Its been more than a year since I have started using rediffmail as one of my e-mail accounts. All through this time what I have seen of this mailing system are a whole lot of changes.
When I first signed up, this used to be the fastest in the line(well it is still acclaimed to be the fastest!!!); but the confusion about the e-mail id is worth noting. You sign up at rediff.com and your id reads <your-sweet-name@rediffmail.com>. To make matters more complex as it seemed, there is no such website as rediffmail.com.
Rediff has its different links for its USA site and India site. Well you don’t have to worry much as they are the same-only difference being the formatting and the ads(mostly phone cards and how to send ’mithais’). Logging into mails from Rediff USA into the mail server took some time for me because of its hideous nature...and that would open up a new window for rediffmail. However this again changed over a period of time and while you want to check mails from Rediff USA you are automatically redirected to the Rediff India site for that.This not only makes us wonder the use of both versions but also how difficult it is to adjust to these constant changes.
Shortly, rediffmail has launched rediffmail mobile service...which it acclaims to be revolutionary(Rs. 349/- per year..less than a rupee per day!!!). The look on the mails have also changed with added features of the chat and SMS on the mails for quick preview. The new look of rediffmail definitely deserves praise.
I think rediffmail still remains one of the fastest mail services with a space of 10 MB which is far more than frequently used services. With this new launch of mobile system, rediff and rediffmail will definitely receive a boost in the number of clients.