Microsoft Takes on Gmail with New Outlook.com Webmail

[__Miguel_]

[citation][nom]ojas[/nom]so will our mail address change from xxxxx@hotmail.com to xxxxx@outlook.com? Or can i keep the hotmail tag?[/citation]
Following this piece, I went and changed over. You'll be given the option to change your e-mail to an "@outlook.com" one. The best thing is, if you choose to change, your "@hotmail.com" address will be kept as an alias, meaning you will keep receiving your e-mail as usual.

At the same time, you'll be offered the possibility of moving all of your e-mails from the "@hotmail.com" address to a new folder, to start with a clean Inbox.

The thing is, and I believe Microsoft is probably right on track with this one to cut Hotmail/Live spam, once you get an "@outlook.com" address, you can get rid of A LOT of unwanted e-mails by just deleting your old e-mail alias.

So, if you tell your contacts (including website logins) you have a new mail and re-subscribe to any newsletters you might want to keep with the new address (shouldn't be too many of them, right?), you'll probably be pretty much spam-free.

Well, at least spammers start targeting @outlook.com addresses, but hopefully Microsoft's spam engines will be able to pick them up (they have gotten quite good, actually).

Cheers

Miguel

 

[ojas]

[citation][nom]__Miguel_[/nom]Following this piece, I went and changed over. You'll be given the option to change your e-mail to an "@outlook.com" one. The best thing is, if you choose to change, your "@hotmail.com" address will be kept as an alias, meaning you will keep receiving your e-mail as usual.At the same time, you'll be offered the possibility of moving all of your e-mails from the "@hotmail.com" address to a new folder, to start with a clean Inbox.The thing is, and I believe Microsoft is probably right on track with this one to cut Hotmail/Live spam, once you get an "@outlook.com" address, you can get rid of A LOT of unwanted e-mails by just deleting your old e-mail alias.So, if you tell your contacts (including website logins) you have a new mail and re-subscribe to any newsletters you might want to keep with the new address (shouldn't be too many of them, right?), you'll probably be pretty much spam-free.Well, at least spammers start targeting @outlook.com addresses, but hopefully Microsoft's spam engines will be able to pick them up (they have gotten quite good, actually).CheersMiguel[/citation]
Thanks for the info man, i may try out now!

 

[ojas]

Redmond says it won't scan your email content or attachments and sell information to advertisers or any other company. It also won't show you ads in personal conversations.

Did they scan our emails before, though?

 

[nameon]

I know im probably gonna need to put a fire redundant suit for this, oh well..

At 1st time looking at win8's metro, i was skeptical about its chances of success, but i look at win8, wp8, xbl, xbox, office 2013, and now outlook.com...

I see microsoft is dead serious about moving into a newer generation, look like their determined to make all these chnages happen and not stay stale, probably making a more cohesive ecosystem...
still.. i can image some (or many), hopefuly not most, poeple will be put off by this, and tick with win7(please dont), move to apple (nooooo!!!!!!!!) or switch to linux(only for techies).

 

[Guest]

Microsoft taking on Gmail sounds like a joke to me. Gmail is eons ahead in so many ways. Agreed, Outlook.com is a fresh welcome breeze, nice layout and new metro UI and most importantly no ads (at least as of now) and free POP access. I would love to see free SMTP routing too via outlook.com servers, which Gmail gives as a standard feature (my personal favorite).