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    Hotmail Top Spam-Stopping Email, Hotmail-Commissioned Study Says [VIDEO]

    By Sam Laird | Mashable – Mon, Feb 13, 2012

    Hotmail is the top spam-stopping major email service, says a study commissioned by Hotmail.

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    According to findings released on Monday by Cascade Insights, Hotmail ranked ahead of Gmail by a hair in spam percentage. Hotmail inboxes used in the study were 48.57% spam, while Gmail inboxes were 48.88% spam. Yahoo Mail inboxes were more than 58% spam.

    If those numbers seems high, it's because they don't reflect the average spam percentage of a typical email inbox. But the numbers do reflect what Cascade Insights found to be each service's spam-deflecting capability.

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    Cascade conducted its study by opening email accounts with Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo. The research and analysis company used the same username with each. Then, to attract spam messages, it posted the addresses on dating and debt-help sites, as well as public blogs and Facebook pages.

    The non-spam email in the case-study inboxes was comprised of newsletters and other announcements that didn't fall into the junk category.

    Hotmail has endured a negative reputation in recent years for users having spam-infested inboxes, while Google's Gmail service has gained in user base and reputation. In 2006, the average Hotmail inbox was nearly one-third spam, according to The New York Times.

    An identical study by Cascade Insights in 2009 had Gmail as the best anti-spam email service, and Hotmail second.

    Predictably, Microsoft (Hotmail's parent company) has not been shy about trumpeting the results of the latest study on its corporate blog.

    "Hotmail has come a long way in spam protection and is now among the best in the industry in keeping spam out of your inbox," writes Hotmail's group program manager Dick Craddock. "Our own internal metrics, customer feedback, and even a recent third-party report confirms that no mail service offers better protection than Hotmail."

    You can check out the entire Cascade Insights report here.

    Do you think this is a credible study? What email to you use? How do you feel about its spam-fighting abilities? Let us know in the comments.

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

     

    4 comments

    • don j
      don j  •  Everett, Washington  •  3 mths ago
      who could give creadence to a study paid to say you are the best??? i certainlly would never give it any credence.
      • W4bark
        W4bark 3 mths ago
        I've been a Hotmail user for many-many years..
        I would give them a 200-% improvement-rating.
    • Nate
      Nate  •  3 mths ago
      Another unscientific study.
      Such bull.
    • MarieW
      MarieW  •  Coeur D'Alene, Idaho  •  3 mths ago
      I stopped using Hotmail because all I seemed to get was spam in my inbox. I switched to Yahoo and I rarely ever get spam in my inbox. It all goes to the spam folder like it is supposed to.
    • W4bark
      W4bark  •  Wallingford, Connecticut  •  3 mths ago
      SPAM..and Email can be identical..
      Absurd inbox encounters that are actually crimminal in nature--Or the Email that arrives disguised as legit--?
      I prefer to find my email program as superior by the lack of un-wanted gestures from humanity../
      The absurd email that comes along--is so--much worthless..as much as time might indulge the SPAM..trick../
      I prefer email--that I subscribed to/
      I prefer to know that if I subscribe to something--and it becomes absurd--then I can UN-Subscribe--and dump them..
      So far..regular email can be as SPAMMY--as anything else.
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