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Everyday we send and receive e-mails from our friends, relatives, and others. We also received many spam e-mails, viruses, trojans, and phishing e-mail.

Today free webmail services have offered many interesting features and also security features. They can block spams, check for viruses and trojans, and keep your inbox clean from phishing e-mail.

However, not every free webmail services are safe! And not every services offered the same features. So, which one is better? This comparison table will show you before you make a decision to use one of them as your main webmail service.

In this section, we will see some comparisons between 5 free familiar webmail services, they are GMail (by Google), AOL, Windows Live Hotmail (by Microsoft), Yahoo! Mail, and Lycos (formerly MailCity and EudoraMail). We will compare the offered features, security aspects, and usability. Then in the next section we will check every webmail service with their detailed information.

Overview

Overview	GMail	AOL	Hotmail	Yahoo	Lycos
Address	www.gmail.com or mail.google.com	mail.aol.com	www.hotmail.com	mail.yahoo.com or www.rocketmail.com or ymail.com	mail.lycos.com
Company	Google	AOL	Microsoft	Yahoo	Lycos
Overall score

Features Comparison

Features	GMail	AOL	Hotmail	Yahoo	Lycos
POP
IMAP
SMTP
Mobile
Instant Messaging (Chat)
RSS
Fully Web 2.0 (Ajax)

Security Comparison

Security	GMail	AOL	Hotmail	Yahoo	Lycos
Antivirus
Antispam
SSL (Web / https)
SSL-POP
SSL-IMAP
SSL-SMTP

Usability Comparison

Usability	GMail	AOL	Hotmail	Yahoo	Lycos
Search capability	All Content	Content, Sender, Recipient, Subject, Date	Sender, Recipient, Subject	Sender, Recipient, Subject	Content, Sender, Recipient, Subject
Sorting
Free ads
Storage	Over 6 GB and increasing	Unlimited	5 GB	Unlimited	3 GB
Attachment size	20 MB	16 MB	10 MB	10 MB	Unlimited
From login page to inbox	1 step	2 steps	3 steps	3 steps	1 step
Address book

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