Types of Email Service

There are some type of email service.
You know a Yahoo mail, Gmail, Lycos and Hotmail those area a free service of email. All of them are a Web base email. It is mean that you only read trough website. Bellow will describe several email service;

WEB-BASED EMAIL
Web-based email services enable you to access your email via your web browser. You log into your email account via the Web to send and retrieve email. Free services usually feature banner ads, and often pop-ups as well.

POP3 EMAIL
POP email services store your email on a remote server. You can connect to the server at any time and download your mail into your favourite email software package. Generally, with POP3 mail, you download all new messages in one operation onto your local computer.

IMAP EMAIL
IMAP email services offer extremely powerful control over your email. Like POP3 mail (above), IMAP works with your email client to retrieve email from a remote server. Unlike POP3, IMAP lets you have granular control over your email, since you can view message subjects before downloading them, and choose which emails to download on a case by case basis. IMAP will also allow you to synchronize your mail folders between your local computer and the IMAP server of your email provider, so that you will see the same folders and messages wherever you happen to log into your mailbox.

EMAIL FORWARDING
Email forwarding services automatically redirect all email sent to your new email forwarding address to an existing email address that you specify, in essence passing the messages on instantly to their destination. Because forwarding services don't store your email, you'll need to have an alternate email address to act as the receiver account.

EMAIL PROVIDERS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Free email is global! Here is a wide selection of email providers offering their services in languages other than English

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