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geekmail.cc

geekmail.cc

Heinz Tschabitscher
The Bottom Line
geekmail.cc provides powerful, universally accessible (IMAP and web-based) email accounts with stellar spam protection and security. The web interface lacks some features, though. geekmail.cc is no longer available.
Pros
  • geekmail.cc has multiple strong anti-spam measures
  • Provides secure TLS/SSL access via HTTP/IMAP/POP
  • geekmail.cc can collect mail from other accounts
Cons
  • geekmail.cc is no longer available
  • geekmail.cc web interface lacks features
  • Can't read RSS feeds
Description
  • geekmail.cc provides email accounts accessible via the web, WAP, IMAP and POP.
  • Anti-spam measures include blacklists, graylisting and SpamAssassin with Bayesian filtering.
  • geekmail.cc also uses challenge/response for new senders and auto-whitelists people you mail.
  • All connections to geekmail.cc can be used with strong TLS/SSL security.
  • Easy access to procmail filtering lets you sort messages directly at the geekmail.cc server.
  • geekmail.com can retrieve mail from POP, MSN/Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and .mac accounts.
  • geekmail.cc offers 200 MB server space (can be upgraded) and lets you use your own domain with it.
Guide Review - geekmail.cc
geekmail.cc takes email seriously. If 200 MB mailbox size, emphasizing IMAP and server-based filters using procmail are not evidence enough for you, take a look at the long list of anti-spam measures.

geekmail.cc combines DNS blackhole lists, graylisting, SpamAssassin's scoring and Bayesian filters, and if a mail makes it past these, the sender must respond to a challenge if unknown to geekmail.cc. Of course, you can disable these measures individually (I don't like graylisting, for example), and geekmail.cc is smart enough to auto-whitelist everybody you send mail to.

geekmail.cc's web interface is quite functional and like everything else can be reached SSL-encrypted, but it does lack some features including text re-wrapping and encrypted mailing.

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