Concept in Definition ABC

The email is based on the same idea as traditional mail, but with a singularity: this platform is accessed through a computer connected to Internet. Thus, an email account is the contemporary version of conventional postal services. Currently, not having an email account is a rarity.

One of the most popular email programs is precisely hotmail, from its start to its evolution to the current Outlook. It is the first mail service that was incorporated into the web. It was created by two professionals from the FirePower Systems company when they realized that they could not access their personal email accounts.

Microsoft acquired hotmail in 1997 and it has continued to refine itself ever since. The commercial name comes from the capital letters HTML (Hyper text Markup Language). The rapid success of hotmail in the market was based on three aspects: it was easy to operate, it offered guarantees of safety and it was a totally free service.

It's very easy to create an account

To create a hotmail account you have to follow a few simple steps. Initially, personal data is entered into a Microsoft account, a username and password are indicated. Below you can include a personal image to create a profile.

After this procedure, a message is received in which the user is welcome to the email account.

Characteristics

- The hotmail interface has some important sections: navigation, mail options (new, reply, reply to all ...), inbox, spam, drafts and deleted. On the other hand, its interface allows you to play YouTube videos and send large attachments.

- Like the other forms of email, hotmail has a series of additional possibilities: storage in the cloud and access to spreadsheet, Programs of text, Twitter or Facebook.

- This e-mail service was one of the pioneers.

- One of the options most valued by users is to offer efficient searches in the different trays.

- It is very intuitive to use and for this reason it is easy to handle.

- Each email account has a storage capacity of 15 GB (so that the received email does not exceed the limit, Outlook performs a periodic cleaning eliminating the advertising emails).

- In 2004 the webmail industry received a major boost when Google introduced a new email service, Gmail. Hotmail (today Outlook) and Gmail are the two most used systems in the world.

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