Windows Live Hotmail
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Full user review
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"Its a great service, does what it says it does."
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.