ACCMAIL moderated forum for news, comments, Q&A on email-only methods                                   2 January 2004
browse Web, retrieve files from FTP sites, read & post to Usenet newsgroups; email to listserv@listserv.aol.com with message in email body: SUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL Firstname Lastname; archives - browse or search by email; Accmail techniques

Addresses.com  email address directory(Issue 101, Internet resources newsletter; 2 Feb 2003)                  

Advanced Email Parser                                                                                                                         29 July 2003
receiving, processing & sending automatic replies to messages using custom rules for type of message & actions such as processing product or service orders

Arizona State Library, Archives, & Public Records
automated process to preserve official e-mail records produced by Microsoft Outlook                             26 March 2010
The process also captures metadata needed for the long-term preservation of the information;

cc:Betty smart email service                                                                                                                   20 March 2009
mailspaces for email conversations & discussions more robust & easier than SharePoint site or a Google Group; collaborative workspaces with email conversations, images, videos, audio files retrieved from email thread & created on-the-fly;  

CNN.com - Anonymous e-mail services gain users - December 10, 2001    
increased law enforcement activity threatens online privacy; anonymous remailer servers on increase - layman's introduction to remailers; check out Mixmaster project at SourceForge &  Electronic Frontiers Georgia (EFGA) for theories & practices of  remailers.

Conversate                                                                                                                                             30 July 2005
create online discussion spaces simpler, faster, more polite, less annoying than group emails; ‘Site of the month’ in Library + Information Update, July/August.

Courier Email 3.5                                                                                                                                    8 April 2006
option of turning off display of HTML mail, harvest email addresses from Windows Address Book, multi-language spelling support, automatic mailbox backup, auto-response; Windows 98+;

Customize Google & Gmail with GreaseMonkey Scripts                                                                         16 May 2005

Disposable e-mail addresses (Windows Secrets Newsletter, Issue 72, 2006-03-30)    

eBuddy                                                                                                                                                   31 August 2006 
chat with MSN, AOL & Yahoo! clients via JavaScript enabled web browser; firewall proof; mobile version supports xHTML, WAP

EmailAddress.com   email services & guides; change of address services                                                  29 July 2003

Email Archive(British Library & Microsoft) snapshot of British life over email – good, bad, ugly & amusing 11 May 2007
unique social history catalogue of life & culture in Britain today for library visitors; emails categories: Blunders, Life Changing Emails, Complaints, Spam, Love & Romance, Humour, Everyday Emails, News, World Around You, Tales from Abroad.

eMailaya 3.0.5 lightweight email client                                                                                                      9 February 2008
can accommodate multiple accounts, manage RSS feeds effectively, backup important files;Windows NT, 2000, XP, & Vista;

Email Clients: Windows Find the best email client software for Windows                                               4 August 2001

Email-Directory.com : search for people by email directory                                                                    19 August 2001
200+ email directories worldwide categorized by country, interest, profession, academic affiliation

Email/Email Addresses/Spam (from Beyond...the Black Stump)                                                         10 December 2003

Email forwarding service free service for forwarding email when you change ISP                                  15 May 2002

Email organisers - Nelson Email Organiser (NEO), Bloomba & Gmail

EmailUniverse.com                                                                                                                               9 January 2005
resources, directories, community, tools, tips, tricks, suggestions, ideas, strategies for email newsletter marketing

E-Mail Wars 1.0 (2004)                                                                                                                     June 2004
Lycos Europe Launches 1GB Email Service beating rivals Yahoo! & Google; ad-free with anti-spam & anti-virus software, fully secure for £3.49 per month 

EPrompter 2.0(Windows)                                                                                                                  4 August 2007
check email from 16 password protected accounts; compose, forward, reply, schedule email updates; supports hyperlinks, standard firewalls, proxy servers; free download

Evolution of Communication: From Email to Twitter & Beyond                                                           1 June 2007

Eyejot video email records video, stores it, emails video link                                                             10 September 2008

Free Email Providers Guide 1400+ free email providers in 85 countries                                            18 February 2002

Free Natural Voice Reader Standard 2.9(Windows OS)                                                                  19 October 2003
listen to emails, text selections etc; free edition; change speed of reading, voice, volume & save to .wav file; FAQ; compatible with Windows 98+

freenigma: E-mail Encryption                                                                                                            26 October 2006
Firefox plug-in for e-mail encryption  of Web email systems including Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail/MSN; MS Outlook plugin; professional ed; review;

Gmail (Google)                                                                                                                                3 April 2004
email service & organiser with 1 gigabyte of storage..organized in threads; (7 March 05) free photo organizer Picasa integrated with Gmail reduces size of image files; Basic HTML view access list of fully supported browsers; GMAIL tips complete; chat included (Feb 06); Gmail to the max-helpful tips, tricks, & hacks; beyond the basics; POP & IMAP, 20MB attachment limit; storage space has now reached 6 GB(Dec 2007); Gmail hacks, tips & tricks; 5 Firefox Extensions For Gmail; Yahoo Mail's makeover gives it the webmail edge over Hotmail & GMail; Breaking Free of Outlook; How-to keep Gmail and iPhone in sync using IMAP; 31 essential Gmail tips; Gmail gets'multiple inboxes'(multi-pane viewing); simple migration of your contacts & email from other webmail services (list) to Gmail powered by Esaya Inc.'s TrueSwitch email account switching services; (20 May 2009) Gmail now automatically translates messages; (30 May 2009)migrate existing email & contacts from Hotmail,Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail & other webmail providers into Gmail. Imported emails will be appropriately sorted by date, & existing folders will become labels; all newly-created Gmail accounts can have messages forwarded from the old account for 30 days; Gmail Manager add-on: Check email without opening inbox; Gmail Labs “Message Translation”; Use Gmail to consolidate your email addresses; Google Wave look & feel coming to Gmail?; (24 Nov 09) G now lets users add attachments while offline: connecting with Google Gears to let users access mail messages & contacts through a Web browser without a Web connection; 10 Feb 2010 Introducing Google Buzz; Top 10 Google settings you should know; 11 handy Google Buzz tips; Google Buzz takes on Facebook & Twitter; How to search Google Buzz; Buzzzy keyword searches GB & other sources; Little known beta apps enhance G's usability; 18 June 2010: How does new Hotmail stack up to Gmail?; 28 July 2011: Best Practices: What works for you: Hotmail versus Gmail;

Google Buzz built into Gmail & available on mobile phones  launched in February 2010, closing in November 2011  
new way to start conversations about things you find interesting like photos, videos, web pages; connect other sites you use like Twitter, Picasa Web Albums & Google Reader; post privately or publicly; launched in February 2010, closing in November 2011 See Google+

Google Wave “Is what email would look like if it were invented today”  (Developer preview)       login 21 May 2010 discontinued 4 Aug 2010
tool for communication & collaboration on the web, coming in late 2009; First hands-on impressions; login 21 May 2010 discontinued 4 Aug 2010; ProcessWave brings advantages of collaborative diagram editing from Google Wave to Google+;

Group Mail Free 5.1.032                                                                                                                8 September 2006
free version users email to groups of up to 100 recipients; extra features in professional edition;Windows 98+

Hotmail's social networking busts your privacy(Windows Secrets Newsletter No. 241)                   22 April 2010
18 June 2010: How does new Hotmail stack up to Gmail?; 13 Nov 2010: Hotmail security improves with full-session HTTPS encryption; 28 July 2011: Best Practices: What works for you: Hotmail versus Gmail;

How To Send Large Files Without Email: Best Services Online                                                        16 February 2005

Huminity 1.1 (Windows Operating System)                                                                                     29 November 2003
free instant messenger program; social network; animated maps of connections; view friend links; languages including Spanish, German, French; Win 95+

IMAP Connection(Internet Message Access Protocol)                                                                   24 August 2004
accessing electronic mail or bulletin board messages from mail server; client email program accesses remote message stores e.g. from IMAP server without need to transfer messages or files; IMAP secrets; Infinite Ink maintains list of IMAP-compatible service providers

Inclue free RSS reader for Outlook                                                                                                 27 April 2006
Get blogs, news, highlights, podcasts; Job listings, travel deals, stock quotes, blog postings, new highlights; Windows 2000/X

Incredimail                                                                                                                                      5 May 2003
send highly interactive messages, complete with animations, sounds, visual effects; online gallery,visual icons to enhance their appearance; Windows 95+ 

Info Aggregator RSS-to-IMAP service to receive & read RSS feeds in your mail client; latest news & blog posts

Instant messaging(IM)                                                                                                                      13 June 2007
Meebo in-browser instant messaging program, like AIM Express, supports multiple IM services, including Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ, & Jabber; See also Meebo rooms(below); Centericq: Text mode multi-protocol (ICQ, Yahoo!, AIM, IRC, MSN, Gadu-Gadu & Jabber protocols) instant messenger connects to major IM services through a simple interface; Windows, Mac & Linux; Wippien full featured client supports major chat protocols, including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, GTalk, Jabber, & ICQ & has a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to manipulate buddies' network shares, printers, desktop; Free download; Pidgin open-source IM client(formerly Gaim) - communicate with users of AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, other messaging networks; Twitter public instant messenger(IM) network, instant social networking/microblogging - continuous partial presence; XMPP/Jabber protocol for immediate communication & presence awareness of IM clients; Pidgin 2.4.2 open-source messaging application allows users to access multiple IM networks from one window; supports Google Talk, MySpaceIM, Jabber, & Gadu-Gadu; for Windows98, Me, NT, 2000, & XP; 5 best IMs;

Internet Email List                                                                                                                          5 September 2001
free e-mail domains: pop mail, forwarding; informative FAQ's; 3047 free email domains from 305+ companies

Mailinator(tm) - no signup, instant email                                                                                          14 September 2003
accounts are created when mail arrives for them; No signup, no personal information; The emails will automatically be deleted after a few hours.

Mailman GNU Mailing List Manager manages electronic mail discussion lists free                            27 January 2002
give each a unique web page & allows users to subscribe, unsubscribe, change account options; list manager can administer list entirely via the web; archiving, mail-to-news gateways, spam filters, bounce detection, digest delivery,; 

MailStore Home 3.0.2.2448                                                                                                           17 January 2009
backup emails for a variety of email account types (including Thunderbird & Outlook) in the MailStore application or export as a file; Windows 2000+ ;

MailWasher                                                                                                                                   9 August 2002
delete spam before you download email; works with POP3 mail systems but not IMAP systems, an online account like Yahoo!, or AOL

Meebo rooms                                                                                                                              18 May 2007
free Web 2.0 aggregation of IM(AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo) & Jabber-based services ; create a room, add it to buddylist(receive notifications when not in room), embed on personal profiles & websites, watch favorite URLs with friends; See also Pidgin 2.0 to streamline messaging services(Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk et al) into 1 device, transfer files, tabbed conversation; Win 98, Me, NT, 2000, & XP;

Microsoft opens up POP3 Hotmail access in Australia                                                                  16 January 2009
use it for mobile phones & to access Hotmail accounts via a PC client such as Outlook or Thunderbird; setup requires a secure connection so check settings guide (nformation about needing Hotmail Plus is now redundant);

Microsoft Outlook                                                                                                                        29 April 2009
How to move Outlook files between PCs; TwInbox: use Twitter from Outlook free plug in to view & manage your Twitterstream from Outlook. Technical requirements are Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 with latest Service Pack. Outlook 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, 2010 (32-bit & 64-bit.). N.B. does NOT work with Outlook Express; features include: Update Twitter status & receive Twitterstream updates, Archive, manage, group & search tweets in the way you manage email, Search & track keywords, Group tweets by sender, topic, etc using Search, Manage multiple Twitter accounts, Assign custom folder & categories to new messages, Use Outlook's "Reply" & "ReplyAll" commands to send twitter direct messages & @replies, Automatically sort new tweets into folders, Shorten URLs with bit.ly, See graphs of Twitter usage statistics; How to disable Outlook 2010′s favorites pane; 

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2                                                                                                            4 June 2005                          
save searches, block spam, RSS integrated; supports IMAP, LDAP, POP protocols & HTML mail; message labels, search, address book; return receipts, message filtering, import functions, manage multiple e-mail & newsgroup accounts; Win 98+; Thunderbird 1.5  security features(e.g. message encryption) & layout options; message searching & return receipts; Thunderbird 2.0(soon) open source desktop email client, similar to Microsoft Outlook in features but with more Web functionality from Firefox browser; cross- platform - works on Mac, Linux, Windows - including support for Vista; (4 August 2007) Mozilla Thunderbird to Find New Home as Mozilla Foundation Focuses on Mozilla Firefox; MozBackup 1.4.7 allows users to back up, save, & restore bookmarks from Firefox, Thunderbird, & SeaMonkey; choose which parts of the profile they want to save or restore, including various emails & address books;Windows 95+; Lightning plug-in combines Mozilla's Sunbird calendar program with Thunderbird's e-mail features; MozBackup 1.4.7: Firefox & Thunderbird tak time to back up. MozBackup 1.4.7 can be used to save & restore bookmarks, extensions, personal settings; choose parts of profile to save or restore; Windows 95+; 21 Dec 2011: How to recover when T is broken; 

MyEmail                                                                                                                                       24 August 2006
free web-based email client - check POP3/IMAP email accounts from one web page; read, answer, forward, store email;1000MB storage

MyWay.com                                                                                                                                 7 July 2006
mail search (advanced interface screen cap);  EZ Registration; POP Capability; Block List; 11 email filters; Mail Vacation Response; Plain Text or WYSIWYG Editor; Spell Check; 4 levels of spam filtering

Nelson Email Organiser (NEO)                                                                                                       3 April 2004
searching & specialized message sorting; 100 x faster than Ms Outlook; sorted by bulk mail, date, attachment & correspondent; free 30 day trial;  US$39.95+

Opera Mail (M2) email & news client built into the Opera internet suite                                              10 May 2009
interface differs from other email clients; spam filtering (automated & learning, i.e. Bayesian), supports POP3 & IMAP, newsgroups as well as Atom & RSS feeds; IRC client allows connection to multiple servers at a time; chat in private & transfer files between users;

PocoMail                                                                                                                                         1 December 2004
Bayesian & user-defined spam filters; safe message viewer; filters route incoming messages automatically or manually; Review

PookMail disposable email subscription;  virtual email account that expires within 24 hours               7 April 2005

Post Office Protocol(POP) application-layer Internet standard protocol                                             15 May 2010
used by local email clients to retrieve email from remote servers over a TCP/IP connection; POP & IMAP(Internet Message Access Protocol) are the 2 most prevalent Internet standard protocols for email retrieval. Virtually all modern email clients & servers support both. The POP protocol has been developed through several versions, with version 3 (POP3) being the current standard;

POP3 Scan Mailbox download headers from a POP3 mailbox displaying the size, the sender, etc.    5 November 2002

Poppy for Windows, Version 4.0.18  Check multiple email accounts FREE                                      10 February 2003
POP3-based, setup to present a popup window with message headers or play a sound, add accounts, view headers, personal settings(time interval for checking, announcement sounds), preview & delete individual messages without accessing your real email account

PST( personal storage table files) Microsoft Outlook                                                                    15 December 2011
How to find your PST files in Microsoft Outlook 2007 & 2010 -  Outlook uses this file format to store data including emails, contacts, calendars, etc with optional password to open them & encryption; In Outlook 2010, open the File menu and click Account Settings. In Outlook 2007, click the Tools tab and select Account Settings.

Quickly check your email accounts from anywhere in the world                                             10 February 2003
E-Mail Anywhere(free; supports POP3); no advertising & tag footers; upload files to a briefcase; add bookmarks; Mail2Web free; supports POP3,  IMAP4, 15 languages; SSL encryption; mobile phone access; customise - access POP3- &/or IMAP4- based accounts free via email address & password; 

RAND Toward an Ethics & Etiquette for Electronic Mail                                                                   7 January 2009

Readnotify Utility  If you want to know if your email has been read                                                   28 May 2002

Register of Known Spam Operations(ROKSO) database                                                                 18 June 2004
spam operations terminated by minimum 3 consecutive Service Providers for serious offenses; Spamhaus Project non-profit organization in Britain tracks Internet's Spammers, Spam Gangs & Spam Services; works with Law Enforcement to identify & pursue spammers worldwide; definition of spam & news articles. Statistics of the top 10 spam countries, the top 10 worst spam ISPs, & the top 10 ROKSO spammers, updated monthly.

Reverse email search with free web tools                                                                                            25 June 2010

Send & Receive Large Files (No Size Limit) with Podmailing  Windows & Mac                               3 August 2007
Podmailing uses BitTorrent protocol; French & English; client download uses Ruby on Rails language; Podmailing large files & video HD downloads; Send large files by email;

Send Page By E-mail Firefox extension                                                                                            5 June 2006

SNARF(Social Network & Relationship Finder)                                                                             19 January 2006
Microsofte-add-on for Outlook users' inboxes using email triage; alternative sorting criteria e.g. "no. of emails sent last month"; default divides emails into 3 panes; user's name in the To or CC field in one pane, messages lacking the user's name (likely to be spam), all email in a third pane; visual cues indicate the importance of a contact (numbers in parentheses following names - increase in size based on volume of email from that contact);

SocialMail                                                                                                                                       31 May 2006
create an email address accessible only via RSS & make mailing lists easier to manage for social communication 

Thunderbird See Mozilla Thunderbird (above)

T-Mail: Real-time E-mail Machine Translation                                                                                 27 June 2001
compose email in your native language & include as a CC address the address they provide at http://www.t-mail.com for machine translation in any of 6 languages

Top 5 Fun Email Clients for Windows                                                                                             18 May 2002

Twine(see The Semantic Web Goes Mainstream)                                                                            31 January 2008
free; organizes email, browsing history, documents, contacts for easier access & to identify social connections;

Types of Email Service                                                                                                                    24 September 2005

Video email See Eyejot (above)

Web2PDF lets you browse web from your email                                                                             13 November 2010

Web-Based E-Mail Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)                                                                28 December 2002

WebInvoke: BRING THE WEB TO E-MAIL                                                                                 4 June 2002
for those with good email access but poor web access; customizable mailback service for websites & e-mail newsletters.  Used by World Bank, USAID; .

Webmail Market Share  Gmail grew 43% last year;                                                                         18 January 2009

Webmail Versus Desktop Email                                                                                                       28 April 2007

Web Search Guide - About email                                                                                                    10 February 2006

Web Search Guide: Tutorials: Communication                                                                                  25 March 2005

YouSendIt emails files up to 1 Gb in size                                                                                        21 October 2004
free service automatically notifies recipient; file deleted after 7 days; No passwords, no software to install, no subscription; Dropload maximum file size is 100MB

Zoho Mail Gets Offline Support via Google Gears - Ahead of Gmail                                                10 October 2008