Free Web Email

OperaMail There doesn't seem to be much information about this email service, except that it is free, and it does not restrict the number of messages you send or receive (unless you spam). You also need to opt to receive their advertisements. Yahoo This service comes with folders to organise your email, filter them, attach files, automatically respond to mails received (autoresponder), and so on. You have up to 4MB of space to store your email. Note though, if you don't access your email in two weeks, your account will be deleted. There appears to be a secure login facility, although (if I'm to judge by other Yahoo services) I suspect that only the login takes place under SSL; the rest of the session uses unencrypted transfers. Hotmail This rather popular web email service, now run by Microsoft, gives you 2MB for your mail boxes. There are other limitations on your account as well. You will need to log into Microsoft Passport to use them, so if you have privacy concerns about Passport, this is not a service that you'll want to use. Wowmail This web based email service looks relatively new. They currently do not have a fully featured address book (with the ability to add and delete email addresses at will) nor a way to save sent messages nor folders to organise your email, nor filtering, but their FAQ says that these will be implemented in the future. They do, however, allow attachments.