Free E-Mail
In this section, the best
general-purpose free E-mail services on the Web. These
services are all totally free and are usually supported
by advertising. Even if you already have an E-mail
account on your home computer, a Web-based E-mail account
can be very handy for corresponding when you're on the
road.
- MailStart.Com
- This nifty free
service allows you to use your browser to read
your E-mail, reply, forward, delete and send new
messages, making your E-mail accessible from
anywhere. There's no need to obtain a different
E-mail address or to have your mail forwarded;
this system is a gateway that actually contacts
your mail server and converts the content to HTML
allowing easy access to your regular E-mail.
- Personal
Connections - This
advertising supported service offers free E-mail,
with your own personalized address, as well as
many other cool features, such as online business
cards, home pages and an "online
whiteboard" (which is your own notice board,
where you have a useful place to jot down your
ideas, store your Internet "clippings"
and publicly share your news).
- Net@ddress
- This outstanding
service offers you a permanent E-mail address
that never changes--even if you change Internet
Service Providers. This service lets you send and
retrieve E-mail through your browser. If you
dont want to read your E-mail through the
Web, you can use your favorite POP3 (thats
technical talk for Post Office Protocol) mail
client to retrieve your stored mail from
Net@ddress. They also feature mail forwarding.
- AmExMail
- This is another
great free Web-based E-mail service. With
AmExMail, you can have a permanent E-mail
address, so if you move, change ISPs or switch
jobs, you'll always get your mail. AmExMail also
offers message forwarding, as well as junk mail
blocking, filters and mail collection from
multiple accounts.
- EMUmail
- This is a POP
client that lets you check your existing E-mail
account using only a Web browser. Check your
E-mail anytime, anywhere, with no need to sign up
for an account. Useful for those who connect to
the Net through a firewall.
- On134th.com
- This service offers
free E-mail services. Both E-mail
alias/forwarding and true POP3/SMTP services are
available. Web-based is promised soon. One nice
thing about this service is that they display no
annoying ads on your messages.
- HotMail
- A very popular
(over 6 million users) free Web-based E-mail
service that's supported by advertising. HoTMail
offers mail filtering that allows you to direct
mail into folders and gives you the ability to
check up to four POP accounts at once. You can
add up to 20 recipients per message. HoTMail also
offers a nice address book. No spamming allowed.
HotMail was recently purchased by Microsoft (I
don't know if that's good news or bad news!)
- MailCity
- A good, free E-mail
service. Features easy user interface, folders to
organize your mail, unlimited mailbox size, MIME
file attachments, a good address book and an
interesting auto-response feature to deliver
replies when you're on vacation. MailCity also
offers a mail collection feature (that is, this
service will gather your E-mail from other POP3
E-mail accounts).
- Populus
Lifetime E-mail - Are you annoyed by the problem of
changing E-mail addresses every time you switch
Internet Service Providers, jobs or schools?
Populus allows you to have a free permanent
e-mail address. When a message arrives to your
Populus address, it is automatically forwarded to
whichever E-mail address is currently listed in
your Populus entry.
- iName Free
E-mail - This
helpful service lets you read your E-mail on the
Web or through your favorite E-mail program. You
can also forward your messages anywhere. You also
get to choose your own unique E-mail address
- MauiMail
- MauiMail offers
Web-based POP3 E-mail with an interface that
isn't cluttered and confusing. It's simple and
easy to use and is custom configurable. Also
includes an address book and signature editor.
- Yahoo! Mail
- Yahoo! Mail allows
you to access your personal E-mail from any
Net-connected computer: in offices, homes,
libraries, anywhere. This service offers a number
of features and lets you: organize mail into
folders, search & filter your mail, attach
files, create an address book, etc.
- MailExcite
- Free Web-based
E-mail, available through any Internet connection
-- anytime, anywhere.
- Supernews
- These guys offer
free Web-based E-mail with now-standard features,
including the ability to sort your mail into
folders. Also offered in French, German and
Spanish.
- Lycos
E-mail - The
popular search engine Lycos has gotten in on the
free E-mail act. Here, you can access your own
private E-mail account from any computer
worldwide.
- Crosswinds
Internet Communications - Sign up for your free E-mail
account. "Real" and forwarded E-mail
supported. This service may not be used to send
spam, or mailing lists, however, other commercial
purposes are allowed, as long as they are not for
mass mailing purposes.
- My Own
Email - This
service offers over 200 personalized domain names
to choose from. Domains include: your-house.com,
1internetdrive.com, cowboysfan.com,
most-wanted.com, and many more. Also, you can
check your new address from the Web or have it
forwarded to an existing address.
- GoPlay
E-mail - This
site offers easy-to-use and fast Web-based free
E-mail service.
- Bigfoot
- Among the services
that Bigfoot offers are: A free, lifetime, E-mail
address; customized E-mail delivery; E-mail
control and functionality and a way to "Just
Say No!" to junk E-mail. Bigfoot has
recently begun offering new features such as free
autoresponders (E-mails that are automatically
sent to your visitors in your absense) and
reminder services, to remind you of birthdays,
appointments, etc.
- RocketMail
- Free Web-based,
globally accessible E-mail service. Many
features, including spell checking, multimedia
attachments, remote mail account (POP) access,
HTML support and signature blocks. Each account
gets 3 megs of storage space. If your box starts
to get full, RocketMail will send you warning
messages. RocketMail offers a nice, speedy
interface that integrates into the comprehensive
Four11 directory service.
- Juno - Juno provides E-mail
service to anyone in the United States and Puerto
Rico with access to a personal computer and a
modem, and it provides this service at no cost to
its members. To take advantage of the free
service, members must install on their computers
a software package developed by Juno available here
- NetForward
- A free, permanent,
portable E-mail service. With this service, you
will never go through the hassles of changing
your address with your friends and family,
business associates, etc. NetForward also allows
you to choose your own custom domain so your
E-mail address can read (for example):
CyberJunkie.com, The18thHole.com,
TheWaterCooler.com, etc.
- NetForward
- A service that
automatically forwards your E-mail wherever you
tell it.
- GeoCities
- This service
offered by GeoCities gives you a free home page,
3 megs of space and a free E-mail account.
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