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| Thread ID: 134824 | 2013-08-19 00:46:00 | outlook.com or gmail.com email ?? | 1101 (13337) | Press F1 |
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| 1351529 | 2013-08-19 00:46:00 | Hi Guys outlook.com or gmail.com for a free email ? Is outlook.com better than the old hotmail ?? Ive got both myname@gmail.com & myname@outlook.com (I dont use the outlook.com email at the mo) . Ive been using the gmail a/c as a email dump so Id rather not use that one , but want to keep myname@ as my email adress , so is outlook.com as good as gmail ? I want to move away from xtra/yahoo after more email delay issues on the weekend : I even sent test emails to myself, 2 & 3 arrived instantly, test1 arrived much much later. This is hopeless when trying to communicate with someone through email , you dont know if its been delayed or not. Intermittent delays of up to a day happen with some xtra emails. Cheers |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1351530 | 2013-08-19 02:25:00 | Personally I prefer Gmail,Outlook.com doers not play well with my preferred browser (Opera).But both have their issues.Cheers | ruup (1827) | ||
| 1351531 | 2013-08-19 02:43:00 | Each has some things it does better than the other, but both are very good. | Greven (91) | ||
| 1351532 | 2013-08-19 02:54:00 | Between the 2, I would go with gmail. | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1351533 | 2013-08-19 03:28:00 | Both are good, imo. Personal preference. I use both, for different reasons. Neither has, in my experience, been significantly better or worse than the other from a reliability perspective. I prefer the outlook.com web interface, but gmail offers easier access to some features, as well as more seamless integration with chrome, android etc (though the outlook.com android app is great). | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1351534 | 2013-08-19 03:49:00 | I'm only with outlook because myname@gmail is not available! I do like outlook though and you can setup account aliases ie name@outlook.co.nz/.com or @hotmail.co.nz or @live.com all within the one account so that's handy |
pct (16854) | ||
| 1351535 | 2013-08-19 04:12:00 | I've got an account with each - I like them both, and haven't noticed any spam issues with either. I use gmail as my main account just because I got it first, so no point changing just for the sake of changing. Also, I'm more tied in with Google services than Microsoft ones. Gmail and Outlook.com are about the same in terms of quality imho. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1351536 | 2013-08-19 23:08:00 | Hi Guys I just found out that outlook.com has no imap support , so its looking like a switch to gmail instead would be a better long term option . Cheers |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1351537 | 2013-08-20 08:25:00 | Hi Guys I just found out that outlook.com has no imap support , so its looking like a switch to gmail instead would be a better long term option . Cheers No it has its own version can't recall what they call it. I use both and have the same user name with different tails |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1351538 | 2013-08-20 08:39:00 | Hi Guys I just found out that outlook.com has no imap support , so its looking like a switch to gmail instead would be a better long term option . Cheers Outlook has MAPI which is their version of cloud service. office.microsoft.com You can install this into Outlook or it is included with 2013, basically it (Outlook desktop) can sync online with Outlook.com. If you are running an Android, you can install the Outlook app and enable calendar synching and enable push email ... Just disable Google calendar sync so you don't get dual copies... |
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