons
Absolutely nothing.
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"I wish i could get back on to it MSN Hotmail,i like it"
Version: Windows Live Hotmail
Pros
MSN Hotmail i love
Cons
Windows live i hate
Summary
Iwish it was back again i enjoyed MSN hotmail
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"Es un buen cliente email, pero gmail es muco mejor"
Version: Windows Live Hotmail
Pros
Lo que funciona bien con MSN messenger
Cons
Un poco lento
Summary
Lo recomiendo a los microsoft freaks
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