....how about Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail??? Have they dropped any?

GMail for me is way better (IMO) as it gives me less PrOn to delete everyday.

Comment by David | January 2, 2007 11:04 AM

David, you made me curious. I dug around for a few minutes and found this:
http://news.com.com/Hotmail+users+missing+old+email,+address+books/2100-1023_3-241926.html

"Some Microsoft Hotmail users unable to check their email since last week got an unwelcome surprise today when they finally gained access to their accounts. Although their new mail was intact, their personal folders, address book entries and saved mail had been deleted. ....

The company says the problem with one of Hotmail's servers affects less than one-half of 1 percent of its 67 million users."

Let's see, 0.005*67M = 335,000 users, if my math is right. So I'd still feel relatively more safe with Gmail even despite this. I'm sure that the team is also looking at ways to try to keep even this much from happening again.

Comment by Matt Cutts | January 3, 2007 12:07 AM

There is a certain amount of risk with any web based mail, but in general the benefits almost always out weight the costs.

Comment by Solomon Rothman Web Design Search Engine Marketing | January 3, 2007 3:44 AM