Alternative to Gmail

[Digitalle]

nm

 

[XeNoN89]

I have a gmail account but don't really use it. My main mail account is my hotmail one

 

[Gammawolf]

Through god knows how many itterations and attempts Microsoft have never been able to make a web Outlook client that works. When it's not randomly disconnecting or crashing, its clunky, slow and unintuitive. I've not had a chance to really work with it in a browser outside of IE yet, is that still a mish mash of missing features and deliberate incompatibility?

When using the proper Outlook and Lync client it's great (actually, Lync is always awful), but the web clients are terrible and as I'm often using customers PCs rather than my own laptop I'm forced into it. My current gripe is it randomly not allowing me to copy and paste into an email I'm composing.

Lol, you think this is bad? We're forced into using lotus notes .

 

[dowie]

Gmail does NOT play well with outlook

seems to be ok for me - only issue is that now everything is stored on the cloud I only have a few months worth of e-mails locally, my subfolders that I'd ordinarily keep useful e-mails in are now a bit useless as mails will dissapear from them and I have to use the website instead for those

 

[Hatter The Mad]

Fastmail

 

[Skeeter]

Lol, you think this is bad? We're forced into using lotus notes .

You have my sympathy.

 

[£15]

I recently read an article on LinkedIn written by a 'professional' about how he sifts job applications. One of which was to immediately bin anyone using a hotmail email address. Apparently, they're all n00bs and gmail is used by l33t peeps.

I migrated from Hotmail to Outlook and have no problems with it.

 

[Too Tall]

I find gmail unintuitive, the reply and forward functions aren't ideally placed. I do use it though, along with outlook.

 

[cu3ed]

Outlook... in fact al their online 365 office is pretty much unmatched with the help of onedrive etc.

Has to use Gmail in work for a short time and it was awful, terrible mess of a UI and reliability was out the window.

 

[mattyfez]

I recently read an article on LinkedIn written by a 'professional' about how he sifts job applications. One of which was to immediately bin anyone using a hotmail email address. Apparently, they're all n00bs and gmail is used by l33t peeps.

I migrated from Hotmail to Outlook and have no problems with it.

I have two Hotmail.COM addresses, I only have a gmail address because I have to for the phone.

I look down on people who have Hotmail.CO.UK, OUTLOOK or standard ISP emails.

But it works the other way too, it wouldn't be a deal breaker for interview though, email addresses are like phone numbers or private number plates.

'Firstname.lastname.com' comes across as quite pretentious to me.

 

[£15]

I suppose it depends on what job you're applying for. But to me, the only thing that would put me off is not the use of gmail, hotmail, yahoo, outlook, but the bit preceding it, i.e. it has to be your name. [email protected] isn't professional.

I know it can be difficult getting an email address, especially if you're called John Smith, but I don't particularly like numbers in email address either.

 

[cu3ed]

You both should not be in positions to hire other people for jobs.

Never heard such crap in my life.

 

[mattyfez]

I suppose it depends on what job you're applying for. But to me, the only thing that would put me off is not the use of gmail, hotmail, yahoo, outlook, but the bit preceding it, i.e. it has to be your name. [email protected] isn't professional.

I know it can be difficult getting an email address, especially if you're called John Smith, but I don't particularly like numbers in email address either.

Absolutely, [email protected] is the way to go.

I have a 'professional' address and a 'personal' address, much like the infamous mullet, business up front, party out the back.