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Microsoft to switch off Outlook Express for Hotmail users

Scott Colvey
Thursday April 24, 2008

Up to 4 million people will be affected after Microsoft's Outlook Express email program ceases to work with Hotmail, the company's own webmail service, from June 30. On that date Microsoft will disable the technical protocol, called DAV, that enables Outlook Express to download messages stored in Hotmail folders.

These people will this week receive an email from Microsoft explaining the consequences of the change, along with the company's reasons for enacting it. The advisory message (tinyurl.com/5eucpa) recommends that users install Windows Live Mail, available as a free download. It goes on to state that DAV, which stands for distributed authoring and versioning, is a "legacy protocol" and that a "more efficient" system is needed to manage the large email inboxes - up to 5GB - now offered by Hotmail. After that date, people trying to access their webmail via Outlook Express will get an error message.More

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Add-ons tools expand Gmail's appeal (Feature)
By Jay Dougherty
Aug 5, 2008, 2:08 GMT

Washington - You know an application has widespread user support when third-party tools that enhance functionality start appearing.

That's what's happening with Google's Gmail. Some of the tools available for Gmail are so useful that they may very well become indispensable to many.

There are a number of Gmail notification tools on the market, for example, and they all do one very important thing: alert you when you receive a new message in your inbox. The Gmail Notifier (http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_windows.html) is Google's own notification application. more

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Get more with Google's Gmail (Feature)
By Jay Dougherty
Aug 5, 2008, 2:07 GMT

Washington - By almost any measure, Google's Gmail (http://mail.google.com) is a hit.

Although the free e-mail service has been widely available for only a couple of years, it's already the third most popular Web-based e-mail offering online - behind only Yahoo Mail and Windows Live Hotmail, which have been around for over a decade.

Many were initially attracted to Gmail because the service offered more storage space than competitors - and at six gigabytes and growing, that's still a major draw. Yet Gmail boasts a lot more than oodles of space to store your messages.

The fact is, Gmail is the first Web-based e-mail service that's full-featured enough to compete with your standard application-based e-mail programs. Here's why... more