Home > Free E-mail Accounts

Home Page | Suggest a Site | Link to Us | Report Outdated Link | Contact

• Inbox.com - A great free e-mail service, providing a massive 5GB space, with Web mail, POP3 access, spam protection and a host of other useful features. Please note, however, that the 5GB offer is only valid for U.S., Canada and UK residents (2GB is allocated for other locations). Inbox.com also offers a free online calendar service and an online photo album, so you can share pictures with family and friends.

• Postmaster - Postmaster is a solid and reliable free e-mail service, allowing people to access messages from anywhere in the world. It claims to be Britain's largest provider and includes many features, such as password protection, address books, attachments and mail filtering. The service also allows you to send voice e-mail messages. Addresses are: yourname@postmaster.co.uk.

• Bluebottle - This site provides a solid free e-mail service with 250MB storage space and integrated spam (junk mail) filtering. Using Bluebottle, you can access your e-mails either via a Web browser, by IMAP, or by POP3 (using any e-mail client you choose). Along with these advanced functions, Bluebottle also allows you to manage folders and set up address verification lists.

• Freeola 500 - Register at Freeola too choose from a huge collection of free e-mail addresses (over 500). This service provides free e-mail forwarding, free e-mail auto responders, anti-spam and virus protection, and also a Web mail option, so you can access your e-mail from anywhere in the world, provided you have access to an Internet connection. Click the "view all 500 addresses link" for the full selection.

• Hotmail - Hotmail from Microsoft is the world's most famous online e-mail service. They provide fast, secure Web mail access from anywhere in the world and include a range of features ideal for managing contacts, so if you use MSN Messenger, Hotmail is the perfect companion. Anti-virus, "mail bomb" and spam (junk mail) filters also contribute to the on-going success of this provider.
  > Hotmail provides 25MB e-mail storage space upon sign up, but will increase your limit to 250MB after 30 days. You are now able to send files or photo attachments up to 10MB in size.
  > UK visitors may register a "@hotmail.co.uk" address to signify their country of origin.
  > Hotmail's junk mail filter is effective but occasionally processes legitimate e-mails as spam. To combat this, enter contacts into your Hotmail address book and check the junk mail folder regularly.

• Yahoo! Mail - Here's a popular and user intuitive free e-mail provider, offering Web-based access and a massive 1GB storage space for free - far too much space for most users! Yahoo! Mail includes an impressive number of features, including a robust spam (junk mail) filtering service and free anti-virus scanning. The mailbox interface here is visually appealing and simple enough for newbies to navigate around.

• Lycos Mail - This free Web-mail service provided by the portal "Lycos" offers free spam (junk mail) protection, 3GB storage space, free virus checking, basic text editing tools (font changer, etc.), and has no limits on file attachment sizes. Another useful feature is the domain and address blocker, ideal for when you wish to prevent someone from contacting you.
  > Like most free e-mail accounts, the content of a Lycos Mail free account will be deleted if the owner does not log in and check their messages at least once every 30 days.
  > UK visitors may register a "@lycos.co.uk" address here, however, the storage space is 300MB.

• HushMail - Provides an online e-mail service with extra security features. You can send e-mail to any person with an address but to take advantage of their high 1024 bit encryption, your recipient must also have a HushMail account. After the recent hiccup with "Hotmail hackers", you should seriously consider this if handling important e-mail. HushMail is robust, solid and reliable.

• Cwazy.co.uk - Operated from Gateshead in the UK and provides a free e-mail account on their own server. All accounts here can be accessed via the Web, via POP3 or via IMAP. One thing that distinguishes this mail provider from others very similar is it's totally non commercial, (they provide this service simply because people enjoy using it and not for the profits which could be obtained).

• EmailChoice.com - This professionally-designed Web site offers a completely free e-mail account for life that's accessible from virtually anywhere with an Internet connection. If you choose to register here, your e-mail address will be: yourname@emailchoice.com. This service also provides an online calendar service and reminder service, so you can input all the events that you need to remember.

• mail2web - This service allows you to securely access your POP3 e-mail inbox from anywhere in the world. Ideal for when you're on the move (or when you need to access your messages remotely), mail2web functions very much like any other Web mail interface, and allows you to send mail, forward, compose and even delete messages on the fly. They also support WAP compatible mobile phone access.

• AlloyMail.com - Alloy Online's free e-mail service (powered by Mail.com) provides you with a fair number of features, such as an online address book, deleted and sent messages folder, 5MB of mailbox space and even supports file attachments. Although the interface looks familiar if you've used a "Mail.com" provider before, there is a strong sense of originality in the design here.

• Mail.com - Mail.com (as used to power Lycos and numerous other services) offers a free personalised e-mail service that is private and accessible from anywhere. You can choose from a variety of domain names and because this service is password protected, only you will have access to your account. If you share a computer, their secure log-out function will protect your messages.

• Big Foot - "Tools For The Internet". With a free e-mail address, Bigfoot will deliver your messages to any e-mail account you want, regardless of how often you change providers, which provider you choose, or how many accounts you might have. Your account will never expire unlike most other similar services since you have the ability to change where your e-mail is forwarded to.