Web based email or POP (Post Office Protocol) email? Which do you need? Practically all ISP's these days offer a POP mail account so you can download your mail onto your machine and peruse as desired. You log on to your network, run Outlook Express or your prefered mail client and bingo, your ... Read review
Advantages: No need for a mail client. No disk space used. Can pick up your mail while on holiday and have it redirected to your Web Mail account. Disadvantages: Some Web Mail servers are slow.
Web based email or POP (Post Office Protocol) email? Which do you need? Practically all ISP's these days offer a POP mail account so you can download your mail onto your machine and peruse as desired. You log on to your network, run Outlook Express or your prefered mail client and bingo, your mail is there to read. So why do people use Web Mail?
One reason is anonimty. A Web Mail account isn't directly traceable back to you. It can ... ...mail item you send with a POP account will have your return address hidden in it.
Another reason is conservation. Some people don't like mail messages on their hard drive and prefer to view them online and delete them as appropriate.
The choice is really a personal one but now there may be a new reason to opt to have a web based email account. A large number of email accounts such as Microsoft's Hotmail will allow you ... more
Web based email or POP (Post Office Protocol) email? Which do you need? Practically all ISP's these days offer a POP mail account so you can download your mail onto your machine and peruse as desired. You log on to your network, run Outlook Express or your prefered mail client and bingo, your mail is there to read. So why do people use Web Mail?
One reason is anonimty. A Web Mail account isn't directly traceable back to you. It can be done, but only with the mail provider's help. Every mail item you send with a POP account will have your return address hidden in it.
Another reason is conservation. Some people don't like mail messages on their hard drive and prefer to view them online and delete them as appropriate.
The choice is really a personal one but now there may be a new reason to opt to have a web based email account. A large number of email accounts such as Microsoft's Hotmail will allow you to pick up mail from your POP account and transfer it to their servers so you can view it online. Why is this a bonus? Imagine going on holiday for two weeks and you wish to keep abreast of your mail. You can hardly phone home to your ISP without incuring a large phone bill, but you can go to the nearest CyberCafe, log in to your Web Mail, and view your POP mail from there.
So Web Mail does have it's uses. You've just got to hope that there's a CyberCafe at your holiday destination or you know a local with internet access.
