Premium Webmail Clients
For ladies who are reluctant to set up their domain email account in Outlook or similar (understandably so, given the security risks) but still want the ability to send email from their domain address - you may want to consider paying for a premium webmail service.
Recently I’ve had the opportunity to explore the Yahoo Mail Plus service after working with a client that subscribes to it. For $19.99/year, the Plus Mail will allow you to receive and send from multiple POP3 accounts (like your domain email address). The new Beta UI looks somewhat like Outlook 2003, with the folder tree vertical on the left and the email list w/message preview on the right. Overall I was rather impressed with the value and features.
Hushmail also has premium services and can be better suited for providers given their standards of security. They have business accounts starting at $2/month which allows you to send/receive email from your own domain address. There are additional tools available such as an encryption plugin for Outlook (IMAP access) and secure forms (to encrypt data sent through your web form). The price goes up for additional services, but for less than a $100 a year for everything, it is really an incredible deal given the alleviated risks.
And if you absolutely refuse to pay for email….Google offers the free GMAIL service which also allows you receive POP3 email and set up multiple ‘From’ addresses so you can send email which appears to come from your own domain. It doesn’t have the pretty UI like Yahoo or the security of Hushmail, but it is fast, easy to use and they give you 2GB of storage. I’m not sure if they still require invitations to sign up…but I have a ton of them if anyone wants one.
Hotmail also has a premium service, though truthfully - I was never all that impressed with it. The UI is ok I guess - but the new Live version seems clunky and buggy to me.
Then of course there are the free webmail clients included with your cpanel hosting account (Horde, SquirrelMail, NeoMail) - though unfortunately they are quite ugly and clunky to navigate through.
