Hotmail Users

[ultimatejester]

The only thing i dont understand about hotmail is why do so much people signup for it when they can get better service and more storage at yahoo. In yahoo they give u up2 30 mb of storage in ur briefcase and hotmail doesnt even have a briefcase. i can understand the briefcase problem that yahoo is an all rounder and hotmail is just an email service. But everywhere i go i c ppl using their hotmail address. WHY????

[crazy_billy_bats]

cuz we all brainwashed by Bill & we MUST get Hotmail.

[MUSLEMAN]

well yahoo does not allow pop3 right now :angry:

[fugley]

I may not have Yahoo but I aint daft to fall for some second rate microsoft sh*t.

I've got a msn account! So there! :blink:

[Curley]

I've had my hotmail account sinse I came on the net, when I didn't know any differant. The only reason why I never changed it is because I have all my msn contacts under the same address.

I do have a couple of others though.

[summerlinda]

Hotmail works just fine for me, i use it for boards etc plus i let all the junk come in there. For private matters and friends etc i have my own mail provided by my ISP. No need for Yahoo really..... :)
Each his own

[Lilmiss]

Originally posted by summerlinda@17 June 2003 - 21:17
No need for Yahoo really..... :)
Each his own
im so fed up of yahoo. but its just too much bother rolling all your address' into one and letting everyone know. :(

[crazy_billy_bats]

everyone has a hotmail......pretty much :D

ive had the same one for years, always stayed with them.....
i use yahoo for the email for here, and for junk and stuff.
just incase theres a lot of freaks out there!!
i just give my hotmail to my mates etc.

enough of the d*ck enlargments tho hotmail, im fine.......honest :rolleyes:

[fugley]

Originally posted by crazy_billy_bats@17 June 2003 - 21:23

enough of the d*ck enlargments tho hotmail, im fine.......honest :rolleyes:
Yeah - hotmail you arse wipes! send his to me!

And also any literature you have on arse waxin too!

Well!!!!! What you waitin for Mister Gates - get lickin dem electronic stamps bitch!!!

[RGX]

lol, the penis enlargment emails really do make me laugh, what are they trying to say?

well, any other hotmailers out there wanna add me, your welcome, you just gotta say who you are (on the board), its annoying when people add you then wont say lol

[summerlinda]

Yeah, those penis enlargement mails, i get tons of them.
As if I need it....... D'oh :lol:

But they dont bother me that much, they go straight to the junkmail folder.

[crazy_billy_bats]

Originally posted by summerlinda@17 June 2003 - 21:41
they go straight to the junkmail folder.
yeah but im always afraid someone i know's email will go in the junk folder.......
so i feel obliged to check it and then am shown the several viagra ad's !!

[TheDave]

Originally posted by RGX@17 June 2003 - 21:30
lol, the penis enlargment emails really do make me laugh, what are they trying to say?

well, any other hotmailers out there wanna add me, your welcome, you just gotta say who you are (on the board), its annoying when people add you then wont say lol
but what do you do when your 12 year old sister gets bombarded with hardons. i mean she shouldnt be seeing that

[merlin-1]

Hotmail is nothing but http://www.imahosting.com/sigs/poop.gif I dont need all that crap that i used to get with hotmail.I dumped them a long time ago and went to Yahoo much better.

[ugluk]

i use hotmail because it's crap! whenever i have to sign up somewhere with an valid email adress (like a discussion board! :rolleyes: ) i use my hotmail adress. doesnt matter if it gets spammed you see.
i also have an yahoo adress. and one at my university. and some others i never use. :lol:

hotmail is good! it is crap. just what i need sometimes. ;)

[evilbagpuss]

Yahoo is far more insecure than Hotmail. When you enter your password with yahoo it is sent in plain text via HTTP. When you enter your password with hotmail it is automatically encrypted via HTTPS. This means that anyone on your LAN, or at your ISP can 'sniff' your yahoo password. You can enter the password via HTTPS in Yahoo but you have to select the option each time you login which I find rather tedious.

It's also a matter of principle. Every year or so a huge child porn ring is exposed usually with a yahoo group being the 'front door' to it.

When was the last time you heard of a hotmail club being used in that manner?

[Illuminati]

I can explain why a good chunk of Hotmail users use it in one post.

Plain and simple - MSN Messenger. AFAIK, MSN Messenger requires a Microsoft .NET passport. And what do you need for a .NET passport? A hotmail address. In other words, to use MSN Messenger you need a Hotmail account.

But that in itself begs another question - Why use MSN Messenger if Hotmail is crap? Put simply - Because out of the four major alternatives to MSN, 2 are the software version of scumbags and the third isn't the most user-friendly. Here's what I mean ICQ - USED to be a good alternative to MSN...until AOL Time Warner bought it and uploaded god knows how much crap onto it. ICQ's now known as a scum-ridden program of spyware & adware, which is a shame considering that it used to be a great IM :( AIM - AOL Instant Messenger. Enough said. You want more? Check out the problems with ICQ above - Different mechanics to them, but their owners have the same principles for both (mainly because they have the same owner). Oh wait, there is one major difference - ICQ used to be good then went crap, AIM always was crap ;)
Which leaves MSN, Yahoo! and IRC. IRC is not the most user-friendly - I have trouble myself learning all the workings of it. Yes, it's more powerful than MSN or Yahoo!, but I hardly see that many using all the features of MSN anyway, so what'd be the point?

This leaves MSN and Yahoo! - "The cosmetic IM kings". This boils down to a turf war in the end - Some like MSN, others like Yahoo! I think that because MSN sticks to only certain things "which it's good at" instead of going all around the block like Yahoo!, most people prefer MSN. But seeing as I haven't tried Yahoo! (or AIM for that matter), I can't be sure.

But what the hell do I care - I personally use Trillian! :D

I hope that kinda explains why a lot choose MSN.

[crazy_billy_bats]

Originally posted by Illuminati@17 June 2003 - 22:29
I can explain why a good chunk of Hotmail users use it in one post.

Plain and simple - MSN Messenger. AFAIK, MSN Messenger requires a Microsoft .NET passport. And what do you need for a .NET passport? A hotmail address. In other words, to use MSN Messenger you need a Hotmail account.

But that in itself begs another question - Why use MSN Messenger if Hotmail is crap? Put simply - Because out of the four major alternatives to MSN, 2 are the software version of scumbags and the third isn't the most user-friendly. Here's what I mean ICQ - USED to be a good alternative to MSN...until AOL Time Warner bought it and uploaded god knows how much crap onto it. ICQ's now known as a scum-ridden program of spyware & adware, which is a shame considering that it used to be a great IM :( AIM - AOL Instant Messenger. Enough said. You want more? Check out the problems with ICQ above - Different mechanics to them, but their owners have the same principles for both (mainly because they have the same owner). Oh wait, there is one major difference - ICQ used to be good then went crap, AIM always was crap ;)Which leaves MSN, Yahoo! and IRC. IRC is not the most user-friendly - I have trouble myself learning all the workings of it. Yes, it's more powerful than MSN or Yahoo!, but I hardly see that many using all the features of MSN anyway, so what'd be the point?

This leaves MSN and Yahoo! - "The cosmetic IM kings". This boils down to a turf war in the end - Some like MSN, others like Yahoo! I think that because MSN sticks to only certain things "which it's good at" instead of going all around the block like Yahoo!, most people prefer MSN. But seeing as I haven't tried Yahoo! (or AIM for that matter), I can't be sure.

But what the hell do I care - I personally use Trillian! :D

I hope that kinda explains why a lot choose MSN.
isnt it just because its easy? :huh: :rolleyes: :P

[MUSLEMAN]

that is a great explanation, but for me as i said before msn has pop3 account and yahoo no longer has it and i don't use msn messenger, but thats just me :lol:

[Illuminati]

isnt it just because its easy?

<bangs head on wall> Sometimes I just wonder if there&#39;s ever an explanation which BOTH explains it in full for the interlects and simple for the rest. :blink:

Okay, I&#39;ll cut it down - There&#39;s five major IMs. Here&#39;s what&#39;s wrong with the current selection ICQ - AOL bought it, full of spyware AIM - AOL&#39;s own-brand IM. Enough said IRC - Too complex for those who just want to use the basic functions of IMs
That leaves two left - MSN & Yahoo&#33; That leaves a turf war - MSN vs Yahoo&#33; These are which most IM users (most of which do not have enough computer knowledge to know about IRC) use these two. Which require their own-brand email services to use them; figures :rolleyes: MSN is considered an IM with more features than Yahoo&#33;, hence is more popular - Fact. That&#39;s why a huge chunk go for Hotmail accounts over Yahoo&#33; mail accounts.

Does that explain it for everyone? I&#39;ll start building sock puppets if there are still a few confused ;)

[RGX]

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

lol, the sock puppets made me laugh

[sparsely]

I use Hotmail for a pretty stupid reason.....asthetics.
It looks better. Yahoo, however better or worse it may be technically, has shit for an
interface and site design.
I also used to chat quite a bit, and because I value looks so highly, I dislike using IRC,
and Yahoo&#39;s chat looks as dull as IRC, except it&#39;s got a big red "Y" on it.
Actually, I have 5 or 6 Hotmail address...because back when I chatted all the time
I got banned alot. :o
It&#39;s kind of odd though, some of my addresses get lots of junk mail, but two of them
only recieve stuff from the MSN staff. Ever. :huh:

- Sparsely
MSN Chat Fugitive

[DarkBlizzard]

Just get Dead AIM....no ads or anything...problem fixed.

[Wolfmight]

hotmail... maybe they think they&#39;ll get free porn. (when they actually get Spammed porn, rofl)

[Curley]

Originally posted by Wolfmight@18 June 2003 - 03:51
hotmail... maybe they think they&#39;ll get free porn. (when they actually get Spammed porn, rofl)
erm... yeah.... I do... :huh: :P

[Ad]

Hotmauils great for fake emails no damm somewhere u can use your hotmail address for them to spam in rather then use your own MSN

[pakiyabhai]

Originally posted by Illuminati@17 June 2003 - 23:29
I can explain why a good chunk of Hotmail users use it in one post.

Plain and simple - MSN Messenger. AFAIK, MSN Messenger requires a Microsoft .NET passport. And what do you need for a .NET passport? A hotmail address. In other words, to use MSN Messenger you need a Hotmail account.

btw u can go to www.passport.com , register your email address(non msn/hotamail) , Messenger requires you to have a PASSPORT which can be registered

i use [email protected] :rolleyes: wid messenger , don&#39;t trust me ???

add me , and we will chat on messenger

[Curley]

Originally posted by pakiyabhai@18 June 2003 - 08:21
wid
With :rolleyes:

[Pitbul]

i duno i just dont like yahoo. hotmail is just a preffrence i just like it. i got one the first time i was on the net.seems to be extremely efficient and dependable so why change?

[(¯`·._.·[Rob]·._.·´¯)]

Originally posted by evilbagpuss@17 June 2003 - 22:17
Yahoo is far more insecure than Hotmail. When you enter your password with yahoo it is sent in plain text via HTTP. When you enter your password with hotmail it is automatically encrypted via&nbsp; HTTPS. This means that anyone on your LAN, or at your ISP can &#39;sniff&#39; your yahoo password. You can enter the password via HTTPS in Yahoo but you have to select the option each time you login which I find rather tedious.

It&#39;s also a matter of principle. Every year or so a huge child porn ring is exposed usually with a yahoo group being the &#39;front door&#39; to it.

When was the last time you heard of a hotmail club being used in that manner?
if you use yahoo java it encrips it with md5

[Illuminati]

Originally posted by robbie2@18 June 2003 - 15:25
if you use yahoo java it encrips it with md5 and no one can decode md5
ROFL - Pardon me if I&#39;m ridiculiing here, but this just made me laugh. A few years ago they said the same thing about the serial number systems that many developers mistakedly still prefer (though their stupidity is our gain :D). Now, the latest versions of about 90% of all software which use serials are floating around at least one P2P network, though not necessarily FastTrack.

Just because you don&#39;t know if it&#39;s been hacked does not mean it&#39;s not been hacked

[fugley]

Originally posted by fugley@17 June 2003 - 21:15
I may not have Yahoo but I aint daft to fall for some second rate microsoft sh*t.

I&#39;ve got a msn account&#33;&nbsp; So there&#33; :blink:
By the way always been curious - what does MSN stand for anyway?? :blink:

[crazy_billy_bats]

Originally posted by fugley+18 June 2003 - 18:40--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (fugley @ 18 June 2003 - 18:40)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-fugley@17 June 2003 - 21:15
I may not have Yahoo but I aint daft to fall for some second rate microsoft sh*t.

I&#39;ve got a msn account&#33; So there&#33; :blink:
By the way always been curious - what does MSN stand for anyway?? :blink: [/b][/quote]
Misunderstood Slappers Nibble ?

[fugley]

Originally posted by crazy_billy_bats+18 June 2003 - 18:44--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (crazy_billy_bats @ 18 June 2003 - 18:44)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by fugley@18 June 2003 - 18:40
<!--QuoteBegin-fugley@17 June 2003 - 21:15
I may not have Yahoo but I aint daft to fall for some second rate microsoft sh*t.

I&#39;ve got a msn account&#33; So there&#33; :blink:
By the way always been curious - what does MSN stand for anyway?? :blink:
Misunderstood Slappers Nibble ? [/b][/quote]
Any other bidders?

[tite-wad]

Pardon me if I accidently stray back to the original question for a moment... ;)

I have both a Yahoo and a Hotmail account.

In my experience, Yahoo&#39;s junkmail/bulkmail filter does a much better job of filtering out the garbage - so I actually prefer it over Hotmail.

But as a dial-up user, the fact that I can pull my Hotmail messages through Outlook Express and thereby read and compose messages OFFLINE is convenient.

I think Yahoo perhaps has a way of doing this as well, but not with just the basic setup.



Edit: Oh, back to the goofiness...How &#39;bout Mostly Shit aNyway :P

[Illuminati]

How &#39;bout Mostly Shit aNyway:P

If that&#39;s the case, why doesn&#39;t every program from Microsoft have that at the end of their name? ;)