Yahoo Mail

Yahoo! Mail offers online users a chance to say goodbye to desktop email clients and carry out all their correspondence through the internet. This mail site has a version that allows users to get unlimited storage and amazing features with a great user interface. The main difference between this mail option and the others is that it requires users to pay for some of the features. It works well with Safari and Firefox but you will get better services with Safari 3.1.

Some of the advantages of this mail site are that it combines instant messaging, SMS messaging and email. It also includes various keyboard shortcuts and a user interface that resembles a desktop. The detail on the user face makes it easy to use.

The disadvantage of this mail solution is that its spam filter is not as effective as it should be. This means that users get a lot of spam even after indicating them as unwanted messages. Yahoo! Mail does not allow you to label your messages easily. You cannot use multiple tags on the emails you get. The absence of smart folders is also a disadvantage for users. Another disadvantage you will realize when you use this mail site is that if does not provide IMAP access for your desktop programs.

The unlimited storage option is definitely an advantage for users and the domains used by the mail site include ymail.com, rocketmail.com and yahoo.com. Apart from being able to send emails with this site, you can also send SMS messages from your computer to another computer or to mobile phones. Instant messaging is also made easier with your Windows Live and Yahoo contacts.

If junk mail is sent to your email address, the mail site sends it to the spam folder and users are able to report any unwanted messages as spam in case the filter allowed them to go through to your inbox. There are about 15 filters in this site and each one of them automatically files your incoming mail. It also possible to block some email addresses and contacts in your instant messenger.

One of the best features of Yahoo! Mail is that it can also be used as a social network. This lets you connect with both Facebook and Yahoo users. Users are well protected when using Yahoo! Mail because it conducts a virus scan on each document before it is downloaded. This mail site does not download remote images and this offers you extra protection from viruses.

If you own an iPhone or any other type of smartphone, you will be able to access Yahoo! Mail very easily. The applications available on the mail site also allow you to make changes on pictures and send big files without hustles.

The unlimited space that comes with this mail site makes it possible for you to store as many emails as you like and you can even organize them in folders to make it easy to access them when you require them. The disadvantage is that the emails are not automatically organized into different folders when you receive them.