Comparison of the privacy facilities of Gmail with those of Hotmail

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Comparison of the privacy facilities of Gmail with those of Hotmail

References

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Gmail

https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount?service=mail

04/08/2010 (access)

[2] Sign up

Microsoft

https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?rollrs=12&lic=1

04/08/2010 (last access)

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Microsoft

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784450(WS.10).aspx

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Pavni Diwanji – Gmail

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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/hotmails-new-security-features-vs-gmails-old-security-features/6509

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[13] The super-trustworthy, anti-phishing key

Brad Taylor – Gmail

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[14] DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)

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http://www.dkim.org/

09/08/2010 (access)

[15] Some file types are blocked

GMail

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6590

April 2010

[16] Attach and Send Any File Type with GMail Like EXE, ZIP, Videos; Trick GMail Antivirus Scanner

Amit Agarwal

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Microsoft

http://help.live.com/Help.aspx?market=en-US&project=MailFull&querytype=topic&query=WL_Mail_TROU_CantDownload.htm

09/08/2010 (access)

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10/08/2010 (access)

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Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/jun05/06-22senderid.mspx

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[21] How Does the New Hotmail Stack Up to Gmail?

Adam Dachis- Lifehacker.com

http://lifehacker.com/5564776/how-does-the-new-hotmail-stack-up-to-gmail

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Gmail

http://www.google.com/mail/help/fightspam/spamexplained.html

10/08/2010 (access)

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Alex Chitu – Google system blog

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/05/gmails-spam-filter-no-longer-effective.html

10/08/2010 (access)

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SuperUser.com

http://superuser.com/questions/25658/gmail-and-ssl-encryption-how-much-is-encrypted

11/08/2010 (access)

[25] About your e‑mail storage

Hotmail

http://explore.live.com/windows-live-hotmail-email-storage-about-ui

11/08/2010 (access)

6 thoughts on “Comparison of the privacy facilities of Gmail with those of Hotmail

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