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Most web hosting services provide a basic level of email
hosting. If email hosting is a primary need for your hosting search, please
check out out Email Hosts Review page. It
provides a quick way to select the best host for your email needs.
Email Accounts
When you purchase a hosting solution, typically you select a domain name to
accompany your new hosting plan. Adding email addresses in the form of:
me@mymydomain.com
us@mydomain.com
is a straight forward feature that can help your family, church or business
website present a more professional image.
POP Email
POP or POP3 (Post Office Protocol) is a standard client/server method for
sending and receiving mail. When you receive mail, it is held on the email
server until you pick it up with a email program like Outlook Express, Eudora,
Mozilla Thunderbird or Netscape Messenger.
IMAP Email
IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. IMAP is another standard
protocol for sending and receiving email.
Email you receive is held on your mail server until you login with your email
program. With IMAP, email stays on the server until you delete it or move it to
a local mail folder.
IMAP is an improvement over POP because email stored on an IMAP server can be
read from several computers without having to transfer messages back and forth
between computers.
SPAM Tools
If you use email, then you should be very familiar with SPAM. An email host
that provides SPAM tools will attempt to remove SPAM before it reaches your
email client. If your host does not provide SPAM tools, you can still remove
SPAM automatically with your email client.
Web-based Email
Web-based email services enable you to access email via a web browser. You
log into your email account via the Web to send and retrieve email. With
web-based email, you can access your email from anywhere that you have a web
browser and an internet connection.
Email Forwarding
Email forwarding will allow you to setup aliases that all point back to the
same account. For example, you may create a sales@mydomain.com and
webmaster@mydomain.com then have any email that goes to those accounts forwarded
to mainaccount@mydomain.com or any other email account that you regularly use.
Mailing Lists
If you are a business or regularly email your users, a mailing list will
provide a simple way to contact your users quickly. You can establish a simple
mailing list email like user@mydomain.com and simply send a single email to that
account and reach hundreds or even thousands of users.
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