Communication had never been easy, until the coming of the concept called ‘e-mail’.  e-mail has made communication look simple, easy, and cost effective as well and now stands a part of daily life. e-mail is rendered quick, has the feature to attach graphics, sounds, and other applications, and is well supported by e-mail.

e-mail had its early inception, tracing back to the days where it was mostly used at universities. From these universities, the usage of e-mail began to penetrate from corporate houses to end users like us. 

Individual based e-mailing became largely popular among the masses with the entry of ‘Hotmail’ .  Hotmail (now called Windows Live Hotmail) had become an instant hit with its free sign-up offerings, and other e-mail provider companies began to offer free e-mail sign-ups, with more storage space, making the concept of e-mail highly popular.

Given the popularity of e-mailing, we find a common problem that many users find - too many users, having the same names and trying to seek for their name based e-mail address.  

Commonly in such a case, users are given e-mail address alternatives to choose from, in the form of the user name followed with an underscore or a numeric, followed by the name of the e-mail provider, – thus forcing the user, to have limited option, to choose from.

Microsoft now brings a innovative feature, whereby, an end user can now look at a personalized e-mail address, by which the user, has the facility to choose an e-mail based on distinct to the user’s personality on the choice factor, such as: Where I Live that identifies the user is from his/her city, Who I like – that identifies the user, with a star icon, Who am I - identifies with his/her persona, What I like – which identifies the likes of an individual.

Individuals now have the facility to create such a personalized e-mail using the above personalized choice factors -- all this offered free of cost, and users can sign up at the Microsoft site www.coolhotmail.com.  Microsoft has unveiled over 250 custom domains to support this initiative. 

What sets out in the Microsoft Cool Hotmail, is that firstly Microsoft has added the custom domain layer, which sets up as an attractive feature, to offer its end users, like the personalized domain features, secondly CoolHotmail is powered by Windows Live Hotmail.  

Beyond the personalized e-mail address, coolhotmail combined with power of Windows Live Hotmail brings out a very jazzy outlook, in terms of the choice of window color panes, choice of layout, power of the user to see a preview of the e-mail message by means of a reading pane, the power to drag and drop, and with messenger chat, news clips all this bundled to offer truly, a rich user experience.

Summing it up, the cool hotmail is distinct, and powerful, and all those end users now seeking an alternative e-mail, or seeking a personalized e-mail address, simply logon onto www.coolhotmail.com, and sign up.