Ten solid email services that you should consider if you are planning to switch email service providers.
Gmail is simple free and user-friendly. It offers over 15 GB of free storage, has excellent spam filter and enables access via mobile devices. Its built-in chat allows voice and video chat as well the regular chatting by text. It offers search capability to find lost or old messages. Also, Gmail messages are grouped nicely with relevant replies such that you can read messages in the context.
2. Zoho Mail
Zoho mail is aimed at professionals. It features calendar, task manager, notes and instant chat as well as other business app found in Google apps for business. It is easy to set up and manage. Impressively, Zoho mail does not display adds to protect your privacy. Email messages are not even scanned for keywords for the purpose of marketing.
3. Outlook.com (Reinvented Hotmail)
Outlook.com is the new, reinvented Hotmail.com email service. It builds off the power of Outlook on PCs and Macs, and it features more tidy user interface without display ads. It is built based on the latest trends in Internet communication.
4. Mail.com
Mail.com offers most of the important email features that you might be thinking about. Most importantly, you can select the email domain name that will suit you best from over 200 domain names e.g. yourname@consultant.com, yourname@journalist.com, yourname@engineer.com, yourname@lawyer.com, yourname@cheerful.com, yourname@contractor.com and so on. However, the default one is yourname@mail.com. They provide unlimited email storage capacity and you can attach up to 50MB of file in one attachment. You can also set up your email to receive and reply all your emails from this one address. They also provide mobile support. You can use your email on BlackBerry, i Devices and Android devices. You also have online calendar to use.
5. Yahoo! Mail
The new Yahoo! mail stands among the best free email services available on the web and mobile devices. They offer unlimited email storage, social networking, instant messaging and SMS texting. You can view slideshows, photos and videos right from inside your mailbox. You can send up to 50 files or 100MB file size in a single email. Your messages are automatically sorted, and lower priority messages like newsletters and coupons are organized into folders.
6. GMX
GMX is not so popular, but it offers quite reliable email service. Spams and viruses are well filtered . It provides unlimited email storage and allows up to 50MB of attachment. You can manage all your email accounts using their email collector. You can manage your emails on the web and mobile.
7. Fastmail
You should also consider using FastMail. They have been online for 10 years now. They boast of reliable junk mail protection, temporary secure SMS passwords, web folders for photos and files and much more. Their free or guest plan offers 25MB email storage, IMAP and 120 day inactivity time.
8. Hush mail
Hush mail is another lovely email service you should put into consideration. They allow up to 25MB of free storage on their free account. It is well integrated with Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and other mobile devices. You can also integrate outlook to your Hush mail.
9. Inbox.com
Inbox.com provides 5GB free storage space for your emails. You can easily change the layout of your inbox with their drag n drop tool. You can also select RSS feeds that suits your need.
They offer free online photo sharing, calendar, tasks and notes as part of inbox.com free offers aside their free email service.
10. ShortMail
Think of Short mail as your private Twitter account. All emails are limited to 500 characters, and attachments are not allowed. Messages are expected to be concise for faster, more effective communication. It works on iPhone, Android and other mobile apps.
