Comparison of webmail providers

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The following tables and gallery compare general and technical information for a number of webmail providers.

General

General information on webmail providers and products

Product Owner Released Software facility for webmail Cost Gratis account ad-free by default Mailbox storage Maximum attachment limit Supported languages Supported browsers POP3Template:Efn support IMAP support SMTP support Cryptographic protocol support Account expiration
(inactivity) 		Use Own Domain
AOL Mail AOL Inc. 2004 Aug Template:Proprietary Template:Free Template:No Template:Yes 25 MB English All Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Partial Template:Dunno
Atmail Atmail 1998 Dec Template:Proprietary Template:NoTemplate:Efn Template:No 10 GB 50 MB 10 All Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Depends Template:Dunno
Bitmessage.ch Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:Free Template:Free Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Dunno English All Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes 6 months[1] Template:Dunno
ContactOffice ContactOffice Group S.A. 2000 Template:Proprietary Template:Depends Template:Yes 500 MB to 15 GB 500 MB 8 All Template:Yes Template:Partial Template:Partial Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes
FastMail Fastmail Pty Ltd 1999 Jan Template:Proprietary Template:Depends Template:Yes 250 MB to 60 GB 10 to 50 MBTemplate:Efn English, German All Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes[2] Template:Depends Template:Yes
Gandi Gandi SAS 1999 Template:Free Template:Partial Template:Yes 1 GB+ 25 MB English, French All Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Yes
Gmail Google Inc 2004 Apr Template:Proprietary Template:Partial on gmail.com, $5/user/month on the user's domain[3] Template:No Template:Partial
(growing)[4] 		25 MB[5] (10 GB per file via Google Drive)[6] 71 All Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:YesTemplate:Efn Template:Yes
GMX Mail
(gmx.com) 		United Internet AG 1997 Jan Template:Proprietary Template:Partial Template:No Template:Yes[7] 50 MB 3 All Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Partial[8] Template:Dunno
Hushmail Hush Communications Ltd. 1999 May Template:Proprietary Template:Partial Template:Yes 25 MB (free), 1 GB+ (premium) 20 MB per file, total 25 MB per mail[9] English All Template:Partial Template:Partial Template:Partial Template:Yes Template:No Template:Dunno
iCloudTemplate:Efn Apple Inc. 2011 Oct Template:Proprietary Template:PartialTemplate:Efn Template:Yes 5 GB (free), 10, 20, or 50 GB yearlyTemplate:Efn 20MB 4 iOS 5+, Safari, IE, Firefox, Chrome, iWork[10] Template:No[11] Template:Yes[11] Template:Yes[11] Template:Yes[11] Template:Yes Template:Dunno
Lycos Daum 1995 Jan Template:Proprietary Template:Partial Template:No 3 GB (free)
5 GB 		35 MB English All Template:Partial Template:Partial Template:Partial Template:Yes Template:No Template:Dunno
Mail.com[12] United Internet AG 1995 Template:Proprietary Template:Partial Template:No Template:Yes 50 MB 3 All Template:Partial Template:Partial Template:Partial Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Dunno
Mail.ru Mail.ru 1998 Jan[13] Template:Proprietary Template:Partial Template:No Template:Yes 25 MBTemplate:Efn 4 All Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Partial Template:Yes
Outlook.com Microsoft 1996 July (As Hotmail)
2012 July 		Template:Proprietary Template:Partial Template:No Template:Yes[14][15] 25 MB (Unlimited via OneDrive) 106 Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer[16] Template:Yes[14] Template:Yes[14] Template:Yes[14] Template:Yes Template:Yes[17] Template:No[18]
Ovi Mail Nokia 2008 Dec Template:Proprietary Template:Partial Template:No 1 GB 20 MB 15 Internet Explorer, Firefox, Ovi Suite Template:Yes Template:Partial Template:Dunno Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Dunno
Rackspace Rackspace Inc 2007, Oct Template:Proprietary From $2 user/monthTemplate:Efn Template:No 25GB 50 MB 12 Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Depends Template:Yes
Rediffmail Rediff 1997 Template:Proprietary Template:Depends Template:Yes Template:Yes 25 MB 11 All Template:Partial Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno
Runbox Runbox Solutions AS 1999 Template:Proprietary Template:No Template:No Template:Partial[19] 100 MB 2 All Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Depends Template:Yes
Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! 1997 Oct Template:Proprietary Template:Depends Template:No Template:YesTemplate:Efn 25 MB (150 MB per file via Dropbox)[20] 27 IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome[21] Template:Partial Template:YesTemplate:Efn Template:Yes Template:Yes[22] except classic version. Template:Partial Template:Dunno
Yandex Mail Yandex LLC 2000 June Template:Proprietary Template:Free Template:Yes Template:Yes[23] 22 MB per file, total 30 MB per mail (2 GB per file via Yandex Disk)[24] 6 All Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Partial Template:Yes
Zoho ZOHO Corporation 2008 Oct Template:Proprietary Template:Depends Template:Yes 5 GB "Lite".
"Standard": 10 & 15 GB 		20 MB 16 Firefox 2.0+, IE 6+, Chrome Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Depends Template:Yes
Product Owner Released Software facility Cost Gratis account ad-free by default Mailbox storage Maximum attachment limit Supported languages Supported browsers POP3Template:Efn support IMAP support SMTP support SSL support Account expiration
(inactivity) 		Use Own Domain

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Verified privacy and legal defense[lower-alpha 1] Verified (possibly) neutral technology Claimed privacy policies[lower-alpha 2]
Search engine Server's location(s) Secure (SSL) webmail Tor gateway available Tor browser allowed Proxy gateway available Internet censorship (countries) HTTP tracking cookies Personalized ads[lower-alpha 3] IP address tracking[lower-alpha 4] Information sharing Browser/platform tracking
AOL Mail USA Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Atmail Australia Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Bitmessage.ch Template:Dunno Template:Yes (default) Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes
FastMail USA Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Gandi France Template:Efn Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Gmail USA Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Possible Template:Yes Template:Yes
GMX Mail
(gmx.com) 		Germany Template:Yes Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Hushmail Canada Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
iCloudTemplate:Efn USA Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Lycos Korea Template:Yes Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Mail.com[25] Germany Template:Yes Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Mail.ru Russia Template:Yes Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Outlook.com USA Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Ovi Mail Finland Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Rackspace USA Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Rediffmail India Template:Yes Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Runbox Norway Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Virtual Office Belgium Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Yahoo! Mail USA Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Yandex Mail Russia Template:Yes (default) Template:No Template:Yes Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
Zoho USA / India Template:Yes Template:No Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown
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  1. ↑ This information can be verified by anyone with access to internet. Servers location play role in a investigation and serves thereof for legal defense.
  2. ↑ Statement cannot be verified to be actual true as the information is handled by servers not accessed by the public.
  3. ↑ For services hosted by companies that also own web search engines: The results of ads are arranged for the user in accordance to his/her interests as determined from previous search queries or other information available to the search engine.
  4. ↑ Tracking the user is not necessarily bad faith behaviour – it has to be conducted in order to provide personalized search results.

Unique features

Unique features in webmail products
Name Features
FastMail.FM One time passwords;[26] Different From and "envelope from" addresses (no "on behalf of ..." issue);[27] spam filter; spam detection;[28] deletion of selected attachments.
Gmail Account verification via SMS or voice call in some countries;[29] Messages grouped into "conversations"; "Normal" view via Settings; Labels instead of folders; Undo send (implemented as a delayed send)
Outlook.com One-time password, Mobile alerts, Account verification via SMS or voice call in some countries, Rules,[30] Messages grouped into "conversations", Scheduled Cleanup,[30] Filter to e.g. only see newsletters or Emails from contacts,[30] Recover deleted emails;[31]
Ovi Mail As of May 2011, content is provided by Yahoo![32]
Rackspace Mix & Match Rackspace Email mailboxes with more expensive Hosted Exchange mailboxes
Rediffmail sign-in via Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, Mobile Sync; Indrive.
Yandex Mail No ads, email for own domains (Yandex PDD), scheduled email delivery, SMS verification, sign-in via Twitter, VK, Facebook, Google Profile
Zoho Various Zoho applications, Google Apps support, sign-in via Facebook, Google, Google Apps, Yahoo!

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
AOL Mail Template:No Template:Yes
(POP3, IMAP, SMTP) 		Template:Yes0 AOL Instant Messenger Template:No1 JavaScript/ Ajax Template:Yes
(McAfee) 		No ? Template:No Template:No
Bigfoot Communications Template:Partial Template:Yes
(POP3, IMAP, SMTP) 		Template:Yes
(POP3 only) 		XMPP Template:Yes HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax Template:Yes ? Template:Yes ? Template:No Template:No
FastMail.FM Template:Partial Template:Yes
(IMAP)7 		Template:Partial
(POP3, Hotmail) 		XMPP Template:Partial HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax (Optional user supplied custom css+JavaScript) Template:Partial
(ClamAV) 		Configurable with user filtering rules Template:Yes
Editable while composing + saved personalities 		Template:Yes
userid followed by "+" followed by tag available on all accounts; subdomain addressing (e.g. <tag>@<userid> .fastmail.fm) available on paid accounts 		Template:No Template:No
Gmail Template:Yes Template:Yes
(POP3, IMAP)
SSL/TLS supported
SMTP restricted18 		Template:Yes
(POP3 only) 		Google Talkbeta (XMPP), AOL Instant Messenger Template:Yes
(Google Apps $5.00 monthly/ $50.00 annually) 		HTML/ JavaScript/ Ajax2 Template:Yes Yes, including .exe files in zip files Yes, limited.
Feature restricted to preconfigured addresses. Addresses not registered in advance with Gmail are blocked. 		Template:Yes
userid followed by "+" followed by tag 		Template:No Template:No
GMX Mail Template:No Template:Yes
(POP3, IMAP17, SMTP)
SSL/TLS supported 		Template:Yes
(POP3 only) 		XMPP Template:Yes HTML/ JavaScript/ Ajax Template:Yes
(McAfee and Symantec) 		Yes, including .exe files in zip files Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No
Hushmail Template:No Template:Partial8 Template:Dunno Template:No Template:Partial Java or HTML Template:No but the text based email stops most viruses, PGP encryption ? Template:Yes, unlimited email aliases for Premium members ? Template:Yes Template:Yes
Mail.com Template:Partial Template:Yes
(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)
SSL/TLS supported 		Template:Yes
(POP3 only) 		Google Talk (XMPP) Template:No HTML/ JavaScript/ Ajax2 Template:Yes Yes, including .exe files in zip files Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No
Mail.ru Template:Yes Template:Yes
(POP3, IMAP) 		Template:Yes
(POP3 only) 		custom Template:Yes (Free, Mail.ru for Business supports up to 5000 mailboxes) HTML/ Ajax (Beta) Template:Yes
(Kaspersky) 		? Template:Yes ? Template:No Template:No
Outlook.com Template:Yes Template:Partial
(POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange Server, IMAP[33])3 		Template:Yes
(POP3 only) 		Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Google Hangouts, Facebook Chat Template:No4 HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax Template:Yes Yes, including .exe files in zip files Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No
Rackspace Template:Yes Template:Yes
(POP3, IMAP)
SSL/TLS supported
SMTP restricted 		Template:Dunno Template:Yes Template:Yes HTML/ JavaScript/ Ajax Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:No Template:No Template:No
rediff Template:No Template:Partial Template:Dunno Rediff Bol Template:Yes JavaScript/ Ajax2 Template:Yes ? Template:Yes ? Template:No Template:No
Runbox Template:Yes Template:Yes
(IMAP, POP, SMTP)
SSL/TLS supported 		Template:Yes
(POP3, Hotmail, Gmail)
SSL/TLS supported 		XMPP, Google Talk, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN, ICQ, IRC[34] Template:Yes HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax Template:Yes
(ClamAV) 		If discarded by virus scanner Template:Yes
Selectable while composing; saved identities 		Template:Yes
userid followed by "+" or "-" followed by tag 		Template:No Template:No
Seznam.cz Template:Yes Template:Yes
(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)
SSL/TLS supported 		Template:Yes
(POP3 only) 		Template:No Template:No HTML/ JavaScript Template:Yes
(ESET-NOD32) 		? Template:Yes ? Template:No Template:No
Yahoo! Mail Template:Yes[35] Template:Yes
(POP3-Plus members only, but free in some countries, IMAP
SSL/TLS supported) 		Template:Yes
(POP3 only) 		Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger Template:Partial HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax Template:Yes
(Norton AntiVirus) 		Yes, including .exe files in zip files Template:Yes
& only 10 addresses 		Template:Yes
alias userid (chosen by user) followed by "-" followed by tag 		Template:No Template:No
Yandex Mail Template:Yes Template:Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP, SSL) Template:Yes
(POP3 only) 		Template:Yes Template:Yes (Free, Yandex PDD supports up to 1000 mailboxes without verification of legal use) HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax Template:Yes
(Dr.Web[36]) 		Configurable or/and if discarded by antivirus Template:Yes, only from confirmed addresses[37] Template:Yes
your e-mail address followed by "+" then followed by a suffix[38] 		Template:No Template:No
Zoho Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Ajax Template:Yes ? Template:Yes ? Template:No Template:No
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

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 Windows Live 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 14: Most mail services that do not support POP3 access can be accessed through the FreePOPs mail proxy software.

Note 17: IMAP only available for paid accounts.

Note 18: Gmail restricts the FROM field to registered addresses. E.g. Disposable addresses forbidden.

See also

References

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  8. ↑ GMX.com: 13. Term and Termination: 13.3. You agree that in the event that GMX determines, in its sole discretion, that you have not logged in for more than six months, GMX may [...] erase such materials from GMX's Equipment
  9. ↑ Help.hushmail.com
  10. ↑ iCloud: System requirements
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 iCloud: Mail server information. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  12. ↑ mail.com Gratis mail: State of the art in global communication
  13. ↑ Mail.Ru Group: Главная Template:Link language
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  17. ↑ Closed account at microsoft.com ("After 365 days of inactivity, your email will be deleted and cannot be recovered.")
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  19. ↑ Runbox: Feature list. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
  20. ↑ https://www.dropbox.com/help/973/
  21. ↑ Which browsers does Yahoo! Mail support? Yahoo! Help
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  23. ↑ http://help.yandex.com/mail/?id=1114209
  24. ↑ http://help.yandex.com/mail/letter/attach-files.xml
  25. ↑ mail.com free mail: State of the art in global communication
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  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/outlook/clean-inbox
  31. ↑ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/outlook/recover-deleted-messages
  32. ↑ [1] Ovi Mail migration to Yahoo
  33. ↑ http://blogs.office.com/2013/09/12/outlook-com-now-has-imap/
  34. ↑ Runbox: IM documentation. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
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  36. ↑ http://help.yandex.ru/mail/
  37. ↑ http://help.yandex.com/mail/?id=1114258
  38. ↑ http://help.yandex.ru/mail/reg.xml
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