MSN Mail Services

More at: Car Bed Child. Windows Live Hotmail, which was previously known as MSN hotmail, is commonly referred to simply as Hotmail. This is a free web mail service of the Windows Live brand provided by Microsoft. MSN Hotmail was developed by Microsoft and first released on July 4, 1996. Its latest release was on December 8, 2008 and it can be used in 35 languages.

The Hotmail web-based e-mail service was founded by Jack Smith and Sabeer Bhatia, as one of the first web mail services. In 1997 it was acquired by Microsoft for $400 million and baptized and re-branded as MSN Hotmail. The presently functional Windows Live Hotmail service upgraded or improved the former MSN Hotmail in 2005. After beta tests, the improved version had the official launch in the Netherlands in the autumn of 2006.

Hotmail is actually used by more than 260 million people all over the world. The improved MSN Hotmail version brings 5GB free storage space, high-quality security features, an integrated live messenger and lots of practical functions. Just like other important web mail services, MSN hotmail also uses Ajax programming technology and it supports the most well known Internet browsers: Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

Hotmail includes the keyboard controls which give the user the ability to move around the page without using the mouse or the advanced message search which includes query syntax.

There are message filters, folder-based organization of the files, auto-completion of contact details for message composition, virus scanning and advanced SPAM filter. As for other features rich text formatting, rich text signature and contact grouping are relevant examples.

The advantage of using MSN hotmail comes from the fact that certain specifics are unique among other web mail providers. For instance, the audio player and the customized information remain in the full management of the user. Last but not least, the reading pane, the spell checker and the variety of themes complete the list of capabilities.

{When registeringOn registration}, the new users can choose from an MSN Hotmail domain address (@hotmail.com, @hotmail.co.uk, @hotmail.fr or a localized Windows Live domain (@live.com, @live.ca, @live.co.uk, @live.jp, @live.nl, @live.fr, @live.com.au.

According to statistics, 921 million visitors started using the live.com domain per year, by 2008.

Author: Kids Beds.