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Since 1999
Free Webmail Providers
You Need A Webmail Account!
You need an e-mail address that is NOT provided by your Internet Service Provider. Here's why...PERMANENCE
This is an example of a very common scenario:
| Pat e-mailed her resume to XYZ Inc to apply for a job.
She used an e-mail address provided by her Internet
Service Provider. Two weeks later she finds a great new
ISP and changes services. Pat no longer has access to
her old ISP e-mail account. XYZ eventually sends a reply
but gets an error message stating Pat's e-mail address
does not exist! If Pat had used an independent webmail address, not her ISP e-mail address, she would have received the important reply from XYZ Inc. |
ANONYMITY
Use a webmail address to subscribe to newsletters, respond to special offers, register for online services, sign up for clubs or groups, etc. The best feature of webmail is you can simply delete the account and create a new webmail identity if you no longer want e-mail sent to that address.
ACCESSIBILITYYou can access your webmail account from any computer that has access to the Internet. At work, school, on vacation - anywhere.
Popular Free Webmail Services
|
Free
Webmail Provider |
Mailbox
Storage |
Attachment
Limit |
POP3 & IMAP
Access |
SMTP
Access |
Retrieve
Other |
| AIM/AOL |
Unlimited
|
25 MB
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| FastMail |
25 MB
|
10 MB
|
IMAP
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Google Gmail |
10 GB
|
25 GB
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| GMX |
Unlimited
|
50 MB
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Hotmail |
Unlimited
|
100 MB
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Hushmail | 25 MB |
20 MB |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Inbox |
5 GB
|
20 MB
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Lavabit | 128 MB |
32 MB |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Unlimited
|
50 MB
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
| Mail2World |
Unlimited
|
20 MB
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Yahoo |
Unlimited
|
100 MB
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Zoho |
5 GB
|
20 MB
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Free webmail services are supported by advertising revenue. You may see ads when you log-in to your webmail account. You may also find solicitations in your mailbox. Your outgoing e-mail might include a tagline, a short text advertisement at the bottom of your outgoing messages.
Exposure to advertising is the price you pay for free webmail. If you can tolerate the advertising, a free webmail account is a frugal way to communicate online.
Popular Annual Subscription Webmail
Tired of webmail supported by advertising? Maybe you should consider one of these paid subscription webmail services...
RUNBOXAbsolutely the most powerful webmail
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10 GB mailbox. Access your e-mail on any device via Web, POP3,
IMAP, SMTP, WAP, SMS, and more. Send and receive large
messages up to 100 MB. 2.5 GB bandwidth allowed per week. Use
any "From" and "Reply-to" address. Anti-spam and virus
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Unlimited mailbox, POP3 access and mail forwarding. Send and receive text and attachments up to 100 MB per message. Spam and virus filters. $19.99/year.
WINDOWS LIVE HOTMAIL PLUS10 GB mailbox. Up to 25 MB attachments. No account expiration. No graphical ads. $19.95/year.