Web-based email or Webmail, offers the ability to send and receive email from anywhere using just a web browser. Webmail differs from POP3, Webmail messages are stored on the server, while in POP3, the messages are transferred to a personal computer when they are read.

A mobile and appealing alternative to using a traditional PC-based client such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird or Eudora. Webmail is freely available to anyone from the individual up to major corporations. For example, Gmail, offered by Google, permits up to 1GB of on-line storage capacity for each account.

Storage Location

Email is delivered and remains stored on the mail server unless exported, archived or deleted.