All Web Mail

The Bottom Line: At one time, Lycos would have given Yahoo a run for your mail, if not your money, but now, Lycos has some catching up to do.

The Bottom Line: Until Hotmail's promised new storage upgrade becomes reality, Microsoft's free Web mailer can't compete with the services from Google and Yahoo.

The Bottom Line: Don't bother. Netscape Mail is totally outclassed by any of the other free Web-mail services we've seen.

The Bottom Line: For its ease of use and wealth of features, plus its newly expanded in-box, Yahoo Mail is our pick for the best free Web mail service.

Specs: Free, 10 MB, 100 MB

The Bottom Line: Yahoo Mail offers a bigger in-box and a more full-featured product for only $10 per year more than Hotmail with Storage.

The Bottom Line: FranklinCovey PlanPlus brings the company's planning system to the desktop level and delivers management tools and organization to the busy individual.

The Bottom Line: AOL Communicator is a much better way to manage AOL mail and content, but its tech support isn't up to par.