Excite v Hotmail

fidomusic · 7 Jan 2000, 07:01 AM

I was just browsing through the free email
listings and read a couple of negative comments about Excite. Whilst agreeing with these comments about the hopefully now past
access problems I would like to balance the negativity by explaining why I stick with Excite. They have the usual features that other free web mailers have and a rather pleasantly colorful GUI, but the main reason I continue to use Excite is because they have an EXCELLENT address book. Their address book was good anyway - best I've seen on any free web mailer, but they recently improved it and now it is outstanding. You now get a whole page for each person full of fields for name, email addresses, phone numbers, postal adresses, fax numbers etc. Highly recommended for anyone to whom a good address book with their mailer is important.

In contrast, I was using hotmail before, and a friends emails to me were going to another person with the same name! When I tried to complain it was impossible to make contact with a human being - all I got was generic email responses. I would never use hotmail again and would not recommend it to anyone.

Rift · 7 Jan 2000, 07:55 AM

Yeah I agree with you about Hotmail's support. I asked them a tech support question about a month or 2 ago and still haven't gotten a reply. Hotmail has nice support for Outlook Express though. What really confuses me is that Outlook 2000 doesn't support Hotmail.

Excite does have a nice address book. It has thanks to TrueSync it's easy to sync address books with Outlook 2000. I like Yahoo better though. It has TrueSync just like Excite, and also has free POP and SMTP access.

13 Jan 2000, 10:58 AM

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Originally posted by Rift:
Yeah I agree with you about Hotmail's support. I asked them a tech support question about a month or 2 ago and still haven't gotten a reply. Hotmail has nice support for Outlook Express though. What really confuses me is that Outlook 2000 doesn't support Hotmail.

Excite does have a nice address book. It has thanks to TrueSync it's easy to sync address books with Outlook 2000. I like Yahoo better though. It has TrueSync just like Excite, and also has free POP and SMTP access.

Excite has POP/SMTP access? I didn't know that.

What I really like is the Excite Voicemail, which my previous employer, General Magic http://www.genmagic.com/ provides for Excite. It's all voice-activated, so the caller doesn't need to know any key-commands, and you can pick up the voicemail and faxes right in your Excite mailbox. :-)

Rift · 13 Jan 2000, 12:04 PM

Sorry, worded that wrong. Yahoo has POP/SMTP access, Excite does not.

Misery · 4 Feb 2000, 06:57 AM

Excite is pretty good when the server isn't down because of hackers from excite chat. I had a lot of trouble with excite last year so I switched to visto. I don't like hotmail at all. I used hotmail when I was a newbie, then I found excite chat and started to use the email. Excite is ok if you don't need urgent access and I do. I volunteer for a free webserver, so I have to have access to my email.

investig8 · 27 Jun 2000, 07:30 PM

Excite IS good, but let's be objective. They have a *horrible* quirk. I've noticed, if you're composing a really long email, if you've taken too long in their estimation, they log you off when you try to send it. Other providers, at least, go ahead and send the message on, THEN log you off. This is VERY annoying!

ROBERT.BAK · 12 Jul 2000, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by investig8:
Excite IS good, but let's be objective. They have a *horrible* quirk. I've noticed, if you're composing a really long email, if you've taken too long in their estimation, they log you off when you try to send it.

This is one reason why I for one prefer SMTP/POP3 access, and regard Web-based e-mail as being about as useful as a lace firebucket...

Miss B Haven · 19 Jul 2000, 03:40 AM

I don't use hotmail so I won't comment on it. However, I am an excite email user and can not believe it still does not have a spell-checker. How pathetic!

toolmaster · 11 Mar 2016, 09:40 PM

I have tried various providers for many, many years and prefer Excite over all others. I have been using them for 20 years now. The two features that are most useful to me are the address book with the check boxes for the addressees and the separate window for the emails.

The best feature by far is that it is free. It is not forced upon you. You do not have to use it. If you do not like it, find another that suits you. Stop your immature complaining. If you cannot spell that is your problem and your fault and it is you that are pathetic. The onus is on you to learn to spell correctly. (BTW : You should have used 'cannot' in this case and 'believe' is irrelevant - a fact is stated. Computers cannot teach these things.)

Rawle!

walesrob · 11 Mar 2016, 09:50 PM

16 years

7 Jan 2000, 07:01 AM	#1
fidomusic Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Northampton, MA USA Posts: 1	Excite v Hotmail I was just browsing through the free email listings and read a couple of negative comments about Excite. Whilst agreeing with these comments about the hopefully now past access problems I would like to balance the negativity by explaining why I stick with Excite. They have the usual features that other free web mailers have and a rather pleasantly colorful GUI, but the main reason I continue to use Excite is because they have an EXCELLENT address book. Their address book was good anyway - best I've seen on any free web mailer, but they recently improved it and now it is outstanding. You now get a whole page for each person full of fields for name, email addresses, phone numbers, postal adresses, fax numbers etc. Highly recommended for anyone to whom a good address book with their mailer is important. In contrast, I was using hotmail before, and a friends emails to me were going to another person with the same name! When I tried to complain it was impossible to make contact with a human being - all I got was generic email responses. I would never use hotmail again and would not recommend it to anyone.

11 Mar 2016, 09:40 PM	#9
toolmaster Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1	Stop complaining. I have tried various providers for many, many years and prefer Excite over all others. I have been using them for 20 years now. The two features that are most useful to me are the address book with the check boxes for the addressees and the separate window for the emails. The best feature by far is that it is free. It is not forced upon you. You do not have to use it. If you do not like it, find another that suits you. Stop your immature complaining. If you cannot spell that is your problem and your fault and it is you that are pathetic. The onus is on you to learn to spell correctly. (BTW : You should have used 'cannot' in this case and 'believe' is irrelevant - a fact is stated. Computers cannot teach these things.) Rawle!

7 Jan 2000, 07:55 AM	#2
Rift Junior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 7	Yeah I agree with you about Hotmail's support. I asked them a tech support question about a month or 2 ago and still haven't gotten a reply. Hotmail has nice support for Outlook Express though. What really confuses me is that Outlook 2000 doesn't support Hotmail. Excite does have a nice address book. It has thanks to TrueSync it's easy to sync address books with Outlook 2000. I like Yahoo better though. It has TrueSync just like Excite, and also has free POP and SMTP access.

13 Jan 2000, 12:04 PM	#4
Rift Junior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 7	Sorry, worded that wrong. Yahoo has POP/SMTP access, Excite does not.

4 Feb 2000, 06:57 AM	#5
Misery Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 2	Excite is pretty good when the server isn't down because of hackers from excite chat. I had a lot of trouble with excite last year so I switched to visto. I don't like hotmail at all. I used hotmail when I was a newbie, then I found excite chat and started to use the email. Excite is ok if you don't need urgent access and I do. I volunteer for a free webserver, so I have to have access to my email.

27 Jun 2000, 07:30 PM	#6
investig8 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: atlanta, ga Posts: 6	Excite IS good, but let's be objective. They have a horrible quirk. I've noticed, if you're composing a really long email, if you've taken too long in their estimation, they log you off when you try to send it. Other providers, at least, go ahead and send the message on, THEN log you off. This is VERY annoying!

19 Jul 2000, 03:40 AM	#8
Miss B Haven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 1	I don't use hotmail so I won't comment on it. However, I am an excite email user and can not believe it still does not have a spell-checker. How pathetic!

11 Mar 2016, 09:50 PM	#10
walesrob Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: UK Posts: 392	16 years