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and any other good webmail alternative to gmail? HN Startup anyone?

by dreur 16y ago

tmart 16y ago
well there is zoho
- inodeman 16y ago
  nice
- da5e 16y ago
  Zoho Writer's docs are available offline as well as online which Google Docs aren't at the current time. And Zoho Creator is awesomely handy.
  - da5e 16y ago
    In addition, Zoho mail is ad-free and has offline capability using, oops, Gears.
ximeng 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1593343 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1593343 on the front page of Ask HN
alec 16y ago
I hear rave reviews about the recently-revamped Hotmail, but haven't quite overcome my prejudice against the brand to try it.
- mike_h 16y ago
  Any details on what you've heard good about it? It was so slow and poorly laid-out for me that I finally decided to trust Microsoft with my gmail address enough to let them forward my hotmail there.
  - chadgeidel 16y ago
    Hotmail user since the pre-gmail days here. It's actually pretty good. It's a little to "busy" for my tastes, but it runs well on every browser I tested it on. Hotmail also re-directs to a very good mobile site on the iPhone. Full disclosure - I am paying like $20 per year or something for the "enhanced" service, but I don't even know what that includes any more. It used to be Outlook connectivity and more storage. I haven't used Outlook (at home) in years, and I don't think my account goes over the size of the free storage.
mhd 16y ago
GMX[1] ain't that bad, if you like your webmail to look like a fake desktop client (cf. Yahoo Mail). Also has file storage etc. NB: I'm talking about gmx.com, if you live in Germany/Austria/Switzerland, you have to live with the inferior original service. Unless you register over a proxy, that is (access is possible, just registering is turned off). I've become really fond of GMail's navigation, though. Beats desktop clients, although sup[1] wasn't that bad and you could probably do a lot with Emacs MUAs… [1]: http://www.gmx.com http://www.gmx.com [2]: http://sup.rubyforge.org/ http://sup.rubyforge.org/
ams6110 16y ago
I like fastmail.fm. Recently acquired by Opera, but no significant changes so far.

and any other good webmail alternative to gmail? HN Startup anyone?

by dreur 16y ago

and any other good webmail alternative to gmail? HN Startup anyone?

tmart 16y ago

well there is zoho

inodeman 16y ago
nice
da5e 16y ago
Zoho Writer's docs are available offline as well as online which Google Docs aren't at the current time. And Zoho Creator is awesomely handy.
- da5e 16y ago
  In addition, Zoho mail is ad-free and has offline capability using, oops, Gears.

ximeng 16y ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1593343 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1593343 on the front page of Ask HN

alec 16y ago

I hear rave reviews about the recently-revamped Hotmail, but haven't quite overcome my prejudice against the brand to try it.

mike_h 16y ago
Any details on what you've heard good about it? It was so slow and poorly laid-out for me that I finally decided to trust Microsoft with my gmail address enough to let them forward my hotmail there.
- chadgeidel 16y ago
  Hotmail user since the pre-gmail days here. It's actually pretty good. It's a little to "busy" for my tastes, but it runs well on every browser I tested it on. Hotmail also re-directs to a very good mobile site on the iPhone. Full disclosure - I am paying like $20 per year or something for the "enhanced" service, but I don't even know what that includes any more. It used to be Outlook connectivity and more storage. I haven't used Outlook (at home) in years, and I don't think my account goes over the size of the free storage.

mhd 16y ago

GMX[1] ain't that bad, if you like your webmail to look like a fake desktop client (cf. Yahoo Mail). Also has file storage etc. NB: I'm talking about gmx.com, if you live in Germany/Austria/Switzerland, you have to live with the inferior original service. Unless you register over a proxy, that is (access is possible, just registering is turned off). I've become really fond of GMail's navigation, though. Beats desktop clients, although sup[1] wasn't that bad and you could probably do a lot with Emacs MUAs… [1]: http://www.gmx.com http://www.gmx.com [2]: http://sup.rubyforge.org/ http://sup.rubyforge.org/

ams6110 16y ago

I like fastmail.fm. Recently acquired by Opera, but no significant changes so far.