| Comparison of webmail providersThe 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 informationGeneral information on Webmail providers and products |
Product | Owner | Release | Cost | Mailbox storage | Attachment limit | Language support | Browsers supported | POP3[a] | IMAP | SMTP | SSL | Account expiration (inactivity) | URL |
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AOL Mail | AOL Inc., USA | 2004 Aug | Free (ads) | Unlimited | 25 MB | English | All | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | 3 months | [2] |
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BlueTie | BlueTie, Inc., USA | 1999 | $5.99/month | 10 GB | 25 MB | English | IE 6+; Mozilla 2+, Safari 3+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | Never | [3] |
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ContactOffice | ContactOffice Group S.A. | 2000 | Free to €50/month[1] | 100 MB to 10 GB | 25 MB | 8 | All | Yes | Paid | Paid | Yes | 12 months | [4] |
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FastMail.FM | Opera Software Ltd., Australia | 1999 Jan | $4.95/year to $119.95/year[2] | | 10 to 50 MB[b] | English | All | Paid | Yes | Paid | SSL, TLS[4] | 4 months | [5] |
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Gmail | Google Inc, USA | 2004 Apr | Free (ads) on gmail.com, $5/user/month on the user's domain[5] | 10+ GB (growing)[6] | 25 MB[7] | 52 | All | Yes | Yes | Yes | TLS, HTTPS, MS Exchange | 9 months[c] | [6] |
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GMX Mail gmx.com | United Internet AG, Germany | 1997 Jan | Free (ads) | Unlimited[9] | 50 MB | 3 | All | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | 6 months[10] | [7] |
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GMX.net FreeMail[11] | United Internet AG, Germany | 1997 Jan | Free (ads) | 1 GB[12] | 20 MB | German | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | 6 months | [8] |
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GMX.net ProMail[13] | United Internet AG, Germany | 1997 Jan | €2.99/month | 5 GB | 50 MB | German | ? | Yes | Paid | Yes | -- | if payment stopped | [9] |
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GMX.net TopMail[14] | United Internet AG, Germany | 1997 Jan | €4.99/month | 10 GB | 100 MB | German | ? | Yes | Paid | Yes | -- | if payment stopped | [10] |
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Hushmail | Hush Communications Ltd., Canada | 1999 May | Free (no ads) $34.99 year (Premium) | 25 MB (free), 1 GB+ (premium) | 20 MB, total 25 MB/mail [15] | English | All | Paid | Paid | ? | -- | 3 weeks (free), None (paid) | [11] |
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iCloud | Apple Inc., USA | 2011 Oct | Free (no ads) or $20/year, $40/Year, or $100/year[d] | 5 GB (free), 10, 20, or 50 GB yearly[e] | 20MB | 4 | iOS 5+, Safari, IE, Firefox, Chrome, iWork[18] | No[19] | Yes[19] | Yes[19] | SSL, TLS[19] | Never | [12] |
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Lycos | Daum, Korea | 1995 Jan | Free (ads) Premium: $19.95 yearly | 3 GB (free) 5 GB | 35 MB | Any | ? | Plus only | Plus only | ? | -- | ?, but can be as short as 30 days | [13] |
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Mail.com[20] | United Internet AG, Germany | 1995 | Free (ads in interface) or $3.95/month or $19.95/year | Unlimited | 50 MB[f] | 3 | All | Yes[22] | Yes[22] | Yes | -- | 12 months (free account)[23] | [14] |
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Mail.ru | Mail.ru, Russia | 1998 Jan[24] | Free (ads) $5 monthly (no ads) | Unlimited | 30 MB[g] | 4 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6 months | [15] |
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Microsoft Hotmail Hotmail Plus Outlook.com | Microsoft, USA | 1996 July | Free (ads) | Unlimited | 25 MB (10 GB SkyDrive) | 106 | All | Yes | No | Yes | MS Exchange | 9 months (Outlook Plus: never) | [16] [17] |
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Ovi Mail | Nokia, Finland | 2008 Dec | Free (provided by Yahoo!) | 1 GB | 20 MB | 15 | Internet Explorer, Firefox, Ovi Suite | Yes | Mobile only | ? | -- | ? | [18] |
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Pobox | IC Group, Inc, USA | 2004 | $50 year [26] | 50 GB | 25 MB | 70 | All | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | if payment stopped | [19] |
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Rediffmail | Rediff, India | 1997 | Free and paid: 399 (US$7.30)/year for POP3; 50 (US92¢)/month for mobile | Unlimited | 25 MB | 11 | All | 399 (US$7.30) | Yes | ? | -- | 2 months (mails deleted), 3 months (deactivation) | [20] |
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Runbox | Runbox Solutions AS, Norway | 1999 | $19.95 per year or $49.95 per year with email & web hosting | 10 GB[27] | 100 MB | 2 | All | Yes | Yes | ? | SSL | Never | [21] |
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Sify | Sify, India | 1998 | Free (Mail platform supported by Gmail) | 10 GB | 25 MB | English | All | Yes | Yes | ? | -- | 3 months | [22] |
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Yahoo! Mail Free | Yahoo!, USA | 1997 Oct | Free (ads) | Unlimited[h] | 25 MB | 27 | IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome[29] | most countries or YPOPs! | Mobile only[i] | Yes | Yes[31] except classic version. | 6 months +2 months/yr active[32] | [23] |
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Yahoo! Mail Plus[33] | Yahoo!, USA | 1997 Oct | $19.99/yr (no ads) | Unlimited | 25 MB | 27 | IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome | Yes | Mobile only[j] | Yes | Yes[31] | if payment stopped | [24] |
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Yandex Mail | Yandex LLC, Russia | 2000 June | Free (ads) (can be turned off) | Unlimited[34] | 30 MB, unlimited number of files up to 2 GB each using Narod [35] | 6 | All | Yes | Yes | Yes | SSL | 6 Months [36] | [25] |
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Zoho | ZOHO Corporation, USA | 2008 Oct | Free (personal) for 3 users; $24/user yearly; $36/user yearly | 5 GB "Lite". "Standard": 10 & 15 GB | 20 MB | 16 | Firefox 2.0+, IE 6+, Chrome | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | 120 days (free account); Never (paid) | [26] |
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Product | Owner | Release | Cost | Mailbox storage | Attachment limit | Language support | Browsers supported | POP3 | IMAP | SMTP | SSL | Account expiration (inactivity) | URL |
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Notes - ^ In addition to the POP3 support listed here, almost all Web mail providers can be accessed with POP3 using the third-party tool FreePOPs.
- ^ Additionally there are monthly total transfer ("bandwidth") limits.[3] e.g., 80 MB/month for the free account (as of September 2009).
- ^ Gmail accounts may or may not be deleted after 9 months of inactivity. There is no guarantee they will remain after then.[8]
- ^ 15 GB cost $20/yr, 25 GB cost $40/yr, 55 GB cost $100/yr[16][17]
- ^ shared between file and email storage, customizable ratio
- ^ Help in Mail tour.[21]
- ^ When a user's mail box contains more than 500 MB, they will receive an email with a proposal to increase the volume by 2 GB by solving a CAPTCHA[25]
- ^ Yahoo! Mail had announced free, unlimited storage space for all its members, starting May 2007.[28]
- ^ Can be used on non-mobile devices via third-party software.[30]
- ^ Can be used on non-mobile devices via third-party software.
Unique featuresUnique features in webmail products|
AOL Mail | N/A |
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BlueTie | N/A |
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ContactOffice | N/A |
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Excite | N/A |
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FastMail.FM | One time passwords;[37] Different From and "envelope from" addresses (no "on behalf of ..." issue);[38] spam filter; spam detection;[39] deletion of selected attachments. |
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Gmail | Account verification via SMS or voice call in some countries;[40] Messages grouped into "conversations"; "Normal" view via Settings; Labels instead of folders; Undo send (implemented as a delayed send) |
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GMX Mail gmx.net | N/A |
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GMX Mail gmx.com | N/A |
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Hushmail | N/A |
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Lycos | N/A |
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Mail.com | organizer |
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Mail.ru | file storage, filters, antivirus, labels, folders, SMS verification, mobile verification. mobile alerts, pop3 mails accumulate |
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MobileMe | N/A |
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Ovi Mail | As of May 2011, content is provided by Yahoo![41] |
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Rediffmail | sign-in via Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, Mobile Sync; Indrive. |
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Runbox | N/A |
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Windows Live Hotmail | One-time password, Mobile alerts |
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Yahoo! Mail | tabs (allowing to compose and view emails/settings/contacts etc. at the same time. |
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Yandex Mail | email for own domains (Yandex PDD), labels, folders, scheduled email delivery, SMS verification, sign-in via Twitter, VK, Facebook, Google Profile |
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Zoho | sign-in via Facebook, Google, Google Apps, Yahoo! |
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Language supportSupported languages|
AOL Mail | English | BlueTie | English | ContactOffice | English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish. | Excite | English | FastMail.FM | English Interface. All languages supported in message display/composition. Right to left directionality support. | Gmail | 52 | GMX Mail gmx.net | German | GMX Mail gmx.com | English, French, Spanish | Windows Live Hotmail | 48 | Hushmail | English | Lycos | Any | Mail.com | English, French, Spanish | Mail.ru | Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Uzbek | iCloud | English, Spanish, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese, Swedish, Polish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Czech, Hungarian (All iCloud languages) | Ovi Mail | 15 languages | Rediffmail | English, Indian languages: Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Nepali. | Runbox | English, Norwegian | Yandex Mail | English, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Tatar, Azerbaijani | Yahoo! Mail | 27[citation needed] | Zoho | English (US), French, Spanish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Turkish. | 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 |
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AOL Mail | No | Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP) | Yes0 | AOL Instant Messenger | No1 | JavaScript/ Ajax | Yes (McAfee) | No | | ? | No | No |
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Bigfoot Communications | Premium account only | Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP) | Yes (POP3 only) | XMPP | Yes | HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | No |
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FastMail.FM | Paid accounts only | Yes (IMAP)7 | Paid accounts (POP3, Hotmail) | XMPP | Enhanced and group (Business/ Family) accounts | HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax (Optional user supplied custom css+JavaScript) | Paid accounts (ClamAV) | Configurable with user filtering rules | Yes Editable while composing + saved personalities | Yes userid followed by "+" followed by tag available on all accounts; subdomain addressing (e.g. <tag>@<userid> .fastmail.fm) available on paid accounts | No | No |
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Gmail | Yes | Yes (POP3, IMAP) SSL/TLS supported SMTP restricted18 | Yes (POP3 only) | Google Talkbeta (XMPP), AOL Instant Messenger | Yes (Google Apps $5.00 monthly/ $50.00 annually) | HTML/ JavaScript/ Ajax2 | Yes | Yes, including .exe files in zip files | Yes, limited. Feature restricted to preconfigured addresses. Addresses not registered in advance with Gmail are blocked. | Yes userid followed by "+" followed by tag | No | No |
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GMX Mail | No | Yes (POP3, IMAP17, SMTP) SSL/TLS supported | Yes (POP3 only) | XMPP | Yes | HTML/ JavaScript/ Ajax | Yes (McAfee and Symantec) | ? | Yes | ? | No | No |
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Hushmail | No | Extra cost8 | ? | No | $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 | ? | Yes | Yes |
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Mail.com | No | Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP) SSL/TLS supported | Yes (POP3 only) | Google Talk (XMPP) | No | HTML/ JavaScript/ Ajax2 | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | No |
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Mail.ru | Yes | Yes (POP3, IMAP) | Yes (POP3 only) | custom | ? | HTML/ Ajax (Beta) | Yes (Kaspersky) | ? | Yes | ? | No | No |
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rediff | No | Plus members only | ? | Rediff Bol | Yes | JavaScript/ Ajax2 | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | No |
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Runbox | Yes | Yes (IMAP, POP, SMTP) SSL/TLS supported | Yes (POP3, Hotmail, Gmail) SSL/TLS supported | XMPP, Google Talk, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN, ICQ, IRC[42] | Yes | HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax | Yes (ClamAV) | If discarded by virus scanner | Yes Selectable while composing; saved identities | Yes userid followed by "+" or "-" followed by tag | No | No |
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Seznam.cz | Yes | Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP) SSL/TLS supported | Yes (POP3 only) | No | No | HTML/ JavaScript | Yes (ESET-NOD32) | ? | Yes | ? | No | No |
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Windows Live Hotmail | Yes | Partial (POP3, SMTP)3 | Yes (POP3 only) | Windows Live Messenger | Yes4 | HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax | Yes | ? | Yes | userid followed by "+" followed by tag[43] | No | No |
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Yahoo! Mail | Plus accounts only | 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) | No | Yes & only 10 addresses | Yes alias userid (chosen by user) followed by "-" followed by tag | No | No |
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Yandex Mail | Yes | Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP, SSL) | Yes (POP3 only) | Ya Online, any XMPP IM | Yes (Free, Yandex PDD supports up to 1000 mailboxes without verification of legal use) | HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax | Yes (Dr.Web) | No | Yes, only from confirmed addresses[44] | No | No | No |
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Zoho | Yes | Yes (POP, IMAP, SMTP) | Yes (POP) | XMPP, Google Talk, AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger | Yes (business accounts) | Ajax | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | No |
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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 |
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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: Since March 12, 2009, POP3 technology rolled out to Hotmail customers worldwide. Additionally, the proprietary DeltaSync-protocol is available. Note 4: Through Windows Live Custom 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);[45] or through YPOPs! 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 mail proxy software. Note 15: Yahoo! Mail Plus ($19.99 yearly) features[46] Note 16: Mobile-compatible, simplified HTML interface available for legacy browsers, users with 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. Note 19: HTML-only backwards compatible. References |
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