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Most commonly used email addresses and service providers

Most commonly used email addresses and service providers

In spite of present-day Social Networking Buzz, Email has its top place in the field of communication. Whether it is for a business proposal or a job application, everything is done through emails. I do accept that there are other services like LinkedIn for professionals to communicate, but nothing replaces sending and receiving emails. Let us check out some of the most popular, commonly used email addresses and free service providers.

Most commonly used free Email addresses

In this article, I will let you know the most commonly used email services for personal and professional use. Are you looking for an email service that will give you free storage, a productive web interface, free from spam, and moreover which can be accessed from any device? Then, here is the list of such email services you are looking for.

1. Outlook.com

Outlook.com is the free webmail service from Microsoft. It offers a free space of 15 GB cloud storage in OneDrive and can buy more storage if you want. It supports both social media integration, and it can be customizable. It is being used by many companies and organizations and creating rules for emails is made easy using Outlook. It looks cool with its features and will be integrated perfectly with smart devices and desktops. Early users of this service, may also have hotmail.com and live.com aliases from this service. In my opinion - probably the best!

2. Gmail.com

Google started reaching the public with its free email service Gmail. It is being updated with lab features. It provides you the 15 GB of free space and can integrate it with other Google applications. As Google is one of the best search engines, Gmail also lets users search emails quickly and easily. It supports IMAP and POP 3 along with video chat. It also allows users to save attachments received in the mail, to its free cloud storage Google Drive.

3. Yahoo Mail

Yahoo Mail is well known for its spam filtering and protecting you from suspicious emails. Instant Yahoo Messenger allows you to stay connected with other Yahoo users. It is easy to create notes and calendar appointments, and one additional feature is that you can know the weather forecast before attending the event. Unlike Google, it does not offer you the lab feature. Yahoo Mail is said to be one of the best email services in terms of security and privacy as it scans each and every incoming and outgoing email. It comes with 1TB of storage, as it's now linked to Flickr.

4. Inbox.com

Though inbox.com does not offer you the instant messenger, it is listed in the preferred free email services as this web-based email service offers you the best spam filtering features. Once you sign in, you will be given 5 GB Webmail account and 30 GB of Online Storage, and you can send mail of size 20 MB. This is one of the biggest advantages of inbox.com. It supports POP access and does not support IMAP access. You can create a white list with the list of email addresses from whom you want to receive emails and blocking others.

5. iCloud

iCloud free email service is from Apple and is well known for sending large files. You can send up to files of large size and recipients can download it easily. It supports IMAP access and provides filters and sort to emails. It provides 5 GB internal storage, and it is easy to set up iCloud Mail on Outlook and other Apple devices. iCloud Mail does not show any advertisements. You can also download iCloud for Windows.

6. Mail.com

Mail.com mostly concentrates on filtering the spam and keeping you safe from malware attacks. It allows you to send large files of size up to 50 MB, and it is the most preferred email service because of this reason. It is very easy to create filters and route emails to particular folders directly. One of the most attractive features of Mail.com is, you can set the specific time to delete emails automatically along with spam and trash folders. It allows you to select from the various available domain names like musician.org, engineer.com, myself.com, and much more.

7. AOL Mail

AOL Mail free email service is from AOL. It supports both IMAP and POP access. Though it lacks in labels, it is easy to use with an easily understandable interface and offers high spam protection. It offers you unlimited storage, and you can block images and restrict downloads. You can drag and drop emails to your customized folders.

UPDATE: AOL Service is no longer available.

8. Zoho Mail

Zoho Mail supports both IMAP and POP access. It is integrated with instant messaging, and it also offers online office suites. It supports both labels and searches for emails. Like Gmail, you could not use the canned response. It can be integrated with Google Docs and Zoho apps. It archives old emails automatically.

9. Yandex Mail

Yandex Mail has a lot to offer regarding email storage, convenient UI, and efficient spam protection by Yandex proprietary technologies.

10. Microsoft Office 365

Office 365 Mail service from Microsoft allows you to use all Microsoft products like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more as a package. It also provides a subscription license for Lync, SharePoint, and other services. Free storage and access to other services are based on the subscription you choose as the annual contract. It is not free, but I have included it here.

11. Google Apps for Business

Google Apps for Business is the cloud-based email service started by Google, which will be applicable for an entire organization. You can access all Google applications like Google Drive, Google Calendar, and everything. There is an admin console that has control over all accounts. It is mainly composed of Storage, Create, Manage, and Communicate. Every version of Google Apps has a different cost. Google Apps for education is free of cost. Here you will have an email address like [email protected] This too is not free, but I have included it here.

12. ProtonMail

ProtonMail offers great security features like End-to-End encryption and Anonymous accounts.

These were some of the popular email service providers for personal, professional, and business purposes. If you have any more to add, please do share it with us through comments.

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