| Comparison of Paid
Email Solutions |
| Compiled by
Lukas Koster and
Viraj Siriwardena
with the cooperation of the members of
EmailDiscussions.com Forum. |
Last update: November 15, 2002 |
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See Free Services |
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| Setup fee |
None |
None |
None |
USD 14.95 |
USD 14.95 |
USD 14.95 |
None |
None |
| Annual fee |
USD 19.95 |
USD 29.99 |
USD 29.95 |
No |
USD 19.95 |
USD 39.95 |
USD 14.95 |
USD 19.95 |
| Lifetime option |
No |
No |
USD 199.95 |
Not applicable |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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| Webmail |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mandatory newsletter |
Weekly |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| On site advertisements |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Message tagline advertisements |
Yes |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
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| Mailbox storage |
10MB |
4MB |
100MB |
16MB |
50MB |
150MB |
35MB |
50MB |
| Mailing list attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Maximum attachment size |
1.5MB |
5MB |
20MB |
10MB |
10MB |
10MB |
10MB |
50MB |
| Maximum attachment number |
Unlimited |
3 |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
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| Virus scanning |
McAfee VirusScan |
Norton AntiVirus |
No |
Kaspersky
AntiVirus |
Kaspersky
AntiVirus |
Kaspersky
AntiVirus |
RAV
Antivirus |
RAV
Antivirus |
| Message reject |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Block sender by deleting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bounce message back to sender |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| Spam reporting |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Spam protection filter |
Bulk folder |
Bulk folder |
No |
No |
SpamAssasin |
SpamAssasin |
TMDA /
Blacklists |
TMDA /
Blacklists |
| Monthly bandwidth limit |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
3000MB |
80MB |
200MB |
750MB |
500MB |
1000MB |
| Automatic trash can disposal / purge |
Daily disposal |
Daily disposal |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Spelling checker |
Multi Language |
Multi Language |
English |
English |
English |
English |
English |
English |
| Bcc message sending |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Message recipient limit |
25 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Change sender address |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Address book groups |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
10 per Group |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Address book entries limit |
250 |
5000 |
Unlimited |
200 |
500 |
1000 |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Address book synchronization |
Windows address book |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Address book import and export |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Mail checker |
MSN Messenger |
Yahoo! Messenger |
No |
FastCheck |
FastCheck |
FastCheck |
No |
No |
| Instant messaging |
MSN
Messenger |
Yahoo! Messenger |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Email client access |
Outlook / Outlook Express |
POP |
IMAP / POP |
IMAP |
IMAP / POP |
IMAP / POP |
IMAP / POP |
IMAP / POP |
| Send messages using SMTP |
Outlook / Outlook Express |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Message filters |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Filter by header |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Filter by message size |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto response / vacation reply |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Mail redirection |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mail forwarding |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mail forwarding filter |
Not applicable |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Simultaneous automatic mail fetch and
forward |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| External mail access accounts |
4 |
3 |
Unlimited |
4 |
10 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
| Manual external mail collection |
POP |
POP |
POP |
Hotmail / POP |
Hotmail / POP |
Hotmail / POP |
IMAP / POP |
IMAP / POP |
| Automatic external mail check on login |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Automatic scheduled external mail collection |
No |
No |
POP |
Hotmail / POP |
Hotmail / POP |
Hotmail / POP |
IMAP / POP |
IMAP / POP |
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| Own sub domain |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Alias email addresses |
No |
No |
Yes |
1 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
| Restrictions on alias names |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Identities for sending messages |
1 |
1 |
Unlimited |
3 |
8 |
100 |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
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| SMS |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| PDA / WAP |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mobile alerts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| International SMS |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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| Website |
MSN Groups |
Yahoo!
Geocities |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| File storage |
MSN Groups |
Yahoo! Briefcase |
No |
No |
No |
No |
5MB |
10MB |
| DAV access |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Mailing list manager |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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| Notepad |
No |
Yes |
No |
50 pages |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Calendar |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Reminders |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Task manager |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Voicemail |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Fax services |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Uptime reliability |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Customer support |
Online form |
Email |
Email
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Forum |
Forum |
Online form /
Forum |
Online form /
Forum |
Email
/ Forum |
Email
/ Forum |
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