webmail

Webmail is simply a way for a user to access their web-based email from any capable browser connected to the Internet. Webmail was originally developed and released to the public via demonstration in 1995 by a Sardinian programmer named Luca Manunza.

Since that time, many other companies have developed their own version of webmail, including Microsoft's Hotmail, a service they actually acquired and released to the public via their branding in 1997, Yahoo! Mail, which offers unlimited storage for its users, and Gmail, Google's entry into the market in 2004, which has developed a series of Javascript tools forcing other older webmail to update their products.

One of the disadvantages of webmail is the ability for people to hack into accounts and access them remotely. One highly publicized hacking was detailed in 2008 when Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin had her Yahoo! Mail accessed, showing her doing official state business from her personal email account.

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• WebMail Pro available in free 5-user License from AfterLogic Corporation

  
  eNewsChannels — Authority: 142
  NEWARK, Del. — AfterLogic Corporation ( www.afterlogic.com ) today made available for free download a fully functional version of its very popular webmail application, WebMail Pro, licensed for up to 5 users. The application comes with a perpetual license, which never expires, and the installation package can be ...
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• Roundcube: the worlds coolest Open Source webmail project?

  
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• AfterLogic Corp. Announces WebMail Pro 5-user License Free

  
  Publishers Newswire — Authority: 124
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• Study: Gmail Users Most Active on Social Networks, Maybe

  
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• Report as SPAM

  
  Geeky Ramblings — Authority: 107
  It’s nice that many of the major mail providers give you the ability to report a message you’ve received as spam … but some of them make it far TOO easy to report something as spam.I’ve noticed that many of the big names put the “Report as spam” button way too close to the delete [...]
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• Report as SPAM

  
  Geeky Ramblings — Authority: 107
  It’s nice that many of the major mail providers give you the ability to report a message you’ve received as spam … but some of them make it far TOO easy to report something as spam.I’ve noticed that many of the big names put the “Report as spam” button way too close to the delete [...]
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• AT&T Webmail Service Outage For Cyber Cut

  
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• Att.net Goes Down and Stays Down! | ATT Webmail Portal Down

  
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  Att.net Goes Down and Stays Down! | ATT Webmail Portal Down ATT.net appears to be down and is experiencing difficulties. So, users may not able to load the page of the site. According to the reports, the cause of the AT&T.net outage is unknown and services will be restored as soon as humanly possible. When we ...
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• AT&T net website suffering from outage

  
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  If you are having difficulty accessing your Att.net webmail you are not alone.The homepage utilized for logging into email and other Att.net services has been down. According to Att.net users, the site has been experiencing technical difficulties since last night. Attempts to gain further information from AT&T ...
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• ATT.net Homepage Down

  
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  ATT’s Homepage ATT.net is down. ATT.net , AT&T’s official website, is down currently Monday morning 5 AM PST, 8 AM EST. When trying to access the ATT.net website, customers are getting a “cannot find server” error command. In October 2009, AT&T quarterly numbers showed an increase in wireless ...
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• AT&T net website suffering from outage

  
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• ATT.net ATT Homepage Down!

  
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• 7 Free and open source Webmail

  
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• MobileMe mail offline for some users... again

  
  The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Authority: 766
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