- Aug 12, 2015
- 980
As primary, I mean for official communication with people, as well as companies. I use Outlook.com because it was only e-mail service that had good name available for registration. That e-mail address isn't given to anyone and isn't registered anywhere except on Google. Both accounts are secured with strong password and 2FA. I have two more pseudonyms on that Outlook.com account; first one is used for official communication with people and companies. Second is used for communication with friends.
With all of that, I use Gmail too. Since Gmail e-mail addresses never expire and once deleted, cannot be used again, I'm using it for important stuff like banking etc. All e-mails received on Gmail are automatically forwarded to my Outlook.com account with copy kept on Gmail. And yes, this e-mail is also well protected.
And lastly, I want to mention local e-mail service, unknown to you. It's from local news portal here and I have bunch of other e-mail addresses there. They are for registering on different forums and websites that I don't find trustworthy or important (and won't accept Guerrilla Mail). This is the worst e-mail service by far because of it's uptime, problems, spam, non-existent support, poor security, missing support for sending mails via client and account recycling (your account is automatically deleted if you don't sign in for 100 days). This particular e-mail service costed a lot of people losing accounts such as Facebook, because upon expiration, you can immediately register it again and you'll get mail from different people who previously owned it.
All in all here are my pros and cons of Outlook.com and Gmail.
Outlook.com
PROS
+ Great looking UI
+ Great mobile app
+ Compatibility with clients
+ Ability to make pseudonyms
+ Strong security
+ 15 GB space separate from cloud
CONS
- Contains more ads than Gmail
- A lot of unneccessary features you can't turn off
- Facebook tracking in mobile app
- E-mail addresses recycling
——————
Gmail
PROS
+ Most popular e-mail service
+ Easy to use
+ Plenty of tools and settings
+ E-mail addresses never recycled
+ Well integrated with other Google's services
CONS
- Problematic mobile app
- All good usernames taken
- 15 GB counts towards Google Drive account
With all of that, I use Gmail too. Since Gmail e-mail addresses never expire and once deleted, cannot be used again, I'm using it for important stuff like banking etc. All e-mails received on Gmail are automatically forwarded to my Outlook.com account with copy kept on Gmail. And yes, this e-mail is also well protected.
And lastly, I want to mention local e-mail service, unknown to you. It's from local news portal here and I have bunch of other e-mail addresses there. They are for registering on different forums and websites that I don't find trustworthy or important (and won't accept Guerrilla Mail). This is the worst e-mail service by far because of it's uptime, problems, spam, non-existent support, poor security, missing support for sending mails via client and account recycling (your account is automatically deleted if you don't sign in for 100 days). This particular e-mail service costed a lot of people losing accounts such as Facebook, because upon expiration, you can immediately register it again and you'll get mail from different people who previously owned it.
All in all here are my pros and cons of Outlook.com and Gmail.
Outlook.com
PROS
+ Great looking UI
+ Great mobile app
+ Compatibility with clients
+ Ability to make pseudonyms
+ Strong security
+ 15 GB space separate from cloud
CONS
- Contains more ads than Gmail
- A lot of unneccessary features you can't turn off
- Facebook tracking in mobile app
- E-mail addresses recycling
——————
Gmail
PROS
+ Most popular e-mail service
+ Easy to use
+ Plenty of tools and settings
+ E-mail addresses never recycled
+ Well integrated with other Google's services
CONS
- Problematic mobile app
- All good usernames taken
- 15 GB counts towards Google Drive account
Last edited: