There
are many free email options available over the internet. Even though we are
inclined more towards social networks for our day to day communication, email
still holds importance in our online presence. There are many things which are still
dependent on email like registration on some of the websites, online
transactions, online purchases and many more.
If
you are new to internet and want to register your new email this post will help
you to choose most desirable free service. There are many free webmail services
available now, I am here, comparing three of the most reliable and popular
email services.
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Cost
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Free
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Free and paid
plus accounts
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Free and Paid
Options.
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Space
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15 GB (Shared
with drive)
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No set limit
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No set limit
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Domains
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@gmail.com
(@googlemail.com comes as alias with all accounts)
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@yahoo.com,
@ymail.com, @rocketmail.com and other country code domains like @yahoo.in
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@hotmail.com, @live.com,
@outlook.com and many country code domains like live.in, outlook.in
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Two step
verification
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Yes
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Yes (In some
countries)
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Yes
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Compose email
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HTML &
plain Text
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HTML &
plain Text
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HTML &
plain Text
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File attachment
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20 MB (Upto 1GB
with attachment in Google Drive)
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25 MB
(Attachment size can be increased with plugins)
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~20 MB (Can be
increased with Skydrive)
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Daily Sending
limit#
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Approx 500
emails (No set limit officially available)
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~500 emails
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Varies with
account reputation
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POP3
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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IMAP
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes (on
outlook.com interface)
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PUSH IMAP
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Yes
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No
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No
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SMTP
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Ads on Webmail
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Yes - Text ads
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Yes - Media and
flash ads
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Yes - Text and
Media ads
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Mobile Mail ##
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Access other
emails
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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"Send Mail
As" feature for sending email from other account @
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Mail Filters @@
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Advanced
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Basic
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Advanced
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Associated
Office suite
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Yes via google
drive
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No
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Yes via
Skydrive
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Special
Features
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1. Canned Responses
2. Extension of mail
features using Google Scripts & Docs
3. Auto categorizing of
emails in Social, Forum etc.
4. Use of multiple gmail
account in same browser.
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1. Disposable Email
adressess
2. Tabbed email viewing
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1. Schedule clean up.
2. Auto category
3. Edit as HTML in compose
window
4. Email Aliases
(additional outlook or live.com emails)
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Also Read: POP v/s IMAP and PUSH Mail for newbies
#
Daily sending limit for emails may be variable from country to country and type
and reputation of your email account.
##
This refers to accessing mail on mobile devices on mobile compatible webmail
interface.
@
This means other email address can be added to your existing email so that you
will be able to send email from the added email id also. The sent email's
header will show something like From [email protected] on behalf of [email protected]
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Basic email filter as in yahoo means you can create filter rules to arrange
incoming mails in separate folders only. While advanced filters also include,
sending autoresponders, forwarding mail to other address etc also based on
filter rules.
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