mail hosting services on internet

E-mail hosting services usually offer premium e-mail at a cost as opposed to advertising

supported free e-mail or free webmail. E-mail hosting services thus differ from typical

end-user e-mail providers such as webmail sites. They cater mostly to demanding e-mail

users and Small and Mid Size (SME) businesses, while larger enterprises usually run their

own e-mail hosting service. E-mail hosting providers allow for premium e-mail services along

with custom configurations and large number of accounts. In addition, hosting providers

manage user's own domain name, including any e-mail authentication scheme that the

domain owner wishes to enforce in order to convey the meaning that using a specific domain

name identifies and qualifies e-mail senders.

Most e-mail hosting providers offer advanced premium e-mail solutions hosted on dedicated

custom e-mail platforms. The technology and offerings of different e-mail hosting providers

can therefore vary with different needs. E-mail offered by most webhosting companies is

usually more basic standardized POP3 based e-mail and webmail based on open source

webmail applications like Horde or SquirrelMail. Almost all webhosting providers offer

standard basic e-mail while not all e-mail hosting providers offer webhosting.