Free POP3 E-mail Accounts

Free POP3 E-mail Services

In this category, FreebieList.com takes a look at the Internet's best free POP3 e-mail services. If you happen to stumble across an outdated link, we'd very much appreciate it if you could report it.

Gawab.com - Offers free Web-based e-mail accounts with POP3 access and SMTP support. 15MB of storage space is included here, as well as virus scanning and spam filtering options. Users can view Gawab.com in a choice of eight different languages and also choose from twelve different "themes" for their inbox. Addresses provided are: @gawab.com, @alex4all.com, @alexandria.cc.

Lavabit - Lavabit offers two free POP3 e-mail packages, one with 128MB storage space, and another with 1024MB storage space. The 128MB account is completely free with no strings attached, whilst the 1024MB package is advertisement supported, but still free. They also provide virus protection on both accounts. If you require more storage space without the adverts, they offer this for a small annual fee.
Due to an increase in registrations for Lavabit, the company has decided to suspend future sign-ups until further notice.

Bluebottle - This site provides a solid free e-mail service with 250MB storage space and integrated spam (junk mail) filtering. Using Bluebottle, you can access your e-mails either via a Web browser, by IMAP, or by POP3 (using any e-mail client you choose). Along with these advanced functions, Bluebottle also allows you to manage folders and set up address verification lists.
Notice: as of 20 June 2008, Bluebottle will no longer provide its free POP3-based e-mail service. The announcement has aggravated many users, who complained the one week notice was far too short. Existing users can either upgrade or move to another provider. Premium accounts will continue to be supported.

HotPOP - A quality e-mail service should have numerous domain names, forwarding, attachment support and POP access. You soon realise, however, that this usually costs the Earth and technical support is extremely hard to reach. HotPOP.com solves this problem by giving all this away for free and best of all, support and help is easy to reach should you have trouble setting up an account. You'll even receive up to 100MB of space!
Some of our visitors have reported problems with the registration process at HotPOP. Whilst the site collects personal information during the "account setup" stages, it does not appear to provide the service it advertises. Please contact us with further details to keep us updated.

FreePop3.net - A no-frills but fairly solid free e-mail service provider. Registering with FreePop3.net entitles you to 20MB of e-mail space, which can be used via either POP3 or a Web-based interface. As an added bonus, this service also provides free anti-spam and anti-virus protection, free of charge. Signing up for an account here takes literally seconds. Just follow the "Register" link.
Note: FreePop3.net is not currently accepting new registrations.

Softhome - SoftHome is one of the more popular providers of completely free POP-based accounts and although their site is far from pretty, they do provide a solid and reliable service. If you register here, your e-mail address at SoftHome will be: yourusername@softhome.net and servers: pop.SoftHome.net / smtp.SoftHome.net, where you can substitute SMTP for your ISP's server.
> Note: unfortunately SoftHome will no longer be offering a POP service on their "free" accounts, although Web mail access will remain active on both "free" and "professional" accounts.>

MyRealBox - "The free e-mail service that's loaded with benefits" is what MyRealBox claims to be. On visiting this site for the first time, we were extremely impressed with their clean design and range of features offered; particularly the ability to access your inbox directly from the Web and through your favourite POP or IMAP email program. It's certainly one of the best free services we've seen.
Note: MyRealBox is currently not accepting any new sign-ups.

MailandNews.com - Classy site that provides a completely free (and fully functional) POP3 e-mail service that is reliable and fairly fast as well. Multilingual language options are available, plus they allow you to access newsgroups and view/reply to your e-mail via touch-tone telephones. Note: you may use virtually any e-mail client that resembles Netscape Mail, Outlook Express, Eudora, etc.
Note: this site is currently offline.

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