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This page is updated regularly. Last update: October 11, 2005.

Best Free Web-based Email

Gmail

Google is the king of webmail. When Gmail was invititaion-only, people were literally buying and trading invitiations for as much as $100.

In addition to the over 2.5GB of storage currently available (which keeps going up), the interface has revolutionized what we now expect from a web application. It is the single biggest precipitator of the flood of AJAX applications that are coming out. Many, many people prefer its web interface to their desktop email client.

In addition to it's outstanding interface, it also has many features that make it a must-use.

Message "labels" or tags
Robust email search via a Google interface
Customized 'From:' addresses
Multi-language (38) support
Rich text formatting
Interfaces with Picasa to send photos
Interfaces with Google Talk to check or send email
Free POP access and automatic forwarding
Import Contacts from Outlook or Yahoo! Mail
Automatic Custom Signatures

Both Yahoo! Mail and Microsoft Hotmail are playing catch up. Expect to see much improved versions of their email services by the end of the year.

http://mail.google.com/mail/

Best Online Email Client

mail2web

Mail2web supports any POP3 or IMAP mail server and has optional SSL encryption to protect your privacy on the road. It requires no registration and is very fast.

http://www.mail2web.com/

Best Free Online Chat Client

meebo

Chat on any of the major networks: AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, Jabber, GTalk, or MSN. Nice, clean interface and very responsive.

http://www.meebo.com/

Best Free Online Fax Service

The Phone Company (TPC)

Send a text-based fax many places in the world via email or the browser interface.

http://www.tpc.int/

Best Free Disposable Email

Mailinator

SpamGourmet

You have to fill out a form, but you're worried that your email will harvested for spam. Enter "Disposable Email".

Mailinator is the easiest to use. Whenever you need a disposable email address, just make up any word, then follow it with "@mailinator.com". You don't need to register in advance. Go to mailinator.com and enter that word. You can then retrieve any email that has been sent to that address. It will expire automatically sometime in the future.

SpamGourmet is more sophisticated and requires you to register first with a real email and a user name. Once registered, you can make up words like mailinator and enter them into forms as "madeupword.username@spamgourmet.com". Emails sent to this address will be forwarded to your real email account until you cancel that fake email.

http://mailinator.com/

http://www.spamgourmet.com/