It was launched as a web based electronic communication service that was a first of its kind, in the late nineties. The idea that one could form, an email account for free and access their account through domain anywhere in the world transformed the functionality of email services. In the first year itself gained about eight million subscribers. It was then acquired by Microsoft and it was subsequently taken through several integration stages. The today domain does not have a separate domain as it has been made part of Outlook mail service which can be accessed through Live domain as well.

Here are some comparisons made between the different email services.

Gmail and Hotmail

The two services, this one and Gmail have been contested for quite some time. The main points that distinguish these two services are:

• It was launched before Gmail; in the late nineties when web based email was a novelty. Google was a service that existed much before the company launched its email service, Gmail in the early part of the millennium.
• Gmail came along with several advanced features like layers of security or filtration for the emails that came to the user accounts along with unlimited storage capacity.
• Security aspects were higher as well as folder options and other linked Google services for the Gmail users; all such features came much later to users after it was integrated with Outlook Microsoft service.

Gmail continues to be a step ahead and has been from the time it was launched. However, the pioneering way it was launched is something irrefutable.

Inbox

The inbox is a new email service of Gmail and its comparison with it brings forth the following features:

• This service, as a subscription service, was launched in 2015. It has been around from the late nineties. Today it is part of the Outlook email service of Microsoft.
• Inbox offers a different kind of inbox outlay and novel ways to arrange and categorize emails. Many novel features are also part of the new service which is part of the integrated Outlook domain.

AOL

The features of it and AOL are showcased here with reference to their distinctness:

• AOL was formed as a dial up service that was an American service. This service, known as America Online, was formed in the mid nineties. In contrast, it was launched as a web based service that was free to be used by people in different parts of the world.
• AOL had been a dial up service and was an ISP service for the Americans; later on it was offered as a web based service as well for the subscribers and the customers could avail of instant messaging and other modern email inbox features. It was acquired by Microsoft and as part of the MSN array of offerings it had several new features to offer such as instant messaging services.

Yahoo

The salient points between it and Yahoo email services are noted below:

• Yahoo and it were launched around the same time, in the late nineties, both being email services that were based on the World Wide Web and available free of cost.

• Yahoo Mail is part of the several offerings under the Yahoo banner that is owned by Verizon Communications. It was formed by two IT entrepreneurs in 1996 after which it was acquired by Microsoft.
• Yahoo had gained much popularity as an email service and enjoyed a wide subscriber base in the early part of the millennium. On the other hand, continued to be changed and integrated in different ways by Microsoft and today it is under the flagship of Outlook email service.

GMX

This is a comparison between the German based Global Mail Exchange email service and it:

• GMX was launched around the same time that it was launched. GMX, which stands for Global Mail Exchange was also a free service that offered email communication to users and originated from Germany.
• GMX was characterized by pop up ads that were the main source of revenue and what kept the service working. It was introduced as a free web based service in the late nineties after which it was acquired by Microsoft and subsequently underwent several changes in the domain and features.

The above points showcase how Hotmail compares with the different email services out there.