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There's no technological reason that GMail can't import mail from Hotmail or Mail.com. It's being done (see Shadango for example - I use it for checking my Hotmail account and my two Mail.com accounts). Pretty sure I've seen a number of projects on SourceForge for roll-your-own webmail-to-POP3 gateways as well. My guess is that Google wants to make sure that the most important stuff (sending / receiving /etc) works flawlessly before they move on to the more interesting stuff.

If you hadn't put that second Shadango link in your message, I might have thought your post was genuine (as in, not profit-motivated).

You did good, however, with making your ad seem like an on-topic post. I particularly like "based on a recommendation posted on /." to enhance your credibility. But you did a bit too much explaining in your post... much like I'm doing right now.

This is a great feature! I never understood how it would really work until I started using Shadango (based on a recommendation posted on /.)

See, I generate a disposable ("Spamtrap") account, and post that all over the internet. When the crap gets too unbearable, I just regenerate it. I can't even imagine how I survived without a disposable account in the past.

Also, and more related to the story, what will happen to sites that let you consolidate all your other accounts? I use Shadango to check my POP/IMAP/Y!/Hotmail/AOL/mail.com accounts (because it filters them, plus I have a bigger quota), but I guess it's just a matter of time until I won't be able to 'send' from those addresses anymore.

Hmmm... it sucks that spammers have slowly taken away all the freedom that the email

It's hard to win a fight when you don't know who to swing at.

Susie Johnson

This is a great feature! I never understood how it would really work until I started using Shadango (based on a recommendation posted on /.)

See, I generate a disposable ("Spamtrap") account, and post that all over the internet. When the crap gets too unbearable, I just regenerate it. I can't even imagine how I survived without a disposable account in the past.

Also, and more related to the story, what will happen to sites that let you consolidate all your other accounts? I use Shadango to check my POP/IMAP/Y!/Hotmail/AOL/mail.com accounts (because it filters them, plus I have a bigger quota), but I guess it's just a matter of time until I won't be able to 'send' from those addresses anymore.

Hmmm... it sucks that spammers have slowly taken away all the freedom that the email

It's hard to win a fight when you don't know who to swing at.

Susie Johnson

"Why do you still use Windows then? Why do people say they hate Windows/Hotmail/whatever, and carry on using it? The amount of Slashdot users that use Hotmail, and bitch about the mailbox size, or the amount of spam they get is amazing. Never heard of Yahoo? 6Mb free, and excellent anti-spam filters."

Or you could use a service that I've found called Shadango.com which allows me to check all my email addresses from one interface(including yahoo, hotmail, (and they're filtered!)) On top of that I get 20MB for each address! Now my work and personal addresses are accessable all in one spot. And the best part is it's free. If you're tired of corporate giants and monopolies then quit supporting them!

It's hard to win a fight when you don't know where to swing.

-Willie

I really think that there is a lot left in webmail besides additional space. I started using a service called Shadango.com 6 months ago and it easily has more features then my old hotmail account. First of all I can check all my pop/imap accounts there from one easy interface. They provide you with a file manager, disposable addresses, and I have like 20MB of space. It's frickin' great. Yes a lot has been done in email, but there are still a lot of avenues that google can explore.

I keep seeing tunnels at the end of all these lights
Brian

What part of this is a filtering service? Look at the Description of Service under their TOS:
EULA
"that the Service may include advertisements"..."and you will not be able to opt out of receiving them."
Translation: We are allowed to spam you all we want and there is nothing you can do about it.