Free Email Services News - October 2006

Post by **war1** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:35 pm

Hotmail Live has another new interface. Hotmail interface seems to change every month. These changes has not affected POP Peeper access to Hotmail.

Gmail is on its 3rd year of beta. Account signup is still by invitation, though some countries (Japan) now have direct signup. Gmail has a calendar now. Live Chat is available through the Gmail website. No separate instant messenger needed.

Yahoo Beta is becoming more available to users.

Mailcup is a new service, but interface seems to similar to Gawab.
http://www.mailcup.com/

There is 2 GB storage, free POP3 and SMTP access, virus and spam protection, and poll external POP3 and Hotmail accounts for mail.

Post by **Jeff** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:25 pm

Hotmail Live has another new interface. Hotmail interface seems to change every month. These changes has not affected POP Peeper access to Hotmail.

Unless you want to send or delete

But that's been patched as of today.

I do like the new interface better.

Mailcup is a new service, but interface seems to similar to Gawab.

I didn't sign up but it looks like they have a lot of features available, too bad there's no imap. But I get a little suspicious when things like gender, marital status, and occupation are required fields. How does them knowing if I'm married or divorced help them personalize my content (unless spam counts as content)? And some of the dropboxes aren't filled with anything (can't select language or timezone, etc). These kinds of first impressions bother me.

Post by **JRF** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:06 am

About Mailcup :

Jeff : ... and some of the dropboxes aren't filled with anything (can't select language or timezone, etc

I have tried to register , using IE | Opera | Firefox , and allowing Cookies + Referrer + Pop-ups , against all my principles , but the 2nd page keeps saying these fields are not filled ...

Any ideas ?

Post by **war1** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:12 am

JRF, not sure why you cannot sign in. You may want to contact Tech Support.

Post by **Jeff** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:24 pm

It's because of the unpopulated dropboxes I mentioned. After filling everything in, it says that language, country and timezone are required, but it's impossible...

Post by **JRF** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:02 pm

Thank you .

Jeff , yes that I observed , I imagined it was some blocking on my PC .

War1 , fyi , tried your suggestion but the Contact page also does not work .