Comments on: Are Webmail Addresses More Memorable? http://www.pcmech.com/article/are-webmail-addresses-more-memorable/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:07:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Freetulisten http://www.pcmech.com/article/are-webmail-addresses-more-memorable/comment-page-1/#comment-27082 Freetulisten Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:04:50 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/are-webmail-addresses-more-memorable/#comment-27082 Same here - I've had email and webmail since almost day one - signed up for Hotmail about three days after it opened for the public. I receive about 60~80 emails per working day and maybe half that over the weekend. About one third of that is from new contacts. A few observations: . I have NEVER sent or received anything to/from @aol . I have so much spam in my Hotmail account now that it'll take literally hours to purge the rubbish - even with clever filtering . Many companies reject @hotmail at the server due to spam issues . I have had a gmail account since about day three and in that whole time I've had three spams. The whole Google model is just so fantastic, I'm using almost everything [I have no affiliations with Google whatsoever] . I often get asked "how come everyone in the IT industry has a gmail account?". I'm not sure if we do but it sure seems like it at times Same here – I’ve had email and webmail since almost day one – signed up for Hotmail about three days after it opened for the public. I receive about 60~80 emails per working day and maybe half that over the weekend. About one third of that is from new contacts.

A few observations:
. I have NEVER sent or received anything to/from @aol
. I have so much spam in my Hotmail account now that it’ll take literally hours to purge the rubbish – even with clever filtering
. Many companies reject @hotmail at the server due to spam issues
. I have had a gmail account since about day three and in that whole time I’ve had three spams. The whole Google model is just so fantastic, I’m using almost everything [I have no affiliations with Google whatsoever]
. I often get asked “how come everyone in the IT industry has a gmail account?”. I’m not sure if we do but it sure seems like it at times

]]> By: Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/article/are-webmail-addresses-more-memorable/comment-page-1/#comment-26380 Rich Menga Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:47:34 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/are-webmail-addresses-more-memorable/#comment-26380 Very well aware of it but had to stay stateside for this article. :) For example, were it Russia I would have listed mail.ru as #1. Very well aware of it but had to stay stateside for this article. :) For example, were it Russia I would have listed mail.ru as #1.

]]> By: Doug http://www.pcmech.com/article/are-webmail-addresses-more-memorable/comment-page-1/#comment-26371 Doug Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:40:55 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/are-webmail-addresses-more-memorable/#comment-26371 Is that so? I don't live in the USA and, after 15 years using computers/internet/email/etc professionally and academically, I never (never ever!) got or sent email to someone in ".aol" domain. Ok, maybe spam, but I would never know because I use gmail and it has a great spam filter. Anyway, keep in mind that people abroad also read your articles ;-) Is that so? I don’t live in the USA and, after 15 years using computers/internet/email/etc professionally and academically, I never (never ever!) got or sent email to someone in “.aol” domain. Ok, maybe spam, but I would never know because I use gmail and it has a great spam filter. Anyway, keep in mind that people abroad also read your articles ;-)

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