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How Does Gmail Stack Up In The Webmail World?

Posted by timothy on from the pretty-darn-well-really dept.

Wrecks writes "Flexbeta compares several email services that promise 1 GB of storage to see how they measure up to Google's Gmail. The review mentions how one service, ShireMail, offers far less features than SpyMac yet cost 10 times as much. The article also mentions how well Gmail is able to filter spam messages." Among the webmail options not mentioned in this review (the authors compare a total of five offerings) is another gig-of-mail offering from the Indian rediffmail.

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  1. I've not noticed much spam to begin with... by morganjharvey · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article also mentions how well Gmail is able to filter spam messages.

    <tongue-in-cheek>

    I don't know. I haven't noticed any spam -- not even a single piece, to be exact -- going to my gmail account.
    I'm making it my new experiment. I figure if I don't give my address to anybody, including school, online stuff, etc., but only give it to friends and people I know from face-to-face world, I shouldn't be getting any spam. This is only theory, of course, becuase eventually, somehow, the spammers always get my email addresses. So my experiment is to see just how long it takes them, and then I can question my friends -- and my enemies -- and see who gave my email on something that wound me up on a mailing list.

    If you want to contact me and discuss my theory, you can reach me at m0gart3304haha@gmail.com.


    </tongue-in-cheek>

  2. Indian gigmail by s20451 · · Score: 3, Funny

    In India, you don't need hard drives to run a gigabyte mail service. You just get a billion peasants and pay them 50 cents a month to remember a single character.

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  3. Re:Shiremail by CrackedButter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah i know, I live in Lancashire in the UK. Imagine crossing the county border and it now states on the sign "You are now entering Lancashire (TM), we welcome all, Warner Brothers, bringing the Fylde coast together"

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  4. Qwality Maths in this review.... by Dj · · Score: 4, Funny

    "For £3.50/month or $6.50 US you get 1 GB of email space, virus scanning, and spam filtering. Calculating this amount into a yearly term, that's about $195 US per year; which is about 10 times what you would pay for a SpyMac Mail Pro account and six times as much as RunBox."

    Duuuh $6.50x12=$78.

    Or are they beta testing some calculators too there?

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  5. er.. by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 3, Funny
    "The review mentions how one service, ShireMail, offers far less features than SpyMac yet cost 10 times as much."

    So they are... er... ten times free ?

  6. Re:It's google.. by kikta · · Score: 2, Funny
    Free email accts are great for internet correspondance...

    *pssst* Word has it that all email is good for that...