Stinkysteve
07-22-2004, 09:19 AM
Story here:
http://www.internetweek.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=23904039
Gmail Walks Off With Rivals' Contacts
By TechWeb News
Google's free Gmail has quietly added a feature that takes on its free e-mail rivals head on.
Since the weekend, Gmail -- the for-free Web-based e-mail service that Google is still testing -- has offered a way for users to import contacts from address books in Yahoo Mail, Microsoft's Hotmail, and AOL's Mail. Gmail also now can import addresses from Microsoft's Outlook client.
Other new features rolled out by Gmail include the ability to create and append a signature to outbound messages, and support for Apple's Mac OS X-native Safari browser.
The additions are just the latest in the back-and-forth battle that's raged in the free e-mail space since Google announced Gmail this spring. Hotmail and Yahoo, for instance, have reacted to Gmail's 1GB storage allowance by upping their user space as well.
http://www.internetweek.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=23904039
Gmail Walks Off With Rivals' Contacts
By TechWeb News
Google's free Gmail has quietly added a feature that takes on its free e-mail rivals head on.
Since the weekend, Gmail -- the for-free Web-based e-mail service that Google is still testing -- has offered a way for users to import contacts from address books in Yahoo Mail, Microsoft's Hotmail, and AOL's Mail. Gmail also now can import addresses from Microsoft's Outlook client.
Other new features rolled out by Gmail include the ability to create and append a signature to outbound messages, and support for Apple's Mac OS X-native Safari browser.
The additions are just the latest in the back-and-forth battle that's raged in the free e-mail space since Google announced Gmail this spring. Hotmail and Yahoo, for instance, have reacted to Gmail's 1GB storage allowance by upping their user space as well.