Hotmail

Hotmail is a free email service of Windows that gives you a 2 GB of online storage. It has fast search, solid security and an interface as easy as a desktop email program. You can choose your own colours ans layout as per choice. By switching to the full view you can get access to advance features.

Hotmail has powerful spam filter. If any spam is recived you can easily report it to MSN by marking it as unwanted mail. Hotmail provides three levels of junk filtering which is "low", "enhanced" and "exclusive". All incoming and outgoing mails are checked for virus . Hotmail even scans for phishing attempts. Additionally hotmail allows you to accept mail only from people in your address book. It does not allow you to download images from unauthorised senders.

Hotmail allows you to organize your inbox with folders and custom filters. All incomming mails can be sorted in specified folders. Even mails can be searched through inbox or various folders for a specific message. Address book can be imported from Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express.

A best feature found in hotmail is it includes a plain text composer with spell check, dictionary, and thesaurus. MSN mobile allows you to check mail, get updates and manage accounts. Hotmails instant messenger is a free download that notifes you when you receive a new email. And you can chat on it.

Pros

• MSN Hotmail lets you accept mail from known senders only, makes it easy to report spam
• Can be accessed comfortably from Outlook and Outlook Express
• MSN Hotmail includes a rich text editor and is easy to use

Cons

• MSN Hotmail does not thread or otherwise organize messages, lacks virtual folders or labels
• Improvements to Hotmail's junk mail filter are needed
• MSN Hotmail offers no POP or IMAP access and lacks email encryption and digital signatures