I'm using a hosting service that doesn't include webmail. I want to be able to check and respond to email away from the office using my pop3 address, i.e. not yahoomail.
Any suggestions for third-party providers?

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Originally posted by basilmaven
I'm using a hosting service that doesn't include webmail. I want to be able to check and respond to email away from the office using my pop3 address, i.e. not yahoomail.
Any suggestions for third-party providers?
Hotmail has a "Check POP3" feature. You can check lots of different POP3 accounts all at once. I used to use Hotmail's POP3 Fetch feature all the time. It's VERY nice and featurefull (is that a word? :)).

You might want to ask your host to install webmail. A lot of people like using webmail these days.

Originally posted by allera

Hotmail has a "Check POP3" feature. You can check lots of different POP3 accounts all at once. I used to use Hotmail's POP3 Fetch feature all the time. It's VERY nice and featurefull (is that a word? :)).

You might want to ask your host to install webmail. A lot of people like using webmail these days.

The Check POP3 feature is good, but unfortunately, it doesn't allow me to use my POP3 email address as the sender.

My host suggested everyone.net's email service which is popular with some of their customers, but the regular service is full of ads...

Originally posted by basilmaven
The Check POP3 feature is good, but unfortunately, it doesn't allow me to use my POP3 email address as the sender.
You can set a "Respond-To" address, which when someone replies to your email it'll automatically go to whatever email address you have set there. The only downside is that the email address and name it "comes from" is your hotmail information.

Have your host look into SquirrelMail. It does exactly what you are looking for. We use it and are extremely happy with it. It's a breeze to install too.

Good luck to ya!

We have been using Pop3Now and have been very happy with the service:

http://www.pop3now.com/

It integrates nicely into our site, and we pay something like $50 a month for the service.

Originally posted by allera

You can set a "Respond-To" address, which when someone replies to your email it'll automatically go to whatever email address you have set there. The only downside is that the email address and name it "comes from" is your hotmail information.

Have your host look into SquirrelMail. It does exactly what you are looking for. We use it and are extremely happy with it. It's a breeze to install too.

Good luck to ya!

Thanks, I'll look into it and see what my host says :)

Originally posted by uuallan
We have been using Pop3Now and have been very happy with the service:

http://www.pop3now.com/

It integrates nicely into our site, and we pay something like $50 a month for the service.

Thanks -- I tried out their free service and it works great. However, it doesn't save a copy of any replies I send on the POP3Now servers which is good for privacy. But it's also nice to be able to keep a copy for my records.
Does the paid service allow you to do this?

Originally posted by basilmaven

Does the paid service allow you to do this?

No, it does not. However, they have been very willing to work with us to add new features, etc. So you might be able to get them to do it :).

Originally posted by uuallan


No, it does not. However, they have been very willing to work with us to add new features, etc. So you might be able to get them to do it :).

Of course, there's always Blind copying to myself...

I've just recently been using mail2web.com. My isp has a webmail feature, but it's so awkward to use. What I like about mail2web is there is it's really simple, just what is necessary and not alot more, there is a secure option and you don't have to register to use it. mail2web.com (http://www.mail2web.com)

:cool:

Originally posted by xor
I've just recently been using mail2web.com. My isp has a webmail feature, but it's so awkward to use. What I like about mail2web is there is it's really simple, just what is necessary and not alot more, there is a secure option and you don't have to register to use it. mail2web.com (http://www.mail2web.com)

:cool:

As a matter of fact I was trying it out earlier. It seems pretty good. Another is Mollymail.com which isn't free (except to try for 24hrs) but has decent features.