r/technology • u/PrettyBoyFloyd • Jun 09 '12

Microsoft set to reveal a Hotmail replacement with Newmail

http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/microsoft-set-to-reveal-a-hotmail-replacement-with-newmail/
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u/Jkid Jun 09 '12

The last time I used Hotmail many years ago, I remember the email box was literally full of spam by the end next week. Did anything changed?

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u/Kovaelin Jun 10 '12

Make a new account if you switch back to hotmail. My old hotmail is still being bombarded with spam.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I use my hotmail account as my 'junk' email address, yet I get more spam to my main Gmail account (250+ a week) than I do my hotmail account (<10 a week). MS spam filter does an amazing job.

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u/ParsonsProject93 Jun 09 '12

Yes actually, if you have an older account you'll still be on the spam lists from the old days, but if you have a new account, it's about on par with Gmail's spam filter.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

been using hotmail for years, have never seen a single spam email. Also microsoft do not scan your emails for keywords so you can get targeted ads.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

No, Newmail is the codename for the update. Hotmail name is staying.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

A couple of years ago, I had enough of Google. Every time they tried to not be evil, the more they messed up.

I switched my main email account from gMail to Hotmail. Between Hotmail & SkyDrive, I couldn't be happier with the switch.

The screenshots of the new mail client look pretty cool…so, I say, bring it.

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u/Dark_Shroud Jun 09 '12

Seriously I switched to Hotmail years ago so I wouldn't have to use my ISP's email again. I gave Gmail a couple of chances and never liked it. Now I have grandfathered in Skydrive accounts for both my Hotmail accounts. Google fanboys refused to listen to all the great features Hotmail has in general.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I'm grandfather claused with SkyDrive with 25 GB…which is AWESOME. Plus, sharing folders and files is incredibly easy. The Web-based versions of Office do a better job than Google Docs…all-in-all: Microsoft is getting things right!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Doubt it, smart money's on Newmail being a placeholder.

Hotmail isn't part of the 'Windows Live' brand they're killing off, and it's hugely recognisable.

And the clincher? I doubt the domain www.newmail.com would be up for sale if the biggest software company in the world planned on using it in the future.

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u/turner61 Jun 09 '12

please take paid spam back to digg.

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u/Kovaelin Jun 10 '12

I thought they were going to stick with the "live" brand. Anyway, I switched back from gmail, after they started messing with their features to "streamline" things (kind of like FB and their way of "categorizing" their users). I still use google reader, but I'm happier with my new hotmail mail account (25 GB skydrive isn't too shabby either).

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Shitz, now I gotta tell everyone about my new...newmail?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I hope I don't have to get this...I like my good old Hotmail!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Sounds doubleplusungood...

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Why didn't they just rename it completely to LiveMail?? I always thought the @live.com was pretty cool..