Comparison of webmail providers - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following tables and gallery compare general and technical information for a number of webmail providers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

General information

Name	Owner	First public release date	Cost (US$)	Storage	Attachment limit	Languages supported	Browser(s) supported	IMAP/POP3 support⁷	Account expiration on inactivity	Unique features
Alternative Fuse	www.alternativefuse.com	2010 July	free	Unlimited	20 MB Megabyte The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000...	English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian, and Italian	All	Neither, Email forwarding offered instead.	Never	Drag-and-drop unlimited file storage. Featuring; apps for live radio, video chat, games, international news, translator, and more. Advanced interactive calendar and address book.
AOL Mail	AOL AOL AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services... , USA	2004 Aug 23	free (ads)	Unlimited	25 MB Megabyte The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000...	26	All	Both	3 months
BlueTie BlueTie BlueTie, Inc. is a Rochester, NY-based company that provides hosted e-mail services and collaboration tools.-History:BlueTie was established in 1999 by David Koretz— BlueTie Founder and Director—and Tom Golisano, founder and Chairman of Paychex....	BlueTie, Inc.	1999	$5.99 per user/month (ad free)	10 GB	25 MB	English	IE 6,7 and 8, Mozilla 2.0+, Safari 3.0+	Both	No
ContactOffice ContactOffice ContactOffice is a web application accessible with a html browser , developed by ContactOffice Group. It is a virtual office consisting of a set of interrelated tools ....	ContactOffice Group sa	2000	free and paying accounts	100 MB - 10 GB	25 MB	English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Danish, Swedish	All	Both	90 days(free), no (paid)
Rediffmail Rediffmail Rediffmail is a web based e-mail service which has around 95 million registered usernames. It offers unlimited free storage space. Rediff recently launched an AJAXbased mail interface. Rediffmail also allows users to send and receive mails in many Indian languages on Microsoft Windows. Rediffmail...	Rediff, India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...	1997

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Year

A year is the orbital period of the Earth moving around the Sun. For an observer on Earth, this corresponds to the period it takes the Sun to complete one course throughout the zodiac along the ecliptic....

for POP3 and per month

Month

A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Mesopotamia, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept arose with the cycle of moon phases; such months are synodic months and last approximately...

for mobile
| unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited may refer to:* An unlimited or infinite quantity* The suffix of an unlimited company-Music:* Unlimited , a 2005 album by Taiwanese Band F.I.R.* Unlimited , a 2006 album by Cantopop singer Miriam Yeung...

| 25 MB
| English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

, हिन्दी, Indian languages, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, and Nepali

Nepali language

Nepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...

| ALL
| Both, for POP3 access
| 60th Day(Mails clean up),90th Day(Deactivation of account Permanently)
|Supports sign-ins with a Google

Google

Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...

, Yahoo!

Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...

, Facebook

Facebook

Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...

, Twitter

Twitter

Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...

, Orkut

Orkut

Orkut is a social networking website that is owned and operated by Google Inc. The service is designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships...

and Mobile Sync and can store files ,videos , pics in Indrive.
|-
! Excite

Excite

Excite is a collection of Internet sites and services owned by IAC Search & Media, which is a subsidiary of InterActive Corporation . Launched in 1994, it is an online service offering a variety of content, including an Internet portal, a search engine, a web-based email, instant messaging, stock...

| IAC

IAC/InterActiveCorp

InterActiveCorp is an American internet company with over 50 brands across 40 countries headquartered in New York City...

Search & Media, USA
| 1994
| free
| 1 GB
| 25 MB
| English
|
| No
|
|
|-
! FastMail.FM

FastMail.FM

FastMail.FM is an e-mail service offered by the Messaging Engine company of Parkville, Victoria, Australia. Its servers are located in New York City with a backup in Norway.- History :...

| Opera Software Australia Pty Ltd.

Opera Software

Opera Software ASA is a Norwegian software company, primarily known for its Opera family of web browsers with over 220 million users worldwide. Opera Software is also involved in promoting Web standards through participation in the W3C. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway and is...

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

| 1999 Jan
| * free (text ads in web interface and email signature)
* $4.95 yearly (Ad Free)
* $19.95 yearly (Full)
* $39.95 yearly (Enhanced)
(Also various other service levels in 'Business' and 'Family' group accounts)
| 25 MB - 15 GB (depending on service level)
| 10 MB - 50 MB (depending on service level)²
| English Interface. All languages supported in message display/composition. Right to left directionality supported.
| All
| IMAP for all accounts, POP3 (and SMTP) for all paid accounts
| 120 days (free)
None (all paid accounts)
| One time passwords.
Encryption of email delivery.
Different From and "envelope from" addresses (no "on behalf of ..." issue)
Full user control of spam filtering.
Backscatter spam detection.
Deletion of selected attachments in saved messages.
|-
! Gawab

Gawab

Gawab.com is a Web-based email service provider in the Middle East region. A WHOIS lookup shows a registrant in Alexandria, Egypt. Established in 1999, Gawab is amongst a small group of email providers that provide single-page application webmail interface built on AJAX technology. The word "gawab"...

Gmail

Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail, as well via POP3 or IMAP protocols. Gmail was launched as an invitation-only beta release on April 1, 2004 and it became available to the general public on February 7, 2007, though...

| Google

Google

, USA
| 2004 Apr 1
| free (Text ads seen when viewing mail, not in messages)
| more than
7.5 GB
(storage quota is being continually and slowly incremented)
| 25 MB
| 52
| All
| IMAP, POP, POP+TLS,HTTPS, Microsoft Exchange
| After 9 months, at Google's discretion.¹¹
| Account verification via SMS or voice call required for new signups in some countries.
Messages grouped into "conversations" "Normal" view available via Settings.
Labels instead of folders.
|-
! GMX Mail

GMX Mail

GMX Mail is a German-based free webmail service provided by GMX . Founded in 1997, GMX is a subsidiary of United Internet AG, a stock-listed company in Germany, and a sister company to 1&1 Internet and Fasthosts Internet...

Hushmail

Hushmail is a web-based email service offering PGP-encrypted e-mail, file storage, vanity domain service, and instant messaging . Hushmail uses OpenPGP standards and the source is available for download. Additional security features include hidden IP addresses in e-mail headers...

| Hush Communications Ltd
Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

Lavabit

Lavabit is a free e-mail service founded in June 2004 intended to be a privacy-sensitive alternative to Gmail. According to the Lavabit FAQ, "Lavabit was founded... in response to Gmail...

Megabyte

The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000...

Lux Scientiae

Lux Scientiae, Inc is a secure Web and e-mail hosting corporation founded in 1999 by Erik Kangas, Ph.D., an MIT graduate. LuxSci is based in Massachusetts.-Products and services:...

Lycos

Lycos, Inc. is a search engine and web portal established in 1994. Lycos also encompasses a network of email, webhosting, social networking, and entertainment websites.-Corporate history:...

Mail.com

Mail.com is a web portal and web-based email service provider owned by the German internet company United Internet. It offers news articles and videos and a free webmail application with unlimited storage.-Features:...

Mail.ru

Mail.ru is the largest free e-mail service of the Runet. The business was originally owned by Port.ru, a company founded in 1998 by Eugene Goland, Michael Zaitsev and Alexey Krivenkov as spin-off from DataArt. It received an initial investment of USD 1 million from the well-known investor James...

| Mail.ru

Mail.ru

MobileMe

MobileMe was a subscription-based collection of online services and software offered by Apple Inc. Originally launched on January 5, 2000, as iTools, a free collection of Internet-based services for users of Mac OS 9, Apple relaunched it as .Mac on July 17, 2002, when it became a paid subscription...

Ovi (Nokia)

Ovi by Nokia is the brand for Nokia's Internet services. The Ovi services can be used from a mobile device, computer or via the web. Nokia focuses on five key service areas: Games, Maps, Media, Messaging and Music. Nokia's aim with Ovi is to include third party developers, such as operators and...

| Nokia

Nokia

Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...

Rackspace

Rackspace US, Inc. is an IT hosting company based in San Antonio, Texas. The company also has offices in Australia, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Hong Kong, and data centers operating in Texas, Illinois, Virginia, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong in late 2008...

, USA
| 1999
| $2 per mailbox/month - (5 user minimum)
| 10GB
| 50 MB
| 8
| All
| Both
| Never
|
|-
! Runbox

Runbox

Runbox AS is a mainly employee-owned company that provides email hosting services worldwide. Runbox was founded in October, 1999 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway...

| Runbox AS
Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Seznam.cz

Seznam.cz is the most visited web portal and search engine in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1996 by Ivo Lukačovič in Prague as the fist web portal in the Czech Republic. In 2008 Seznam reached a turnover of around 1.7 billion CZK. Seznam started with a search engine and an internet version of...

Hotmail

Windows Live Hotmail, formerly known as MSN Hotmail and commonly referred to simply as Hotmail, is a free web-based email service operated by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live group. It was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith and launched in July 1996 as "HoTMaiL". It was one of the first...

| Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

| 1996 July 4
| Free with ads
$19.95 yearly without ads¹
| 5GB that 'grows with you' (10GB start with Windows Live Hotmail Plus)
| 25 MB/10 GB with SkyDrive

Windows Live SkyDrive

Windows Live SkyDrive, initially called Windows Live Folders, is a free-of-charge file hosting service that allows users to upload files to a cloud storage and then access them from a Web browser...

Yahoo! Mail

Yahoo! Mail is a web mail service provided by Yahoo!. It was inaugurated in 1997, and, according to comScore, Yahoo! Mail was the second largest web-based email service with 273.1 million users as of November 2010....

| Yahoo!

Yahoo!

YPOPs!

YPOPs! is open-source software that provides POP3 and SMTP access to Yahoo! Mail. It is available on the Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac platforms...

| 4 months
|
|-
! Zoho

Zoho Office Suite

The Zoho Office Suite is a Web-based online office suite containing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, customer relationship management , project management, invoicing and other applications developed by ZOHO Corporation , a US-based company. It was...

| ZOHO Corporation

ZOHO Corporation

ZOHO Corporation founded in 1996, is located in Pleasanton, California, United States of America. The company started as a network framework provider for telecom equipment vendors. In 2003, ZOHO Corp diversified into IT Management software with ManageEngine...

| 2008 Oct 13
| Free (personal)
Free for up to 3 users ("Lite" business account)

$24 per user yearly ("Standard 10GB" business account)

$36 per user yearly ("Standard 15GB" business account)
| Unlimited (personal)

1 GB ("Lite")

10 GB ("Standard 10GB")

15 GB ("Standard 15GB")
| 10 MB
| Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English(US), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
| Firefox 2.0+, IE 6+, Chrome
| Both
| 120 days (for free accounts)

None (for paid accounts)
| Integrated with Zoho web application suite

Supports sign-ins with a Google, Google Apps, Yahoo! or Facebook account
|}

Note 1: Hotmail Plus, Outlook Live, MSN Premium, and Windows Live Hotmail

Hotmail

Note 2: Additionally there are monthly total transfer ("bandwidth") limits. E.g. 80 MB/month for the free account (as of September 2009).

Note 3: Help information in Russian only.

Note 4: Subscription-based upgrade is in development

Note 5: Yahoo! Mail had announced free, unlimited storage space for all its members, starting May 2007.

Note 6: Mail.ru mailboxes start out at 10 GB; if the user needs more space, they can increase storage 2 GB at a time by solving a captcha

CAPTCHA

A CAPTCHA is a type of challenge-response test used in computing as an attempt to ensure that the response is generated by a person. The process usually involves one computer asking a user to complete a simple test which the computer is able to generate and grade...

Note 7: In addition to the POP3 support listed here, almost all webmail providers can be accessed with POP3 using the third-party tool FreePOPs

FreePOPs

FreePOPs is an extensible mail proxy. Its primary use is to allow checking and downloading of e-mail from webmails from any conventional POP3 client program, avoiding the need to use a Web browser. It can also be used as an aggregator for RSS feeds and more....

.

Note 8: "You may also use Internet Explorer 7 or later with Windows XP or Vista, but some features may not be available."

Note 9: Only IMAP is enabled by default, but POP access will be enabled upon request

Note 10: Help in Mail tour.

Note 11: Gmail accounts may or may not be deleted after 9 months of inactivity. There is no guarantee it will remain after then.

Features

Service name	Automatic forwarding	E-mail client access¹⁴	client E-mail for other server	Integration with IM service	Domain Name customization	Interface script technique	Virus scanning	Filters out emails with executable attachments	Custom "From:" Address	Address modifiers (subaddressing)	Server hosted public keyring (for encryption)	Shared key encryption
Alternative Fuse				Multiplatform Instant Messenger		JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...	(ClamAV)	No
AOL Mail		(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)	⁰	AOL Instant Messenger AOL Instant Messenger AOL Instant Messenger is an instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time. It was released by AOL in May 1997...	¹	JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...	(McAfee McAfee McAfee, Inc. is a computer security company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. It markets software and services to home users, businesses and the public sector. On August 19, 2010, electronics company Intel agreed to purchase McAfee for $7.68 billion... )	No		?
Bigfoot Bigfoot Bigfoot, also known as sasquatch, is an ape-like cryptid that purportedly inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid...		(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)	(POP3 only)	XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an open-standard communications protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML . The protocol was originally named Jabber, and was developed by the Jabber open-source community in 1999 for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging , presence...		HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /CSS CSS -Computing:Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web developmentCentral Structure Store in the PHIGS 3D API*Closed source software, software that is not distributed with source code... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...		?		?
BlueMail		(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)	(POP3 only)	XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an open-standard communications protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML . The protocol was originally named Jabber, and was developed by the Jabber open-source community in 1999 for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging , presence...		HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /CSS CSS -Computing:Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web developmentCentral Structure Store in the PHIGS 3D API*Closed source software, software that is not distributed with source code... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...		?		?
EuMX		(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)	(POP3 only)				(ClamAV)	?		?
FastMail.FM FastMail.FM FastMail.FM is an e-mail service offered by the Messaging Engine company of Parkville, Victoria, Australia. Its servers are located in New York City with a backup in Norway.- History :...		(IMAP)⁷	(POP3, hotmail Hotmail Windows Live Hotmail, formerly known as MSN Hotmail and commonly referred to simply as Hotmail, is a free web-based email service operated by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live group. It was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith and launched in July 1996 as "HoTMaiL". It was one of the first... )	XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an open-standard communications protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML . The protocol was originally named Jabber, and was developed by the Jabber open-source community in 1999 for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging , presence...		HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /CSS CSS -Computing:Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web developmentCentral Structure Store in the PHIGS 3D API*Closed source software, software that is not distributed with source code... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... (Optional user supplied custom css+Javascript)	(ClamAV)	Configurable with user filtering rules	Editable while composing + saved personalities	userid followed by "+" followed by tag available on all accounts; subdomain addressing (e.g. @.fastmail.fm) available on paid accounts
Gmail Gmail Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail, as well via POP3 or IMAP protocols. Gmail was launched as an invitation-only beta release on April 1, 2004 and it became available to the general public on February 7, 2007, though...		(POP3, IMAP) SSL/TLS Transport Layer Security Transport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet... supported SMTP restricted¹⁸	(POP3 only)	Google Talk Google Talk Google Talk is a freeware voice over Internet protocol client application offered by Google Inc. The first beta version of the program was released on August 24, 2005... ^beta (XMPP), AOL Instant Messenger AOL Instant Messenger AOL Instant Messenger is an instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time. It was released by AOL in May 1997...	(Google Apps)	HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... ²		Yes, including .exe files in zip files	Yes, limited. Feature restricted to preconfigured addresses. Addresses not registered in advance with Gmail are blocked.	userid followed by "+" followed by tag
GMX Mail GMX Mail GMX Mail is a German-based free webmail service provided by GMX . Founded in 1997, GMX is a subsidiary of United Internet AG, a stock-listed company in Germany, and a sister company to 1&1 Internet and Fasthosts Internet...		(POP3, IMAP¹⁷, SMTP) SSL/TLS Transport Layer Security Transport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet... supported	(POP3 only)			HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...	(McAfee McAfee McAfee, Inc. is a computer security company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. It markets software and services to home users, businesses and the public sector. On August 19, 2010, electronics company Intel agreed to purchase McAfee for $7.68 billion... and Symantec Symantec Symantec Corporation is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index.-History:... )	?		?
Hushmail Hushmail Hushmail is a web-based email service offering PGP-encrypted e-mail, file storage, vanity domain service, and instant messaging . Hushmail uses OpenPGP standards and the source is available for download. Additional security features include hidden IP addresses in e-mail headers...		⁸				Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... or HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....	but the text based email stops most viruses, PGP encryption	?	, unlimited email aliases for Premium members	?
Lavabit Lavabit Lavabit is a free e-mail service founded in June 2004 intended to be a privacy-sensitive alternative to Gmail. According to the Lavabit FAQ, "Lavabit was founded... in response to Gmail...		(POP3, IMAP, SMTP) SSL supported		XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an open-standard communications protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML . The protocol was originally named Jabber, and was developed by the Jabber open-source community in 1999 for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging , presence...	Only for premium accounts		(ClamAV)	No		?
LuxSci		(POP3, IMAP, SMTP, LDAP) SSL/TLS Transport Layer Security Transport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet... supported Alternate ports supported Mobile Push Email	(POP3 or POP3+SSL) Bulk email migration via IMAP or IMAP+SSL			JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... or Simple HTML¹⁶	, Basic ClamAV or Premium Multi-Vendor Filters	Yes, with Premium Filtering		userid followed by "+" followed by tag available on all accounts
Mail.com Mail.com Mail.com is a web portal and web-based email service provider owned by the German internet company United Internet. It offers news articles and videos and a free webmail application with unlimited storage.-Features:...		(POP3, IMAP, SMTP) SSL/TLS Transport Layer Security Transport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet... supported	(POP3 only)	Google Talk Google Talk Google Talk is a freeware voice over Internet protocol client application offered by Google Inc. The first beta version of the program was released on August 24, 2005... (XMPP)		HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... ²		?		?
Mail.ru Mail.ru Mail.ru is the largest free e-mail service of the Runet. The business was originally owned by Port.ru, a company founded in 1998 by Eugene Goland, Michael Zaitsev and Alexey Krivenkov as spin-off from DataArt. It received an initial investment of USD 1 million from the well-known investor James...		(POP3, IMAP)	(POP3 only)	Mail.ru Agent Mail.ru Agent Mail.Ru Agent is a free instant messaging program created by Mail.ru, one of the largest Russian web portals. Besides basic IM functionality , M-Agent also provides online gaming, peer-to-peer voice calls, video calls, low-rate VoIP calls, free SMS, automatic mail checking and...		HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... (Beta)	(Kaspersky)	?		?
Mail2World		(POP3, IMAP)	(POP3 only)			HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...		?	, using aliases.	?
Mymailshare		(POP3)	(POP3 only)			HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...		Yes, if discarded by the virus scanner
MyWay						HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...		N/A
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Rackspace Email		(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)	(POP3 only)				Yes, unless packaged in a .zip file	Editable while composing + saved personalities		?
Runbox Runbox Runbox AS is a mainly employee-owned company that provides email hosting services worldwide. Runbox was founded in October, 1999 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway...		(IMAP, POP, SMTP) SSL/TLS Transport Layer Security Transport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet... supported	(POP3, hotmail Hotmail Windows Live Hotmail, formerly known as MSN Hotmail and commonly referred to simply as Hotmail, is a free web-based email service operated by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live group. It was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith and launched in July 1996 as "HoTMaiL". It was one of the first... , Gmail Gmail Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail, as well via POP3 or IMAP protocols. Gmail was launched as an invitation-only beta release on April 1, 2004 and it became available to the general public on February 7, 2007, though... ) SSL/TLS Transport Layer Security Transport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet... supported	XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an open-standard communications protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML . The protocol was originally named Jabber, and was developed by the Jabber open-source community in 1999 for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging , presence... , Google Talk Google Talk Google Talk is a freeware voice over Internet protocol client application offered by Google Inc. The first beta version of the program was released on August 24, 2005... , AOL Instant Messenger AOL Instant Messenger AOL Instant Messenger is an instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time. It was released by AOL in May 1997... , MSN MSN MSN is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system.The range of services offered by MSN has changed since its... , ICQ ICQ ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, which was first developed and popularized by the Israeli company Mirabilis, then bought by America Online, and since April 2010 owned by Mail.ru Group. The name ICQ is a homophone for the phrase "I seek you"... , IRC		HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... /CSS CSS -Computing:Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web developmentCentral Structure Store in the PHIGS 3D API*Closed source software, software that is not distributed with source code... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...	(ClamAV)	If discarded by virus scanner	Selectable while composing; saved identities	userid followed by "+" or "-" followed by tag
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Thinkpost.net		(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)	(POP3 only)			Unique app for Wireless BlackBerry sync with Outlook		?	?	?
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Windows Live Hotmail		(POP3, SMTP)³	(POP3 only)	Windows Live Messenger Windows Live Messenger Windows Live Messenger is an instant messaging client created by Microsoft that is currently designed to work with Windows XP , Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Xbox 360, Blackberry OS, iOS, Java ME, S60 on Symbian OS 9.x and Zune HD...	⁴	HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... / CSS CSS -Computing:Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web developmentCentral Structure Store in the PHIGS 3D API*Closed source software, software that is not distributed with source code... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...		?
Yahoo Mail	¹⁰	In some countries free accounts (POP3 only)¹⁰	(POP3 only)	Yahoo! Messenger Yahoo! Messenger Yahoo! Messenger is an advertisement-supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!... , Windows Live Messenger Windows Live Messenger Windows Live Messenger is an instant messaging client created by Microsoft that is currently designed to work with Windows XP , Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Xbox 360, Blackberry OS, iOS, Java ME, S60 on Symbian OS 9.x and Zune HD...		HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... /JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... / CSS CSS -Computing:Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web developmentCentral Structure Store in the PHIGS 3D API*Closed source software, software that is not distributed with source code... /Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...	(Norton AntiVirus Norton AntiVirus Norton AntiVirus, developed and distributed by Symantec Corporation, provides malware prevention and removal during a subscription period. It uses signatures and heuristics to identify viruses. Other features include e-mail spam filtering and phishing protection.Symantec distributes the product as... )	?	^{15 & only 10 addresses}	alias userid (chosen by user) followed by "-" followed by tag
Zoho Zoho Office Suite The Zoho Office Suite is a Web-based online office suite containing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, customer relationship management , project management, invoicing and other applications developed by ZOHO Corporation , a US-based company. It was...						Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...		?		?
Service name	Automatic forwarding	E-mail client access¹⁴	client E-mail for other server	Integration with IM service	Domain Name customization	Interface script technique	Virus scanning	Filters out emails with executable attachments	Custom "From:" Address	Address modifiers	Server hosted public keyring (for encryption)	Shared key encryption

Note 0: Through AOL Easy Transfer

Note 1: Through AOL My eAddress

Note 2: HTML

HTML

HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....

interface available for legacy browsers

Web browser

A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...

or users with Javascript

JavaScript

JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....

disabled

Note 3: Since March 12, 2009, POP3 technology rolled out to Hotmail customers worldwide. Additionally, the proprietary DeltaSync

DeltaSync

DeltaSync is a proprietary Microsoft communications protocol for synchronizing web services with offline clients. Windows Live Hotmail is exposed to offline clients using DeltaSync, and Outlook Connector and the Windows Live Mail client use it for offline access...

-protocol is available.

Note 4: Through Windows Live Custom Domains

Windows Live Custom Domains

Windows Live Admin Center is a service provided by Windows Live.It enables users with domain names to change their domain MX record so that they can enjoy the full features of Windows Live Hotmail on their personalized domain.Email accounts provided by Admin Center are Windows Live IDs and you...

Note 7: IMAP only for free and Member accounts, IMAP and POP for Full and Enhanced

Note 8: IMAP access available for $14.99 for the first year and $29.99 yearly thereafter

Note 9: Forwarding and POP3 access with "Platinum" ($34.95 yearly) and above

Note 10: Through Yahoo! Mail Plus ($19.99 yearly); or through YPOPs!

YPOPs!

YPOPs! is open-source software that provides POP3 and SMTP access to Yahoo! Mail. It is available on the Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac platforms...

Note 12: Free of charge, but web-mail only.

Note 14: Most mail services that do not support POP3 access can be accessed through the FreePOPs

FreePOPs

mail proxy software.

Note 15: Yahoo! Mail Plus ($19.99 yearly) features

Note 16: Mobile-compatible, simplified HTML

HTML

HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....

interface available for legacy browsers

Web browser

, users with Javascript

JavaScript

disabled, and users with mobile devices.

Note 17: IMAP only available for paid accounts.

Note 18: Gmail restricts the FROM field to registered addresses. E.g. Disposable addresses forbidden.

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