Microsoft announce that the latest release of hotmail with several new features. The features are:
1. Keep only the latest message from any sender with Schedule cleanup
If you subscribe feeds or Newsletters, this feature helps you to keep only the latest messages in your Inbox. Hotmail can automatically manage messages by keeping only the latest email from a given sender. It’s easy—just select the sender, then choose Schedule cleanup on the Sweep menu, and then select “Only keep the latest message from this sender.” Hotmail will immediately delete all but the latest email from that sender, and each time a new message arrives from this sender, the older message will be deleted.
2. Delete messages as they get old with Schedule cleanup
This is an awesome feature which comes with new Hotmail and helps users to manage their Inbox. Hotmail can automatically clean Inbox by deleting or moving messages to a folder after a set amount of time. Just select a set of messages, then choose Schedule cleanup on the Sweep menu, and then select either Delete or Move all messages older than 3, 10, 30, or 60 days. Hotmail will take care of the rest automatically.
3. One-click Unsubscribe
One-click Unsubscribe helps users to remove unwanted Newsletters or feeds from your inbox instantly and permanently. Just select (or open) a newsletter, and then choose Unsubscribe on the Sweep menu. Hotmail takes care of all the details like telling the sender to take you off their list, setting up a rule to block messages from that sender, and even cleaning up your inbox if you want—all in one easy step.
4. Flags done right
We all get important email that we need to get back to later. Now, Hotmail makes it easy, by letting you instantly flag important messages and pinning those messages to the top of your inbox. Those messages stay pinned even when new email arrives, so you never lose track of that important messages. You can even set up rules to automatically flag messages from specific senders.
5. PhotoMail and DocMail—improved with preview and inline editing
New Hotmail gives you a beautiful photo album every time you send photos and you can see that album as you compose your mail. You can edit, add and remove photos before sending.
6. Send files using SkyDrive
When you send attachments you might experience lot of problems if the file size is too big. The receiver is also experience the same problem due to the limitation of the file size. Here this new feature helps sending email attachments without any problems. Whenever you send a file, photo or document, you can choose to have that file stored on SkyDrive instead of sending it as an attachment. Using SkyDrive means that everyone will receive the files without any problems, and you no longer have to worry about attachment limits. It’s so easy to use SkyDrive that you can even make it the default for sending all attachments.
7. Forgotten attachment detector
Hotmail now includes a new Forgotten Attachment Detector that reminds you to attach a file when there are phrases like “see attachments” in an email with no attachments.
8. Instant Actions that you can customize
The new Hotmail lets you customize your own Instant Actions so that your inbox works the way you want. You can set up Instant Actions to categorize messages, sweep messages, mark messages as junk or even move messages to a folder, making things like one-click archive a snap.
9. Folder management
The new Hotmail create new folders inline and drag one folder into another to create a nested hierarchy. You can also move messages to a folder using drag and drop. And the new right-click menu gives you fast, easy access to common folder operations.
10. Hotmail for Android phones
You can now easily access your Hotmail account with the official Hotmail Android app for your Android phone. The app has full EAS support to sync all of your email, calendar, and contacts. It supports multiple Hotmail accounts on the same device and displays new mail notifications on the Home screen. It can be installed by visiting the Android Market and searching for Microsoft Hotmail, or visit https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hotmail.Z7