Free email Service Reviews

Reviews of free email services. Free web based and pop3 service provider reviews, email options, add-ons and utilities. There are hundreds of free email services available for you to choose from on the Internet. So how do you decide which one is the best fit for you? Do you choose a free web based or pop3 email account? Or one with superior privacy and security features? Here we answer those questions and more by offering a roundup of free email service providers with full reviews. Our reviews cover the key features of free email services like storage capacity, log-in limitations, inactivity periods, spam filters, virus checking, privacy and security, ad placement and frequency, import functions, compose editors and more. Plus, we review and list useful free email add-ons, utilities and tools.

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Free Web Based email Services

E2Umail
E2Umail is a free web based email service that offers loads of cool user friendly features. Some of these are unique to the service. E2Umail serves up a generous 350 megs of storage. It's web mail interface is slick looking, easy to use and is ad free. The service is POP3, IMAP and WAP compatible. There are loads of extras for power users here like Spam & Virus Protection, email Forwarding, Contacts & Calendar, Short Message Service, Mail Monitor Utility and much more.

Inbox.com
Inbox free web based email accounts come with a hefty 2 Gigabytes of storage space and that's just for starters. This free service is long on great features and short on drawbacks (although unfortunately, there are a few). Inbox's interface is a pleasure to view and use. It is super fast and not cluttered with loads of banner and popup ads. Useful features here include an excellent email compose editor that supports both plain text and rich HTML, integrated search function, folder filters, near flawless spam filtering, flat based address book, thread view massage option and much more. As we mentioned there are a few drawbacks with Inbox.com. These include the inability to use non inbox addresses in outgoing messages, a short 45 day inactive period and lack of support for encrypted mail and digital signatures. However, even with those, Inbox is pure free email account pleasure and should be on your short list when deciding on a service to use.

FastMail
Here's a great free web based email service for power users. A FastMail free email account comes with a 10 MB storage limit and many features only found in a locally installed pop3 email program. The service supports full IMAP access and although it's ad supported it's interface is super fast. FastMail's ads are not intrusive on your workspace and compared to other free services are minimal. The service offers a feature rich message editor that makes it easy to compose email in both rich HTML and plain-text formats. Other features include custom filters, vacation auto-replies, junk mail and virus filtering, anti phishing filters that disable misleading links to help protect your privacy, import wizards for collecting your mail from pop3 and other web based clients and a easy to use and configure address book. The only drawback here is FastMail's short 45 day inactive period, (e.g., your account goes inactive if you do not log-in for 45 days.).

Gmail
Gmail is Google's answer to free web based email and chat rolled into one very well put together package. The service offers a whopping 2.7 (and counting) gigabytes of storage. Like the Google search engine, their free email service layout is clean and fast. Although it is ad supported, all ads are in text format so you don't loose a lot of work space fighting bloated banner and/or popup ads. Gmail offers an impressive list of features including an unheard of 9 month inactive period, full folder support, an archive feature where you can store an almost unlimited amount of received mail, intuitive filters for your friends list and to deter spam, easy to use compose and send, a message search tool, keyboard shortcuts and much more. The only drawbacks here are having to be invited to open an account and Gmail's lack of support for IMAP access and inline images. Past experience has shown Google's willingness to address user concerns and requests for additional options, so we anticipate the above drawbacks to be resolved with-in time. Bottom line - If you can get an invitation to open a free Gmail account, snap it up fast! Gmail is so cool and loaded with exclusive features, it may be the only email system you'll ever need. Editors note: You must be invited by a current Gmail account holder to open a new account yourself.

Yahoo! Mail
Yahoo! Mail started out to compete with it's main rival "Hotmail" and wound up morphing into a monster that has since blown HM's doors off. This free web based email service from the directory king has grown to offer a generous 1 gigabyte of storage and loads of other useful free extras. These include excellent spam filtering, automatic virus protection and additional security protection, custom stationary, folder filters, a simple yet effective mail compose editor, support for rich HTML, mail photo service and much more. Of course you also get access to many other Yahoo! favorites like search, games, chat and more all from the same log-in. Unfortunately, Yahoo! Mail also has some drawbacks like lack of support for message threads, plain text composing, digital signatures and message encryption. On top of that, the services mail folder search function is clumsy and not intuitive which really boggles the mind being that it's well...Yahoo! for goodness sake! Even with it's drawbacks, Yahoo! Mail is a powerful free web based email service and definitely worth your time to check out.

goowy mail
If your tired of static text based web mail and looking to jazz things up a little, then goowy mail might just be your ticket. This free flash based webtop (like desktop) email service is anything but boring and offers a giant sized 2 gigabytes of storage. Goowy mail jumps off the screen as soon as you enter the site. The service is loaded with cool flash effects that up it's WOW factor, if not it's functionality. The service is not all glitz and glamour though. Goowy delivers an integrated webtop experience for managing your personal communications (integrated instant messaging, email, contacts, and calendar). It also has other very useful features like pop3 support, mail, address book and option import, message search, a decent message composer, spam filters, a fair address book, integrated components called "goowy minis" that are actually mini applications with-in the main program shell to display weather, stock and other information, an option to link up with any RSS feed and more. It is also relatively fast, being it's flash based. the goowy mail inactive period is a generous 120 days, after which an account is disabled. If you're looking for something completely unique in a free web based email service, goowy mail is definitely worth adding to your short list. Editors note: Look for the "Goowy Webtop" link on the site.

MSN Hotmail
Hotmail from Microsoft started the free web based email revolution on the Internet. Hotmail has made many changes to the service since our last review however, the truth is that Hotmail has still not grown or changed with the times compared to other free services and is still an after thought when deciding to pick one. The free service does offer a generous 2 gigabytes of storage, but lacks both pop and IMAP access (both available with their paid premium service). Hotmail also now offers a message search feature, secure messaging, email management tools and spam filters. However, all of these are typically MS cryptic, making them almost useless for the average user. In addition to it's non user friendly interface, Hotmail is still loaded with obtrusive graphic advertising making the simplest chore on the service agonizing. We recommend you look elsewhere for your free web based email service.

Free Pop3 email Services

Lavabit
Developed by independent programmers concerned about peoples privacy rights on the Internet, this site offers free anonymous POP3 e-mail accounts with 1024 MB's of storage. Lavabit includes an impressive list of features with their free service, a few of which include virus checking, and powerful interface, sorting and mail management tools. The service does not offer a web based client at this time so you will have to configure your local email program (e.g., outlook, thunderbird etc.) for this account. The Lavabit free service also does not offer any spam filters so you will have to find an add-on utility to accomplish this task. Editors note: This service was formally called "Nerdshack".

LPEmail
LPEmail offers a free POP3 and web-based email service with 10 MB of storage and sophisticated anti-spam protection, including whitelist, blacklist and keyphrase options. The keyphrase they use is added to your emails and acts as a password. Mail arriving to your LPEmail account without this keyphrase will be flagged as spam and blacklisted. The service is completely ad free and relies on donations from it's members. Donations are completely optional. See site for complete details. Editors Note: You will receive automatic "daily devotional" email in your LPEmail account. This is required to use the free service.

SAFe-mail
Totally lockup and secure your pop3 and/or web based email with this outstanding free service. SAFe-mail is a free pop3 and web based email service that offers 3MB of storage space and over 30 powerful encryption features that can be used to send highly secure email messages between any two SAFe-mail accounts. SAFe-mail also includes tools to protect the integrity of any email attachments. Some of the features here include IMAP/POP3 support, free digital certificates that allow Safe-mail users to communicate securely with non-Safe-mail users, a safebox that allows Safe-mail users to send secure email to non-Safe-mail users, address books with nested grouping and sharing facility of users' private address books, folders and sub-folders, Safe-mail calendar that offers secure sharing with other Safe-mail users, dynamic antivirus that filters malicious code before it reaches the user, dynamic spam filter that marks and filters out unwanted mail, an application to publish electronic statements, news letters and message bulletins that's totally secure and much more.

Free email Add-ons, Utilities and Tools

Add a Free Zwinky to Your Email
A Zwinky is a customizable online character that can be used on email messages and much more. You can also use Zwinky on message boards, blogs and profile pages. Zwinky avatars can be personalized with clothing, accessories, hairstyles, backgrounds and more. There are 100's of custom options to choose from. Zwinky works with most Email, IM & Blog applications - as well as social sites like My Space, Facebook, Xanga and MSN Spaces. Get your own free Zwinky now. Its fun, easy and totally free! U.S., U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand only.

beemailcard.com
This free service lets you create an email business card that you can use as your signature for outgoing email messages. The service has many options including custom fonts, backgrounds and more.

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