… or why I use gmail for business and yahoo mail for fun.

1 – Detailed popup messages

While using an instant messenger (either Yahoo or Talk) you are informed each time you receive a new message. While Yahoo chose to give dumb messages such as X new emails, on Google you can read the title, sender and a short snippet of each new email.

2 – possibility to access 5 other pop3 accounts through one Gmail account

Google can connect to a POP3 account and download all your email into Gmail. Now you can have all your mail in a single location. You may also apply filters to incoming emails so you’ll know which address they were originally sent to.

Another option is to forward all incoming email to your Gmail address. This can be set up manually for each address. Oh yeah, and Yahoo does not offer any forward option.

3 – Better spam protection

I only remember getting one spam in the last month on Gmail. Keep in mind that Gmail gets my emails from another 5 different mailboxes.

4 – No splash page

Why do I have to be welcomed with a homepage whenever I log in into Yahoo Mail? Most of the time I want to check my inbox so why isn’t that displayed directly?