Comparison of webmail providers
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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.
[edit] General information
| Maintainer | First public release date | Cost (USD) | Storage/Attachment size | Languages supported | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIM Mail [1] | AOL | May 11, 2005 | Free | 2 GB/16 MB | 5 |
| Hotmail [2] (to be replaced by Windows Live Mail [3]) |
Microsoft | July 4, 1996 | Free (basic) $19.95 yearly1 |
2 GB/10 MB (basic) 2 GB/20 MB1 |
17 9 in Windows Live Mail |
| Fastmail [4] | Messaging Engine Pty Ltd Parkville, Victoria, Australia |
1999 | Free (ads in emails and interface) $14.95 one-time (Member) $19.95 yearly (Full) $34.90 yearly (Enhanced) |
10 MB/40 MB bw/month2 (Free) 16 MB/80 MB bw/month (Member) 600 MB/300 MB bw/month (Full) 2 GB/1 GB bw/month (Enhanced) |
English |
| Gmail [5] | April 1, 2004 | Free2 | 2.7 GB+/10 MB3 | 38 | |
| Hushmail [6] | Hush Communications Ltd Vancouver, Canada |
May 1999 | Free $2.50 monthly (Premium) |
2 MB/1.5 MB (free) 32MB/15MB (Premium) |
English |
| mail.com [7] | Mail.com Corp. [8] (Net2Phone Inc.-owned) |
? | Free with ads $19.95-$73.75 yearly |
10 MB (free) 512 MB-5 GB/10 MB |
14 |
| Yahoo! Mail [9] |
Yahoo! | October 8, 1997 | Free (basic) $19.99 yearly (Plus version) |
1 GB/10 MB (basic) 2 GB/20 MB (Plus version) |
17[citation needed] |
| NetZero [10] | NetZero - a United Online Company | January, 2001 | Free (basic) $9.95 yearly (Platinum) |
1 GB (basic) 2 GB (Platinum) |
14 |
| Thinkpost [11] | ThinkPost Communications | October, 2005 | Free (US ONLY) (with 1-2 ads forms) Advantage $5.00 |
1 TB/15 MB (1000 GB) |
26 |
Note 1: Hotmail Plus, Outlook Live, MSN Premium, and Windows Live Mail
Note 2: Text message signup to prevent abuse
Note 3: Bandwidth is limited rather than attachment size
[edit] Features
| Forwarding | E-mail client access | Integration with IM service | Domain Name customization | Interface script technique | Virus scanning | Custom "From:" Address | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIM Mail | No | Yes (IMAP only) |
AOL Instant Messenger | Yes1 | JavaScript/Ajax | Yes (McAfee) |
|
| Amazemail | No | Yes (IMAP, POP3) |
No | Yes (Using identities) |
JavaScript/Ajax | Yes (Clamav) |
|
| Fastmail | Paid accounts | Yes7 | No | Enhanced accounts only | HTML | Paid accounts (ClamAV) |
Yes |
| Hotmail (to be replaced by Windows Live Mail) |
No | Partial3 | Windows Live Messenger | Yes4 | HTML5 | Yes (Trend Micro) |
|
| Gmail | Yes | Yes (POP3 only) |
Google Talkbeta | Yes6 | JavaScript/Ajax2 | Yes (Sophos Anti-Virus) |
Yes |
| Hushmail | No | Available8 | Hush Messenger | $1.99/$3.99 monthly through Hushmail Business | Java or HTML | No | |
| mail.com | Partial9 | Partial9 | AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ | Available | HTML? | Yes | |
| Yahoo! Mail | Plus members only | Plus members only (POP3 only) |
Yahoo! Messenger | $35 yearly | HTML5 | Yes (Norton AntiVirus) |
|
| Netzero | Yes | Yes POP3 only |
NetZero Voice | Available | JavaScript/Ajax | Yes (Norton AntiVirus) |
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 Windows Live Mail Desktop client.
Note 4: Through Windows Live Custom Domains
Note 5: Next-generation uses Ajax
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
[edit] Gallery
 Windows Live Mail (successor to Hotmail) |
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 Yahoo! Mail beta |
 Yahoo! Mail Beta Inbox under Firefox |
