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Hosting Email Services

Hosting services should include proper Email Accounts and Email Services

Email Accounts

hosting solutions should include email accounts for each person in your company. Email addresses should appear like this:

peter@mycompany.com

paul@mycompany.com

mary@mycompany.com

Most common is to use first name or first initial and last name.

POP Email Accounts

POP stands for Post Office Protocol. POP is a protocol for sending and retrieving email.

With a POP account, you can use an application such as Outlook, Netscape, or Internet Explorer to send and retrieve email.

MIME Accounts

MIME is another protocol for sending and retrieving email.

With a MIME account, you can use an application such as Outlook, Netscape, or Internet Explorer to send and retrieve email.

Web-Accessible Email

Especially with MIME accounts it is often possible to access one's email using a browser.

Being able to access your email from any browser anywhere in the world is a very attractive option.

Email Forwarding

Email forwarding allows you to have multiple email personalities.

With email forwarding, you can setup aliases for other email accounts like

postmaster@mycompany.com should be forwarded to peter@mycompany.com

sales@mycompany.com should be forwarded to mary@mycompany.com

Mailing Lists

Some service providers offer mailing list capabilities. This is a valuable plus if you plan sending out email to a large number of users.

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