hushmail.com

General Hushmail.com is a no-cost webmail service. However, this service is somewhat different than larger competitors like yahoo/hotmail in the following respects: * It is minimalist: Hushmail avoids the many bells and whistles you might be used to from other services. In fact, it doesn't provide much more functionally than sending/receiving emails and a simple address book. Moreover, it has only 25 MB of online storage for your mails, which appears to be quite sparse to me. * It is secure: It can be considered the key feature of Hushmail that emails can be encrypted and digitally signed ... more

There are so many different free email services out there it is very difficuilt to decide which one to use, do you choose speed, ease of use, name, etc. I find that security should be the number one priority, and with an account that encrypts everything that it sends with your own personal key Hushmail must be the most secure email service out there. Hushmail has been around a long time however has not had the publicity like yahoo/hotmail because it is not backed by a large organisation. With hushmail you get many features such as (all free); digital signing, technical support, 5 megs storage ... more

Should you become a Premium Hushmail member don't expect to receive a response when you complete the "Help" contact form at the website. I completed this form 3 times with no response. Finally, went back to the membership confirmation e-mail I received when I paid for the Premium Hushmail service and found another contact e-mail. Response, was prompt, but the help was limited and inadequate. When they couldn't solve the problem, they simply stopped responding. So, in essence I'm unable to login and therefore locked out of my Hushmail account with no recourse. I'm glad I did not store any ... more