Google’s e-mail service has received some new features. However, they are not completely new, you could already use all of them via Labs. Now they are integrated into regular Gmail, while some features have been removed from Labs.

Turned off last month due to a security issue with Internet Explorer and Active X, the Photo feature for Windows Live Hotmail has now been fixed and made available again. The Windows Live Team announces:
Instead of adding pictures as attachments to your Hotmail messages by clicking Attach and then File and then selecting the [...]

Yahoo! has updated Messenger and Mail with numerous new features.

Send e-mails with attachments up to 25 MB (instead of 10 MB).
Web mail: combined Calendar and Notes feature.
Add attachments via drag and drop from your desktop.
Images in mails are shown as previews, they are resizable and can be rotated.
Sort your inbox according to contacts importance.
Full screen [...]

In recent days, e-mails from spammers have surfaced spreading malware. Getting your computer infected by malware might result in your password being compromised and your Windows Live ID subsequently hijacked and abused for sending more spam. How can you identify bad mail?
Recognizing bad mail
A typical virus e-mail has an arcane subject line, such [...]

“This message contains an attachment whose file type is considered dangerous. The file has been deactivated.”
This is what I read in the Windows Live Mail preview pane, each (!) time when I receive a read receipt from a recipient who is using Microsoft Outlook. What attachment is blocked? Files like “ATT000XX.txt”!
Why are [...]

Another great member of the Messenger community, who has been there for quite long, is Dane. Are you interested in his ideas for Windows Live? Let’s see.
mynetx: Nice that you got some minutes to talk about Windows Live and You. To get started, please describe yourself and your connection with Windows Live, [...]