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October 04, 2007

Stuck In Email Stuff

Email.  Email.  Email!  I get a lot of email.  I know, so do you.  Maybe more than me.  And you might think that not getting email would be refreshing once in a while.  Interesting.  Actually, not getting email is often frustrating.  Case in point, Microsoft’s Hotmail email service.

I’ve not used Hotmail for years.  Frankly, Hotmail sucks.  It always has and never will not.  And so I was content ignoring it and occasionally pitying friends who use it.  Also I’m a Mac user.  I have nearly completely moved away from all Microsoft products, except that I still export Apple Pages documents as Microsoft Word documents to send to people who I pity.  I really don’t have a personal grudge against Microsoft.  What the Gates Foundation is doing is great.  And it’s not like Steve Jobs is an angel.  But even if I did really really not like Microsoft, Microsoft does not go away quietly.

Honestly it’s my fault.  I’ve helped start several businesses.  I could have chosen to start just about anything.  But me and my entrepreneurial friends at 81 Miles chose to start LetterPop.com an email newsletter service.  Email!  Yes, email.  You guessed it, I let down my defenses - let Microsoft have at me again.

Microsoft chooses not to deliver emails to Hotmail sometimes.  Why?  I don’t know.  Why is my over-tired two year old not napping right now?  It’s just the way it is.  Should I go in her room right now and ask her to explain?

Right.  So let me address a more mature audience, you.  Please, for the love of email delivery, get rid of your Hotmail account!  Use Gmail.  It filters spam like a champ.  Nothing ever gets lost in a Microsoft Cloud of Unknowing.  It’s got way better features.  And on an on.  And if you switch then you’ll have one less thing to be frustrated with in life, Microsoft.  Well, that is if you are a Mac user.

Posted by guynameddave on October 04, 2007 at 04:30 PM in Refuse, The Stuff of Technology |

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Oh, I am so there with you. I left hotmail for Gmail about 1 1/2 years ago, and I never looked back.

Posted by: Sarah Chia | October 04, 2007 at 06:09 PM

I literally just signed up for a gmail account. I had been resisting the switch because I am a creature of habit. The question I have for myself is...why did I wait so long?

Posted by: Rachel B. | October 04, 2007 at 07:41 PM

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