With all the free and paid e-mail services around, but people always unhappy with major ones like yahoo and hotmail, what would you want and expect from a free and or paid e-mail service?
What would you want what they dont offer now?
al replies will help me in my research.
Thanks

I'd want a free provider to NOT tolerate spamming from any of their customers, and enforce it.

The problem with free providers is that they have to make money somewhere. That comes through advertising, and no one will advertise unless there's a massive user base.

Therefore, they let anyone in and tolerate just about everything.

I have Yahoo and Hotmail totally blocked because of this - and I'd do it with any other free provider if I saw even the start of a trend. :)

From a paid provider - well, I always associate paid-for email with my ISP. I can't see why I'd want to pay for separate email (my provider has webmail by default, before anyone raises that :)).

So, I guess 'a full package' would apply in that case.

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As for a free email provider.....maybe more space. Yahoo accounts are too small.

Strong spam filter. I have accounts with myrealbox.com and they do an excellent job on spam. My other free email accounts are very poor on spam.

No Advertising gimmicks. I don't have a problem with flashing banners. I do have a problem when I have to look at a page before I can access my mail.

Excellent virus protection would be a great feature.