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With hosting, we provide an unlimited number of email accounts for your domain name. We can provide a pop or imap account, webmail, or a simple redirect to an existing email account.

Here are some explainations of email topics.

Webmail

Web-based email is one of the most popular methods of sending and receiving email with providers like Hotmail and Yahoo. Your website will also have webmail capabilites, allowing you to check your email from any computer. You'll be able to go to your website, login, and have access to most of the features that you would find in other email clients like Thunderbird or Outlook. However, those programs also have their advantages, such as comprehensive spam filters and multiple-account access. Now, keep in mind you can use both -- you can access your email through webmail, and then when you get back to your personal computer you can use a program like Thunderbird or Outlook (which must be setup using IMAP). Both ways of checking email must access the email server. Think of webmail as a webpage on your website that lets you access your email.

Thunderbird

Also referred to as Mozilla's Thunderbird, this email client is, in our opinion, the best email client. It directly competes with Microsofts Outlook, but isn't as widely used. So most issues dealing with security and hacker exploits are targeted at Outlook. But the reason that we love it is it is just easier to use. It's more intiutive and user-friendly. Like we mentioned before, there are a lot of advantages to using Thunderbird, such as comprehensive spam filters and multiple-account access. Unlike a web-based email, Thunderbird needs to be downloaded and installed on your computer.

Outlook

Also referred to as Microsoft Outlook, this is probably the most popular email client. For any Microsoft Windows user, this program is already installed on your computer. Although we prefer Thunderbird, Outlook is also a good email program. Like Thunderbird, it has comprehensive spam filters and multiple-account access.

IMAP

This refers to how email is setup. When creating an account in either Thunderbird or Outlook, you'll notice that it asks you to pick either IMAP or POP. Basically IMAP means that it will keep a copy of the emails you receive on the email server. This is required if you also plan on using webmail, and we recommend it either way.

POP

This refers to how email is setup. When creating an account in either Thunderbird or Outlook, you'll notice that it asks you to pick either IMAP or POP. If you don't plan on using webmail, then POP might be a good choice for you. POP basically means that emails won't be kept on the email server after you read them, they will only be kept on your local computer in your email program. Here is an example of why you might setup your email this way: One of our clients receives over 1,000 (mostly spam) emails a day to her company's main email address, which is info@hercompanyname.com. Now, email takes up space on the server, so this is a good solution for a high-traffic account.

Spam

Unlike a lot of computer terms, the word "spam" doesn't stand for anything. Well, not unless you consider the original meaning of SPAM -- which I think somehow combines the words "pork" and "ham". No, spam is a term that refers to junk email, but the term does have its roots in the meat-like product. The phrase became popular back when in the early days of email when computer nerds would see unrecognizable emails in their Inbox and think, "I don't know what it is and I don't know if I want it." ... just like SPAM. What's really funny about this is through legal action Hormel Foods, Inc. actually tried stopping people from referring to junk mail as spam. It didn't work, the courts ruled against them, although they do still state that SPAM is a registered trademark.