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Hotmail On Your Desktop

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mail-everywhere dept.

thomas2you writes "Microsoft has just started its beta testing on a new program, made to have Microsoft's hotmail on your own desktop according to an article on CNET. It's going to be free software, you're going to be able to manage multiple accounts and they are attempting to include the ability to also just control all pop3 and smtp accounts you have, including Google's gmail as well as Windows Live Mail, the successor to Hotmail. From the article, 'The move is a shift for the Hotmail business, which in the past, has charged users who wanted to read their mail using desktop software, rather than a Web browser. Microsoft charged $20 and up for its paid service.'"

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  1. gotmail does it by rollx · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotmail

    You can use it with any mail client. Without any favor from Microsoft

  2. Windows Live Favorites Feature by CyberSlugGump · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to the table (from clicking the image in the article), Windows Live Services will include "Windows Live Favorites" which is listed as having no competitors. Isn't del.icio.us a competitor?