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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. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.
General information
| Name | Owner | First public release date | Cost (USD) | Storage/Attachment size | Languages supported | Browser(s) supported | IMAP or POP3 support7 | Account deactivated if not logged in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOL Mail | AOL | 23 August 2004 | Free (ads added to the signature of every outgoing email, ads in interface) | Unlimited Storage/16 MB | 26 | Both | 3 months (without fee) | |
| FastMail.FM | Messaging Engine Pty Ltd Parkville, Victoria, Australia |
1999 | Free (ads in emails and interface) $14.95 one-time (Member) $19.95 yearly (Full) $39.95 yearly (Enhanced) |
10 MB/40 MB bw/month2 (Free) 16 MB/80 MB bw/month (Member) 600 MB/300 MB bw/month (Full) 6 GB/1 GB bw/month (Enhanced) |
English | IMAP for all accounts, POP3 for Full and Enhanced accounts | 45 days (Guest account) 4 months (Member account) None (Full and Enhanced accounts) |
|
| FuseMail | Fusemail | October 2003 | $0.99 per mailbox / month $0.99 per GB / month Minimum $10 spend per month. |
50 MB attachment limit. | English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese and Arabic | Both | ||
| Gawab | Gawab | Officially in November 2000 | Free (ads in emails and interface) | 10 GB, with e-mail attachments of up to 50 MB | 18 languages | All | Both | 2 months |
| Gmail | 1 April 2004 | Free (text ads seen when viewing mail, not in messages) | 7 GB, with e-mail attachments of up to 20 MB[1] | 52 | Both | 9 months | ||
| GMX Mail | GMX Internet Services, Inc. | 2007 | Free (no ads, sometimes in inbox, not in messages) | 5 GB/50 MB[2] | English | IE, Firefox | Both | 6 months |
| Hushmail | Hush Communications Ltd Vancouver, Canada |
May 1999 | Free $2.50 monthly (Premium) |
2 MB/1.5 MB (free) 250MB (Premium) |
English | 3 weeks | ||
| Jubii | Lycos Europe | N/A | Free | 10 GB | Danish, English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Dutch | IE, Firefox | ||
| Lycos | Daum | 1995 | Free & $19.95 (Premium) | In USA 3 GB of free storage 5 GB of storage for (Premium), Unlimited file attachment size | Any | 1 month (free) | ||
| LuxSci | Lux Scientiae, Inc. | 1 December 1999 | $9.99 monthly | 2 GB+/50 MB | Any/Unicode | Both | ||
| Magnus Suite | Niolite | Sep 1, 2007 | Free (20MB) € 7.50 monthly |
500MB (standard) (GB upgrades available) |
Dutch, English | IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome | POP3 (IMAP planned for next version) | |
| Mail.com | MMC | N/A | Free (ads in interface) | 1GB | English | Both | 1 month | |
| Mail.ru | Mail.ru | 1998[3] | Free (ads in interface) $5 monthly (without ads) |
Unlimited/30 MB6 | Russian | Both | ||
| Mail2World | Mail2World, Inc. | 2000 | Free & $19.95 (Premium) | 40 MB attachment limit. | 13- English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, French, Japanese, Arabic, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Chinese, & Polish. | Both | A free account is deactivated after 60 days of inactivity. | |
| MobileMe | Apple Inc | July 2008 | $99 / £59 per year (60-day free trial) | 20 GB/Unlimited MB shared between file storage and email (user customisable ratio). | 4 | Safari 3+ / Firefox 2+ (Not IE) | IMAP only | Never |
| MSN Hotmail (replaced by Windows Live Hotmail) |
Microsoft | 4 July 1996 | Free (basic) $19.95 yearly1 |
5 GB/10 MB (basic) 10 GB/20 MB1 |
17 | IE, Firefox (Some issues with Safari) | None | 120 days |
| Mynet Mail | Mynet Medya Yayıncılık Uluslararası Elektronik Bilgilendirme Ve Haberleşme Hizmetleri A.Ş. | N/A | Free (ads in interface) | Unlimited Storage/3 MB | Turkish | POP3 | Never | |
| MyPTSMail.com | Phoenix Technologies & Solutions | June 2007 | $19.95/yr single account, $39.95/yr for 5 accounts, $59.95/yr for 10 accounts |
50 MB/16 MB | English | All Browsers | IMAP and POP for all accounts | yearly subscription, so after 1 year unless renewed |
| MyWay | Unknown | Unknown | Free | 125 MB/10 MB | English | Unknown | ||
| NetZero | NetZero - a United Online Company | January 2001 | Free (basic) $9.95 yearly (Platinum) |
1 GB/2 MB (basic) 2 GB (Platinum) |
14 | 2 months (email) | ||
| O2 Webmail | Telefónica O2 | N/A | Free | 20MB | English | POP only | ||
| Orgoo | N/A | Free | 3 GB/10 MB | English | IE, Firefox | Both | Never | |
| Pochta.ru | RBC Informations Systems | before 2000 | Free | 500 MB+[4] | English, Russian, Spanish3 | Both | 6 months[5] | |
| PolarisMail | PolarisMail | 2003 | 1$/1GB mailbox/month 1$/1GB extra |
1GB+ | English, French, Spanish | IMAP, IMAP-SSL, IMAP-TLS, POP3, POP3-SSL, POP3-TLS | Never | |
| Runbox | Runbox AS | 2000 | 49.95$/year 19.95$/additional accounts |
10 GB / 100 MB |
English, Norwegian | Both | None (subscribers) 1 month (free trial) |
|
| TrustyBox | Division of Dongo | 2005 | Group Mail/$3.00 per box - Personal Mail/$4.99 |
10 GB / 50 MB |
English, Spanish, French, German, Greek | Both | None | |
| Windows Live Hotmail (replaces MSN Hotmail) |
Microsoft | 1 November 2005 | Free (ads added to the signature of every outgoing email) $19.95 yearly (Plus)4 |
5 GB/10 MB 10 GB/20 MB (Plus)4 |
35 | Offers POP3 to all users.[dubious ] Also offers DeltaSync to sync e-mail and contacts (and calendar for Hotmail Plus users) with Outlook or Windows Live Mail. | 2 months (free) | |
| WP Mail | Wirtualna Polska | N/A | Free | 3GB/50MB | Polish | POP3 | ||
| Yahoo! Mail | Yahoo! | 8 October 1997 | Free (basic) $19.99 yearly (Plus version) |
Unlimited/10 MB (basic)5 Unlimited/20 MB (Plus version)5 |
27[citation needed] | POP3 (Plus only); or with YPOPs! | 4 months (basic) | |
| Zenbe | 30 April 2008 | Free |
4 GB/10 MB |
English | POP3 (IMAP for inbox only) |
Note 1: Hotmail Plus, Outlook Live, MSN Premium, and Windows Live Hotmail
Note 2: Text message signup (some countries only)
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 [6].
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 [7]
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.
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 | Custom "From:" Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MyPTSMail | Yes | Yes (POP3,IMAP,SMTP) |
No0 | Jabber,Spark,PSI | Yes1 | HTML | Yes (PTSMail Utilities & ClamAV) |
Yes |
| AOL Mail | No | Yes (POP3,IMAP,SMTP) |
Yes0 | AOL Instant Messenger | Yes1 | JavaScript/Ajax | Yes (McAfee) |
|
| Fastmail.FM | Paid accounts | Yes (IMAP)7 |
Yes (POP3, hotmail) |
No | Enhanced accounts only | HTML/JavaScript/CSS | Paid accounts (ClamAV) |
Yes Editable while composing + saved personalities |
| Fusemail | Yes | Yes (POP3,IMAP, SMTP,LDAP) |
Yes | Internal Jabber-based Client | Yes | HTML/JavaScript/Ajax2 | Yes | Yes |
| Gmail | Yes | Yes (POP3,IMAP,SMTP) SSL/TLS supported |
Yes (POP3 only) |
Google Talkbeta (Jabber), AOL Instant Messenger | Yes6 | HTML/JavaScript/Ajax2 | Yes |
Yes |
| GMX Mail | Yes | Yes (POP3,IMAP,SMTP) SSL/TLS supported |
Yes (POP3 only) |
No | Yes | HTML/JavaScript/Ajax | Yes (McAfee and Symantec) |
Yes |
| Hushmail | No | Extra cost8 | ? | Hush Messenger | $1.99/$3.99 monthly through Hushmail Business | Java or HTML | No but the text based email stops most viruses, PGP encryption | Yes, unlimited email aliases for Premium members |
| LuxSci | Yes | Yes (POP3,IMAP, SMTP,LDAP) |
Yes (POP3 only) |
No | Yes | JavaScript/Ajax2 | Yes | Yes |
| Magnus Suite | Yes | Paid accounts | Yes | No | Yes | HTML/Ajax | Yes | Yes |
| Mail.ru | Yes | Yes (POP3,IMAP) |
Yes (POP3 only) |
Mail.ru Agent | ? | HTML/Ajax (Beta) | Yes (Kaspersky) |
Yes |
| Mail2World | Yes | Yes (POP3,IMAP) |
Yes (POP3 only) |
No | Yes | HTML/JavaScript/Ajax | Yes | Yes, using aliases. |
| MSN Hotmail (replaced by Windows Live Hotmail) |
Yes | Partial3 | No | Windows Live Messenger | Yes4 | HTML | Yes (Trend Micro) |
Yes |
| Netzero | Paid accounts11 | Paid accounts11 | ? | NetZero Voice | Available | JavaScript/Ajax | Yes (Norton AntiVirus) |
|
| Orgoo | No | Yes (POP3,IMAP) |
Yes (POP3,IMAP) |
Jabber, Google Talk, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ | No | JavaScript/Ajax | Yes (clamAV) |
|
| rediff | No | Plus members only | ? | Rediff Bol | Yes | JavaScript/Ajax2 | Yes | Yes |
| Pochta.ru | Yes | Yes (POP3,IMAP,SMTP) SSL/TLS supported |
Yes (POP3 only) |
No | Yes12 [8] | HTML/JavaScript/Ajax | Yes | |
| PolarisMail | Yes | Yes (POP3,IMAP,SMTP) SSL/TLS supported |
No | No | Yes | HTML/JavaScript/Ajax | Yes | Yes |
| Runbox | Yes | Yes (POP3,IMAP,SMTP) SSL/TLS supported |
Yes | Jabber, IRC, Google Talk, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ | Yes | HTML/JavaScript/CSS | Yes | Yes |
| TrustyBox | Yes | Yes (POP3,IMAP,SMTP) SSL/TLS supported |
Yes | No | Yes | JavaScript/Ajax | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Live Hotmail (replaces MSN Hotmail) |
Partial13 | Partial3 | No | Windows Live Messenger | Yes4 | HTML/JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax | Yes (Trend Micro) |
Yes |
| Yahoo! Mail | Plus members only10 | Plus members only In some countries free accounts (POP3 only)10 |
Yes (POP3 only) |
Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger | $35 yearly | HTML/JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax | Yes (Norton AntiVirus) |
Plus members only15 |
| 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 | Custom "From:" Address |
Note 0: Through AOL Easy Transfer
Note 1: Through AOL My eAddress
Note 2: HTML interface available for legacy browsers or users with Javascript disabled
Note 3: Legacy, Hotmail Plus, Outlook Live, and MSN Premium members only. All account types can use the Windows Live Mail client.
Note 4: Through Windows Live Custom Domains
Note 6: Beta phase and only for existing domains
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) [1]; or through YPOPs!
Note 11: Through NetZero MegaMail ($9.96 or 24.96 yearly)
Note 12: Free of charge, but web-mail only.
Note 13: Forwarding to other Windows Live Hotmail accounts is free for all users. Premium/paid accounts can forward to any other third party email accounts.
Note 14: Most mail services that do not support POP3 access can be accessed through the FreePOPs mail proxy software.
Note 15: Yahoo! Mail Plus ($19.99 yearly) features [9]
References
- ^ "Gmail: Google's approach to email". Google.com.
- ^ GMX Mail description
- ^ Почтовая служба Mail.Ru (Russian)
- ^ http://pochta.ru/support/faq.php?lng=en&skin=pochta_ru#section_150/
- ^ http://pochta.ru/support/faq.php?lng=en&skin=pochta_ru#section_160/
- ^ "Yahoo! Mail goes to infinity and beyond"
- ^ ОБЩАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ О ПОЧТОВОМ ЯЩИКЕ И ЕГО СОДЕРЖИМОМ (Russian)
- ^ Pochta.ru - partner page
- ^ "How does Yahoo! Mail Plus compare to free Yahoo! Mail?"
