| Original author(s) | GMX Internet Services, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Subsidiary of United Internet |
| Initial release | 1997 |
| Type | POP3, IMAP, E-mail, webmail |
| Website | www.gmx.com |
GMX Mail is a German-based free webmail service provided by GMX (Global Mail eXchange, in Germany: Global Message eXchange). Founded in 1997, GMX is a subsidiary of United Internet AG, a stock-listed company in Germany,[1] and a sister company to 1&1 Internet and Fasthosts Internet.[1] In addition to an e-mail address, each GMX account includes a Mail Collector, Address Book, Organizer, and File Storage. One user can register up to 10 individual GMX e-mail addresses.[2]
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According to the information given by the company, every GMX Mail account includes the following features:
Other features include a push mail service to feed other third-party addresses (e.g. Gmail) into the GMX inbox, an address Book and online organiser.[5]
The service supports POP3, SMTP and IMAP protocols as well as mobile device integration and seems to be aiming for the social networking market by offering the ability to directly login to Facebook using registered GMX login and password.
E-mail accounts can be registered with a choice of .com, .co.uk and .us, amongst many others.
GMX developed slightly different clients for their users in Germany and for those internationally. Both remain free for e-mail service, and will direct users to the appropriate login website through geolocation technology, to gmx.net or gmx.com respectively. The GMX Mail service is based on Qooxdoo, an open source ajax web application framework.[1]
Due to the closure of Lycos Europe and their decision to close Caramail, a popular French webmail service, GMX has bought in February 2009 the Caramail domain name and has transferred older Caramail users to their new service.[6] Also in 2010, GMX acquired American internet domain Mail.com and the e-mail customers of the active brand.[7]
The company's US data center is located in Lenexa, Kansas. The carbon emissions of the facility are offset via Renewable Energy Certificates.[8]