Tried to check my mail yesterday afternoon and found it was blocked by Hotmail, apparently because it had been hacked and SPAM sent. Some moments of panic while I imagined the disruption if I never got access again, but it was fixed again by bed-time.
Still, I started to wonder ... is Hotmail any better or worse than other services? Would Gmail have been any easier, or more secure? Is there any reason to start the (very long) process of switching?

