Free Web Based Email Addresses
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The beauty of a web-based email address is that you can access it from absolutely anywhere in the world, just as long as you have an internet connection.
If you are interested in free pop 3 email addresses, click here.
Hotmail
http://login.live.com
Free webmail with 1000Mb of storage space from MSN. If you subscribe to one of the Hotmail premium services (this is pretty cheap at around £15 per year) you can also view your messages from your pop3 email account.
Yahoo
http://uk.docs.yahoo.com
Free webmail. You can also retrieve mail from your pop3 mail accounts through Yahoo mail which means you can get all your email via the web even when you are away from your computer. This service is free, but access to your Yahoo mail via your own computer using POP3 is available only if you upgrade to Yahoo Mail Plus (around $20 per year).
Mail.com
www.mail.com
Free web mail with 100Mb mailbox allowance. Includes free calendarm cards and games etc. Very quick and easy to sign up with nice email addresses such as yourname@mail.com. You can be up and running in a couple of minutes. You can also upgrade to the premium service.
AOL
https://my.screenname.aol.com
Secure mail boxes free from the ISP giant AOL.
SoftHome
http://www.softhome.net/
Web-based email. 6MB storage and 150 messages. 10MB/month transfer quota. Its free but you will get advertisments to "pay" for it. It will also expire after 3 moths of disuse. POP3 email is only available to subscribing users.
