Email Forwarding - WebMail - Mobile Mail - POP3 - SMTP Not sure what about the terminology used with email? Read on, and we'll explain in easy to understand detail. And remember, your email account with us is completely ad free! Why do I need to register a domain name to have a pesonalized email address? A domain name is what makes your email address uniquely yours, and yours alone. When you register your dotCom domain name (or .Net, .Org, .US, .Biz, or whatever) it's the @domainname part of your email address. Since each and every domain name must be unique, once you register yours, it's yours alone to use. Here's info on how to create your unique domain name. Our email addresses are very flexible: you can send and receive email messages with your favorite email program such as Outlook Express, Outlook, Netscape, Eudora, etc you can send and receive email by Webmail - our internet based email program where you use your internet web browser to send and receive your messages from any computer connected to the internet from anywhere you can send and receive email via your cell phone equipped with internet access using our Mobile Mail system you can set your email account to store messages you can set your email account to forward messages to another email address you can set your email account as a "catch-all" which will receive any email sent to "anyname"@YourDomainName you can even set-up an auto-responder which automatically sends a standard reply message you create (like: "I'm on vacation. I'll reply when I return next week.") in response to all incoming messages Webmail Webmail uses your internet browser and lets you send and receive your email from any computer, anytime, anywhere you have access to the internet. If you're familiar with using AOL email, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Google Gmail or any similiar web-based email program, you already know how our WebMail functions. You create folders and mange your email on our server similar to the email systems at AOL email, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Google Gmail, etc., but our Webmail uses YourName@YourDomainName. - you know, like John@TheSmiths.com; and, it's totally ad free. You'll get to your WebMail account by using your browser and going to http://Email.YourDomainName. You then login using your Email Account Name and Password. Mobile Mail - Cell Phone Email Access Mobile Mail uses your cell phone equipped with internet access to send and receive your email from anywhere your cell phone can connect to the internet. Basically, Mobile Mail is a "slimmed down" version of Webmail. Again, no ads! You access your Mobile Mail account by using your internet enable cell phone and going to http://mobilemail.YourDomainName. You then login using your Email Account Name and Password. POP3 Email When you register your domain name with us, in addition to Webmail and Mobile Mail, you also get a FREE POP3 mailbox using a name like YourName@YourDomainName. POP3 (Post Office Protocol) is the means by which email is retrieved from a mail server. With a POP3 mailbox, your incoming email messages go to our servers and we store them there for you. When you check/retreive your email, our servers immediately download the all the email to your PC. You read, reply, delete, manage and store these emails on your PC's hard drive. POP3 mailboxes require you to have an email client program such as Outlook, Outllook Express, Eudora, etc. Your ISP (internet service provider) has undoubtably provided you with a mailbox with an address something like YourUserName@YourISPName.com (like johnsmith394@aol.com). If you register a domain name with us, you can replace your ISP mailbox with one called YourName@YourDomainName -- like JohnSmith@TheSmithFamily.com. Of course if you want to, you can continue to use your old ISP mailbox as well. SMTP Outgoing Email Server You can also send your outgoing email messages using our SMTP relaying servers; and your messages will show your @YourDomainName email address as the "Reply To" address. EMail Forwarding Email forwarding instantaneously and transparently sends messages addressed to an email address such as AnyName@YourName.com to any existing email address you specify such as YourName@aol.com. Register your domain name with us and you're also provided your choice of any 100 email forwarding addresses that use your domain name - FREE, and with no ads!. Send them all to the same existing email address or send each one to a different existing email address. Create personalized email addresses for family members, friends, business associates, colleagues, etc. Add, delete, or change your email addresses easily at any time using your personal online control panel. Here are some examples of email forwarding: forward mail addressed to info@YourDomainName to YourName@aol.com forward mail addressed to sales@YourDomainName to YourName@aol.com forward mail addressed to MaryJones@YourDomainName to MaryJones@earthlink.com forward mail addressed to YourName@YourDomainName to YourName@aol.com forward mail addressed to JohnSmith@YourDomainName to JohnSmith@hotmail.com EMail Auto-Responder An auto-responder automatically sends a standard reply message that you create - example: "I'm on vacation. I'll reply when I return next week." - in response to all incoming messages. To get your personalized email address, you must register you domain name. Check and see if the one you want is available and register it. All email accounts include our state-of-the-art Virus Protection system which automatically blocks infected email attachments that may damage your computer with destructive viruses. Virus scanning occurs every time our servers receive an incoming attachment. Virus Protection is in place for both Webmail and POP3 email clients so that any emails that contain an infected attachment are automatically blocked. Another integrated feature of our email accounts is a spam filter, a service that screens incoming mail at the server level. Through the web-based email interface you can train the filter, thus gradually improving the filter's ability to detect incoming bulk mail. Get your personalized email address You@Any-Name-You-Want. Register your domain name now! Web Mail, Mobile Mail, POP3 mailbox, email forwarding, autoresponder are all included ! And with no ads.