Comparison of webmail providers

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.

General information

Name	Owner	First public release date	Cost (US$)	Storage	Attachment limit	Languages supported	Browser(s) supported	IMAP/POP3 support7	Account expiration on inactivity	Unique features
Alternative Fuse	www.alternativefuse.com	2010 July	free	Unlimited	20 MB	English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian, and Italian	All	Neither, Email forwarding offered instead.	Never	Drag-and-drop unlimited file storage. Featuring; apps for live radio, video chat, games, international news, translator, and more. Advanced interactive calendar and address book.
Lus Mail	www.lus.com	2009 July	free	1 GB	10 MB	multiple language	All	Both
AOL Mail	AOL, USA	2004 Aug 23	free (ads)	Unlimited	25 MB	26	All	Both	3 months
BlueTie	BlueTie, Inc.	1999	$5.99 per user/month (ad free)	10 GB	25 MB	English	IE 6,7 and 8, Mozilla 2.0+, Safari 3.0+	Both	No
ContactOffice	ContactOffice Group sa	2000	free and paying accounts	100 MB - 10 GB	25 MB	English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Danish, Swedish	All	Both	90 days(free), no (paid)
Rediffmail	Rediff, India	1997	Free and paid service 399 (US$8.09) pre year for POP3 and 50 (US$1.01) per month for mobile	unlimited	25 MB	English , Hindi, हिन्दी, Indian languages, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, and Nepali	ALL	Both, 399 (US$8.09) for POP3 access	60th Day(Mails clean up),90th Day(Deactivation of account Permanently)	Supports sign-ins with a Google, Yahoo! , Facebook, Twitter, Orkut and Mobile Sync and can store files ,videos , pics in Indrive.
Excite	IAC Search & Media, USA	1994	free	1 GB	25 MB	English		No
FastMail.FM	Opera Software Australia Pty Ltd. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1999 Jan 00	* free (text ads in web interface and email signature) * $4.95 yearly (Ad Free) * $19.95 yearly (Full) * $39.95 yearly (Enhanced) (Also various other service levels in 'Business' and 'Family' group accounts)	25 MB - 15 GB (depending on service level)	10 MB - 50 MB (depending on service level)2	English Interface. All languages supported in message display/composition. Right to left directionality supported.	All	IMAP for all accounts, POP3 (and SMTP) for all paid accounts	45 days (free) None (all paid accounts)	One time passwords.[1] Encryption of email delivery.[2] Different From and "envelope from" addresses (no "on behalf of ..." issue)[3] Full user control of spam filtering. Backscatter spam detection.[4] Deletion of selected attachments in saved messages.
Gawab	EgyptHome IT, Egypt	2000 Nov	free (ads in emails and interface)	10 GB	50 MB	18 languages	All	Both	2 months
Gmail	Google, USA	2004 Apr 1	free (Text ads seen when viewing mail, not in messages)	more than 7.5 GB (storage quota is being continually and slowly incremented)[5]	25 MB[6]	52	All	IMAP, POP, POP+TLS,HTTPS, Microsoft Exchange	After 9 months, at Google's discretion.11	Account verification via SMS or voice call required for new signups in some countries.[7] Messages grouped into "conversations" "Normal" view available via Settings. Labels instead of folders.
GMX Mail	United Internet AG, Germany	1997 Jan 00	free	unlimited	50 MB			POP3, IMAP	6 months for free account
Hushmail	Hush Communications Ltd Vancouver, Canada	1999 May 00	Free (no ads) $34.99 year (Premium)	25 MB (free), 1 GB+ (premium)	20 MB[8]	English		IMAP ($14.99)	3 weeks
Lavabit	Lavabit LLC, USA	2004 June 00	2 Free options and 2 Paid	128MB ($free,no ads) - 1GB ($free, ads)	32-128 MB Message size varies according to option	English	All	Both (SSL optional)	4 months, no (paid)
LuxSci	Lux Scientiae, Inc., USA	1999 Dec 1	$10 monthly	5+ or 15+ GB	200 MB	Any/Unicode	All	IMAP, IMAP+SSL, IMAP+TLS, POP, POP+SSL, POP+TLS, Alternate Ports	No	Mobile Sync, Email Encryption, Custom Filters, HIPAA Compliant Email, Archival
Lycos	Daum, Korea	1995 Jan 00	$19.95 yearly	5 GB of storage	35mb per email	Any
Mail.com	United Internet	N/A	free (ads in interface) or $3.95/month or $19.95/year	Unlimited	50 MB10	English, Spanish, French		Both	after 12 months (free accounts)	drag and drop, 200 domains, 10 aliases, organizer, file storage
Mail.ru	Mail.ru, Russia	1998 Jan 00[9]	free (ads in interface) $5 monthly (without ads)	Unlimited	30 MB6	Russian		POP3	3 month
Mail2World	Mail2World, Inc., USA	2000 Jan 00	Free & $19.95 (Premium)	Unlimited	50 MB	13 languages		Free: None Paid: Both	30 days
Mymailshare	Mymailshare, USA	2009 Nov	Free (by invitation only)	Unlimited	20 MB10	English	All	POP3	Never
MyWay	IAC Search & Media	?	Free	125 MB	10 MB	English	All	No	Deactivates in 60 days Deletes after 90 days
MobileMe	Apple Inc, USA	2008 July	$99 / £59 per year (60-day free trial)	20 GB - Unlimited shared between file storage and email (user customizable ratio).		4	Safari 3+ / Firefox 2+ / IE 7 8	IMAP (POP3 optional) 9	Never
Opolis	www.opolis.eu, Bahrain	00 May 2009	Free	Unlimited	125MB	English, German, Russian, Czech	All	No	No
Ovi Mail	Nokia, Finland	2008 Dec	Free (text ads added to the end of outgoing email)	1 GB	20 MB	15 languages	Internet Explorer, Firefox, Ovi Suite	IMAP (mobile only) & POP
Rackspace Email	Rackspace, USA	1999	$2 per mailbox/month - (5 user minimum)	10GB	50 MB	8	All	Both	Never
Runbox	Runbox AS Oslo, Norway	1999	$49.95 per year for email, email hosting, and web hosting (30-day free trial). Accounts without web hosting from $19.95 per year.	10 GB + 1 GB file storage[10]	100 MB	English, Norwegian	All	IMAP4 and POP3 with SSL support	Never	Web-hosting included with standard accounts
Seznam Mail	Seznam.cz	1998	Free	10Mb, by sending SMS from Czech cell network can be increased to 2Gb	13 MB	Czech	All	POP3, POP3+SSL, IMAP, IMAP+SSL	6 months
Vmail.me	www.vmail.me	2010	Free	1GB	25 MB	English, French, Portuguese	All	POP3+SSL, IMAP+SSL	9 months
Windows Live Hotmail	Microsoft	1996 July 4	Free with ads $19.95 yearly without ads1	5GB that 'grows with you' (10GB start with Windows Live Hotmail Plus)	25 MB/10 GB with SkyDrive	48	All	POP3, Microsoft Exchange	270 days
Shtrudel M@il	Shtrudel	2008 April 2	Free with ads	5 GB + 2 GB file storage[11]	10 MB	English, German, Italian, Hebrew	All	No	Never
Yahoo! Mail	Yahoo!	1997 Oct 8	free (ads) $19.99 yearly without ads (Plus version)	Unlimited5	25 MB (basic with ads in interface and e-mails) 25 MB (Plus version)	27[citation needed]	IE, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, new version will not work with blackberry OS	POP3 (In most countries, or with Plus); or with YPOPs!	4 months[12]
Zoho	ZOHO Corporation	2008 Oct 13	Free (personal) Free for up to 3 users ("Lite" business account) $24 per user yearly ("Standard 10GB" business account) $36 per user yearly ("Standard 15GB" business account)	Unlimited (personal) 1 GB ("Lite") 10 GB ("Standard 10GB") 15 GB ("Standard 15GB")	10 MB	Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English(US), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish	Firefox 2.0+, IE 6+, Chrome	Both	120 days (for free accounts) None (for paid accounts)	Integrated with Zoho web application suite Supports sign-ins with a Google, Google Apps, Yahoo! or Facebook account

Note 1: Hotmail Plus, Outlook Live, MSN Premium, and Windows Live Hotmail

Note 2: Additionally there are monthly total transfer ("bandwidth") limits.^[13] E.g. 80 MB/month for the free account (as of September 2009).

Note 3: Help information in Russian only.

Note 4: Subscription-based upgrade is in development

Note 5: Yahoo! Mail had announced free, unlimited storage space for all its members, starting May 2007.^[14]

Note 6: Mail.ru mailboxes start out at 10 GB; if the user needs more space, they can increase storage 2 GB at a time by solving a captcha^[15]

Note 7: In addition to the POP3 support listed here, almost all webmail providers can be accessed with POP3 using the third-party tool FreePOPs.

Note 8: "You may also use Internet Explorer 7 or later with Windows XP or Vista, but some features may not be available."^[16]

Note 9: Only IMAP is enabled by default, but POP access will be enabled upon request^[17]

Note 10: Help in Mail tour.^[18]

Note 11: Gmail accounts may or may not be deleted after 9 months of inactivity. There is no guarantee it will remain after then.^[19]

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
Alternative Fuse	Yes	No[20]	Yes	Multiplatform Instant Messenger		JavaScript/Ajax	Yes (ClamAV)	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
AOL Mail	No	Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP)	Yes0	AOL Instant Messenger	Yes1	JavaScript/Ajax	Yes (McAfee)	No		?	No	No
Bigfoot	Premium account only	Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP)	Yes (POP3 only)	XMPP	Yes	HTML/JavaScript/CSS/Ajax	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	No
BlueMail	Yes	Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP)	Yes (POP3 only)	XMPP	Yes	HTML/JavaScript/CSS/Ajax	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	No
EuMX	Yes	Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP)	Yes (POP3 only)	No			Yes (ClamAV)	?		?	No	No
FastMail.FM	Yes	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
Gmail	Yes	Yes (POP3, IMAP) SSL/TLS supported SMTP restricted18	Yes (POP3 only)	Google Talkbeta (XMPP), AOL Instant Messenger	Yes (Google Apps)	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
GMX Mail	No	Yes (POP3, IMAP17, SMTP) SSL/TLS supported	Yes (POP3 only)	No	Yes	HTML/JavaScript/Ajax	Yes (McAfee and Symantec)	?	Yes	?	No	No
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
Lavabit	Yes	Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP) SSL supported	No	XMPP	Only for premium accounts		Yes (ClamAV)	No	No	?	No	No
LuxSci	Yes	Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP, LDAP) SSL/TLS supported Alternate ports supported Mobile Push Email	Yes (POP3 or POP3+SSL) Bulk email migration via IMAP or IMAP+SSL	No	Yes	JavaScript/Ajax or Simple HTML16	Yes, Basic ClamAV or Premium Multi-Vendor Filters	Yes, with Premium Filtering	Yes	Yes userid followed by "+" followed by tag available on all accounts	Yes	No
Mail.com	No	Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP) SSL/TLS supported	Yes (POP3 only)	Google Talk (XMPP)	No	HTML/JavaScript/Ajax2	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	No
Mail.ru	Yes	Yes (POP3, IMAP)	Yes (POP3 only)	Mail.ru Agent	?	HTML/Ajax (Beta)	Yes (Kaspersky)	?	Yes	?	No	No
Mail2World	Platinum accounts only	Yes (POP3, IMAP)	Yes (POP3 only)	No	Yes	HTML/JavaScript/Ajax	Yes	?	Yes, using aliases.	?	No	No
Mymailshare	Yes	Yes (POP3)	Yes (POP3 only)	Yes	No	HTML/JavaScript/Ajax	Yes	Yes, if discarded by the virus scanner	Yes	No	No	No
MyWay	No	No	No	No	No	HTML/JavaScript/Ajax	No	N/A	Yes	No	No	No
rediff	No	Plus members only	?	Rediff Bol	Yes	JavaScript/Ajax2	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	No
Rackspace Email	Yes	Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP)	Yes (POP3 only)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes, unless packaged in a .zip file	Yes Editable while composing + saved personalities		?	No	No
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[21]	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
Seznam.cz	Yes	Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP) SSL/TLS supported	Yes (POP3 only)	No	No	HTML/JavaScript	Yes (ESET-NOD32)	?	Yes	?	No	No
Thinkpost.net	Yes	Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP)	Yes (POP3 only)	No	Yes	Yes Unique app for Wireless BlackBerry sync with Outlook	Yes	?	?	?	No	No
Vmail.me	No	Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP) SSL/TLS supported	No	No	No	HTML/JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax	No	?	No	No	Yes	Yes
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[22]	No	No
Yahoo! Mail	Plus members only10	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)	?	only Plus members15 & only 10 addresses	Plus members only alias userid (chosen by user) followed by "-" followed by tag	No	No
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
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 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);^[23] 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^[24]

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.

References

1. ^ "Alternative Logins". FastMail.FM. http://www.fastmail.fm/help/features_alternative_logins.html. 
2. ^ "Opportunistic SSL/TLS encryption on outgoing emails". FastMail.FM. http://blog.fastmail.fm/2010/01/29/opportunistic-ssltls-encryption-on-outgoing-emails/. 
3. ^ "Personalities". FastMail.FM. http://www.fastmail.fm/help/preferences_personalities.html. 
4. ^ "Backscatter". FastMail.FM. http://www.fastmail.fm/help/spam_virus_protection_backscatter.html. 
5. ^ https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive=true&rm=false&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3Dhtml%26zy%3Dl&bsv=llya694le36z&ss=1&scc=1&ltmpl=default&ltmplcache=2&hl=en&from=logout
6. ^ "Gmail: Maximum attachment size". Google.com. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=8770. 
7. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions on Account Verification via SMS or voice call". http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=114129. 
8. ^ Help.hushmail.com
9. ^ Почтовая служба Mail.Ru (Russian)
10. ^ Runbox: Feature list. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
11. ^ Shtrudel: Feature list. Retrieved April 8, 2008.
12. ^ Lifehacker.com Never Use Hotmail, Inactive Webmail As Your Secondary Email Account
13. ^ Why FastMail.FM tracks bandwidth
14. ^ "Yahoo! Mail goes to infinity and beyond"
15. ^ ОБЩАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ О ПОЧТОВОМ ЯЩИКЕ И ЕГО СОДЕРЖИМОМ (Russian)
16. ^ "MobileMe Account: What is MobileMe?". Apple Inc.. http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?path=MobileMe/Account/en/acct16898.html. Retrieved 2010-11-27. 
17. ^ "Choosing POP or IMAP for your MobileMe email". Support.apple.com. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3300. Retrieved 2010-11-27. 
18. ^ "Mail Tour". O.aolcdn.com. http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/affinity/en-us/?d=mail.com&ncid=txtlnkusonbo00000001. Retrieved 2010-11-27. 
19. ^ ""Do Gmail accounts go dormant and expire?" Google Help Forum". 2010-10-20. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=56abbf1fbd0629c9&hl=en. Retrieved 2011-05-02. 
20. ^ Alternative Fuse Support: "Currently, we do not provide access to our POP3 or SMTP or IMAP servers. A solution in replace of this is to set up the forwarding capability."
21. ^ Runbox: IM documentation. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
22. ^ Hotmail: Organize your inbox using plus addresses. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
23. ^ "How do I receive my Yahoo! Mail using a different email program? | Yahoo! Mail Classic Help". Yahoo!. http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/classic/mailplus/pop/pop-35.html. Retrieved 2010-11-22. 
24. ^ "How does Yahoo! Mail Plus compare to free Yahoo! Mail?"