Yahoo Mail or Gmail?

[RaiderJ]

Originally posted by: homercles337
Hotmail and gmail. I have had my hotmail account for ~12 years. This was before MS bought them. I lost *tons* of email during that transfer.

I've had my hotmail account for about 10 years... which was after the M$ transfer I think. Didn't they only have 2MB of storage for a long time?

Much happier with GMail. Use it for just about everything now.

 

[LS20]

hotmail user since 1995.. ditched it prompty after buyout for yahoo (and also switched to private domain pop3).. switched immediately to gmail once available

yahoo... too many ads, slow java applet, gmail = lightweight, intuitive, labels, etc

 

[ForumMaster]

well, originally way back about when yahoo gave out it's first free 6MB email account, i registered my first email account. since then, it has become an email account that i check maybe every two weeks. mainly get stuff from family there. my main account is gmail. love it.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: Uhtrinity
I have both, Gmail beats Yahoo, no contest.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

I use both. Both have their pro's and con's. I HATE HATE HATE gmail's organization system. My inbox is such a mess. I just wish I can really separate them into folders. Of course, I can do that now IMAP...

But ya.. I use hotmail for it's better spam filter, contest sign-ups, and website sign-ups. I use yahoo for personal, and gmail for psuedo-personal/business...

 

[thomsbrain]

Gmail. Easy to use, easy integration with Google Talk, Blackberry applications for Gmail/Google Talk, and most importantly, awesome POP implementation that allows me to receive mail from all my accounts (ISP, personal domain, etc) in my Gmail inbox. Then I use POP access to backup my Gmail account to Microsoft Outlook from time to time. And my Blackberry only needs to sync with one account, while Google does the heavy lifting condensing all my accounts in the background. I used to be an Outlook fanatic, but when I found out Gmail could pull email from multiple POP accounts, I switched and never looked back. edit: I forgot about Gmail's excellent spam filtering, which it applies to all my accounts.

I suppose you might be able to do all that with Yahoo, but I hate their messenger, and everyone I would want to chat with has Gmail/Google Talk anyway. There's also kind of an "AOL" stigma that goes with a Yahoo account.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender
Gmail.

Yahoo is for old people that are too lazy to change.

I changed

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy

Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender
Gmail.

Yahoo is for old people that are too lazy to change.

I changed

I was just too lazy to tell everyone that I changed. I just use both. I like the features of both. *shrugs*

 

[imported_Imp]

Yahoo. Something that "appears" complicated about the google UI that I don't like.

 

[meltdown75]

i use gmail because i needed a spam account.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
I use both. Both have their pro's and con's. I HATE HATE HATE gmail's organization system. My inbox is such a mess. I just wish I can really separate them into folders. Of course, I can do that now IMAP...

uh...forreals? slap a label on it , and then archive it. label name = effective folder.

its actually superior, because you can apply multiple labels on on email... ie i have a social-related email from a co-worker, i can effectively "file it" under both "work" and "personal" folder

 

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: Uppsala9496
Yahoo because I have had it forever.

 

[Saint Nick]

Gmail because its simple, easy, free, and has tons of storage space.

 

[ballmode]

yahoo for spam, signups

gmail for work/business friends

 

[SmoochyTX]

I use both. Yahoo is more for family, friends, and some co-workers. Gmail is more for business outside of work.

 

[Ika]

Gmail has some of the best filtering I've ever used. Gmail's layout, design, and non-obtrusive ads help too.

 

[Sphexi]

I've been using Yahoo mail for years, almost 8 or 9 now. I've been paying the $20/year for premium service almost for 5, and I love it. I get no ads, I get great spam filtering, I get a fast POP connection, I can sync my Outlook address book with it, anything I need to do it does. I also like the interface more than Gmail, which I have but never actually use.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Have both but use gmail more. I like the free IMAP

 

[TwiceOver]

Just jumped onto the GMail wagon. Forwarding 4 email addresses to it. Seems nice. I like the POP3 connector and the labeling feature. I'll set up imap when I get home.

 

[dartworth]

^

 

[mobobuff]

I have a 10 year old Yahoo account that I use for spam and 2 gmail accounts that I use for MAYBE spam. My main account is on a dedicated server.

 

[savvy]

Gmail.

Yahoo = fail.

 

[Rogodin2]

Yahoo mail because it's superior.

Rogo

 

[rh71]

Gmail is the fastest to navigate, especially with the keyboard shortcuts... and it freakin works in Opera too! Can't say the same for Yahoo Mail "beta" or Hotmail Live "beta".

I despise checking my Yahoo mail the most.. spam city. Not even Hotmail is that bad... but hotmail has the irritating "wrong password" problem. I typed it in right, goddamnit.

 

[MovingTarget]

Stuck with hotmail for around ten years until Gmail became available.