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Free Email Accounts

Everybody can get one (or more), you can access your messages or write new emails from anywhere, and it's all a whole lot of fun, too. Free web-based email accounts are great, and many of them tame the spam problem, too.
Top Free Email Services
If you are looking for a free email service, you can be picky. You'll be rewarded with plenty of storage, effective spam filtering, a fast interface, desktop email program access and more. Find the top 10 free email services to choose from reviewed here.
Top Free POP3 Email Services and Free IMAP Email Services
Free email sounds nice, but isn't that the crippled deal where you get slow-loading pages and lots of ads? No and no. Some free email services offer POP or IMAP access, which means you can download your messages to any email program. Find the best free POP3 email service and free IMAP email services here.
How Often Do I Have to Log In to My Free Email Account to Keep It?
Know how often you have to visit your Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail or other free web-based email account so that it does not become dormant and deleted.
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