Hosting Email Services
Hosting services should include proper Email Accounts and Email
Services.
Email Accounts
Hosting solutions should include email accounts for each person in your
company. Email addresses should appear like this:
peter@mycompany.com
paul@mycompany.com
mary@mycompany.com
Most common is to use first name or first initial and last name.
POP Email
POP stands for Post Office Protocol. POP is a standard client/server protocol for
sending and
receiving email.
The emails are received and held on your internet server until you pick it up with a client email program, like
Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, etc. POP email programs are built
into Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers (i.e. Microsoft Outlook Express).
IMAP Email
IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. IMAP is another standard
protocol for sending and receiving email.
The emails are received and held on your internet server until you pick it up
with a client email program, like Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger,
etc.
IMAP represents an improvement over POP because email stored on an IMAP server
can be manipulated from several computers (a computer at home, a
workstation at the office, etc.) without
having to transfer messages back and forth between computers. POP was
designed to support email access on a single computer.
Web-based Email
Web-based email services enable you to access email via a web browser.
You log into your email account via the Web to send and retrieve email.
Being able to access your email from any browser anywhere in the world is a very
attractive option.
Examples of web-based email services are Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail.
Email Forwarding
Email forwarding allows you to have multiple email personalities.
With email forwarding, you can setup aliases for other email accounts like
postmaster@mycompany.com should be forwarded to peter@mycompany.com
sales@mycompany.com should be forwarded to mary@mycompany.com
Mailing Lists
Some service providers offer mailing list capabilities. This is a valuable
plus if you plan sending out email to a large number of users.
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