webmail

Web-based email or webmail is a term referring to an e-mail service intended to be primarily accessed via a web browser, as opposed to through an application such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, Mozilla's Thunderbird or Apple's Mail.One of the earliest Webmail services was Hotmail. Now, the most popular Webmail providers are arguably Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail and Gmail. Some other webmail services include AIM Mail, Mail.com, Lycos Mail; see also Wikipedia's Comparison of webmail providers. A major advantage of web-based email over application-based email is that a user has the ability to access their inbox from any Internet-connected computer. However, the need for Internet access is also a setback, in that one cannot access their old messages, or work on new ones, when they are not connected to the Internet.
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Webmail