Top 10 not so common free e-mail services

Emails are no more the simple programs for correspondence between friends, family and co-workers. Emails have grown into indispensable mode of communication in out day-to-day life. You get the latest in news, entertainment, sports, weather and more just by signing in. Well there are a good number of email services that are free. If you are ready to look beyond the top services like Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo or AIM, there are a number of no so popular email services that can serve for your alternative email. Although not too efficiently, most of these second rate email services feature storage, effective spam filtering, intuitive interface and desktop email program access. There are new features to explore in these free email services. Take a look at our collection of the top 10 not so popular email services.

1. Inbox

It’s one of the most accomplished free mail services that offers 5 GB to storage for email online. Inbox is highly polished service to access the web and POP3. There is no IMAP access, but the support page helps you to set up your favorite email client.

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2. VFEmail

Virus Free Email(VFEmail) is designed for business and end users looking for fast and convenient email service with tight security. VFEmail scans each email including attachments for viruses before it enters your inbox. VFE features built in HTML, MS Word, and MS Excel document viewers. It also offers a mobile version of webmail after login. VFMail does not offer IMAP access. It doesn’t offer much storage space.

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3. ICMail

This free email service features 1 GB storage, free POP3, free smtp and free email redirection. ICMail also offers unlimited aliases, free calender, free subdomains email address, free photo sharing and free blogs aliases. Still more it supports multiple languages - English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish.

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4. Fastmail

This is an ideal service for those of you in business. It’s a no frill email service, high on security. It’s security features include spam filter, phishing protector and virus scanner. In case spam manages to get through it can be reported.

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5. Mail.com

This free email service offers 3GB of online mailbox. It adds calender, notebook and address book. On the weaker side, it is not efficient with spam filtering or virus protection and lacks most of the standard email features.

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6. Lavabit

This email service provides upto 1 GB free email for personal use. It is equipped with a several filters and  gray, white and black list services
that help blocking the spams in inbox. In order to configure the email client you can read the tutorials.

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7. Care2

This free email service  promotes environmental consciousness.  offers a HTML editor, greeting cards and stationery to add fun to your emails. It allows effective spam filtering, but doesn’t allow POP or IMAP access.

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8. HotPOP

This is a reliable service that can be used with any email program using POP3 and SMTP. The incoming messages can be forwarded to multiple addresses. The storage space is far below than expected and it lacks an IMAP access.

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9. Zapak Mail

It is a new and free email service that offers unlimited storage facilities and POP access to boot. Zapak has a potent spam filter to filter the junk mails out of the inbox.

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10. Mailarge

This service 3GB of space for your emails. It takes 12-24 hours or less to register on the site. Those having account in the mailarge has to actively participate on the forum for at least once a week or more. In case a member fails to do so his/her account might be disabled.

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