What is web-based email?
Web-based email means that you are accessing your email through a web browser. Popular web-based email providers include Google, Hotmail and Yahoo!. If your email account uses POP3 or IMAP, you can access this web-based email from your smartphone or handheld browser. However, a client like VersaMail application can also connect to many of these popular services and provide a richer email experience. Note: some web-based email providers such as Yahoo charge a fee for accessing your email from a location other than their website.
Web-based Email is electronic mail that can be sent and received from a Web site on the Internet, using a Web browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator ), in addition to being able to use an Email program (such as Outlook, Outlook Express or Eudora). The advantage of Web-based Email is that it can be retrieved and sent from any computer that has internet access, whereas traditional Email programs must be configured on the each specific computer to send and receive mail for a particular Email address.
Email addresses are commonly assigned by your Internet service provider (ISP), but one can also obtain an email address through a website service. This is known as web based email. Most people are familiar with setting up their email clients to receive mail through their ISP. The client asks for a POP server (Post Office Protocol) in order to receive mail, and a SMTP server (Standard Mail Transfer Protocol) in order to send mail. However, most email clients can also be used to collect web based email by configuring the client to connect to an IMAP server (Internet Message Access Protocol). The IMAP server is part of the host’s package. That said, the more common way to access this mail is by using a browser. Web based email has its advantages, especially for people who travel. Email can be collected by simply visiting a website, negating the need for an email client, or to logon from home. Wherever a public terminal with Internet access exists — from the library to a café to the airpor
