I got a preview of new version of Hotmail, the Microsoft owned email service yesterday, which is expected to be rolled out server-by-server (so we're told) over the next few months. The first question on my mind was - will this make it easier for me to manage my email? Over the past few years, given that over a hundred emails hit my inboxes every day, I have tweaked my Gmail account to the extreme, with canned responses, filters for everything (especially email marketing blasts), mailbrowser for managing contacts and attachments, and labels/tags for accessing emails that tend to be drowned by the deluge. Nevertheless, my email management still needs a lot of work. The short answer is - no. The new Hotmail is a big improvement over the previous version, but it isn't as customizable as Gmail. But how many people beyond the power users know how to, or even know about most of Gmail's features. Hotmail incorporates many standardized filters, adds a few very useful features on top of it, and makes it easy for the average consumer. An attempt has also been to make Hotmail into an online social aggregator for all your updates, but I don't think content owners will be very comfortable with the way search has been implemented within Hotmail: Features -- Attachments Up To 10GB & Skydrive integration: At present, I'm limited by Gmail to a limit of 20mb per attachment. What Microsoft had done smartly, is integrated their online storage solution SkyDrive…
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The New Hotmail: 10GB Attachments, 35 Social Networks Aggregated; Search & Copyright Content?
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