Freemail
Freemail means the free offer of an e-mail address and an e-mail mailbox for sending and receiving e-mails (electronic letters) by an e-mail provider . Such services are usually financed by freemail providers through advertising or additional functions that are provided for a fee.
In addition to a website through which e-mails can be viewed and sent ( webmail ), users are usually also allowed to handle e-mail traffic via e-mail programs ; At least no advertising is displayed in the user interface. With some providers, however, user intervention is required to activate access via the POP3 and IMAP protocols , because this access is deactivated in the standard setting.
Many providers require their users to log in via the web interface of the e-mail service at certain intervals, otherwise the e-mail address will be deactivated. The users must see the advertising on the provider's website, which is not the case when using an email program (with the exception of advertising emails sent by the provider). In addition, unused e-mail addresses can be deactivated and then released for other users.
Comparison of providers
This table only lists the freemail offers from well-known providers in German-speaking countries. Additional services that are subject to a fee are not discussed here.
| providers | Storage space | Email address | Max. Email size (including attachment) | Deactivation of the account in the event of inactivity | Analysis of the email content | Webmail: Registration / completely via HTTPS | Encryption to other providers | POP3 | IMAP | SMTP | S / MIME / certificate | Integrated virus protection | Push service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOL | unlimited | 1 | 20 MB | after 3 months | unknown | mandatory / no | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | unknown |
| Arcor PIA (new registration no longer possible) | 50 MB | 15th | 35 MB | - | unknown | mandatory / optional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | IMAP idle |
| Bluewin | 1 GB | 1 | 15 MB | after 12 months | unknown | mandatory / mandatory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | IMAP idle |
| Freenet | 1 GB | 11 | 20 MB | after 180 days | unknown | mandatory (but uncertain) / mandatory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Exchange Active Sync |
| Gmail | 15 GB | 1 (plus unlimited suffixes) |
25 MB | - | Yes | mandatory / optional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Only through the Gmail app |
| GMX | 1 GB (users of the free GMX MailCheck: 1.5 GB) |
22nd | 20 MB | after 6 months | unknown | mandatory / mandatory | Yes | yes (every 60 s) |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| iCloud | 5 GB | 3 | 20 MB | - | unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | unknown | Yes |
| mail.de | 2 GB | 10 | 60 MB | after 6 months | unknown | mandatory / mandatory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | unknown | Yes | IMAP Idle, IMAP Notify |
| Outlook.com | 5 GB or more | 15 (5 per year) | 25 MB (up to 300 MB via OneDrive email attachment) | after 9 months | Yes | mandatory / mandatory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync |
| ProtonMail | 500 MB | 1 | unknown | unknown | No (encrypted) | imperative | Yes | No | No | No | unknown | unknown | Via ProtonMail app only |
| T-Online | 1 GB | 10 | 32 MB | after 6 months | unknown | mandatory / mandatory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | IMAP idle |
| Vodafone | 5 GB | 10 | 50 MB | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Yes | Yes | unknown | Yes | unknown |
| Web.de | 1 GB (users of the free WEB.DE MailCheck: 10 GB) |
1 | 20 MB (retrofittable: 50 MB) |
after 6 months | unknown | mandatory / mandatory | Yes | Yes (every 60 s) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | IMAP idle |
| Yahoo mail | 1 TB | 2 | 25 MB | after 4 months | Yes | mandatory / optional | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | unknown |
- Remarks
- ↑ Since the registration form transmitted via HTTPS is integrated as an inline frame into a page transmitted via HTTP, a man-in-the-middle can display another form and spy out the login data entered there. A secure registration would be possible via https://www.freenet.de/index.html , but the layout of the page is severely impaired by the stylesheet that does not load there (as of January 17, 2016).
- ↑ Although email addresses with a suffix (plus addressing) do not contradict the RFC 3696 standard, addresses with "+" are incorrectly not recognized by some website operators and can therefore only be used to a limited extent.
- ↑ Completely encrypted (SSL / HTTPS ), provided that the relevant option has been activated in the settings or the page is accessed via https: //.
- ↑ 2 addresses with gmx domains, 20 addresses with GMX so-called "fun" domains
- ↑ a b c d The login data entered are sent via a secure HTTPS connection regardless of the encryption of the login page.
- ↑ if you call up the page via https: //, otherwise unencrypted.
- ↑ With T-Online you can send e-mail attachments with 32 MB, but receive with 50 MB.
- ↑ The login page is not encrypted. Note: with T-Online the portal is not encrypted - login is.
- ↑ a b c Beta function, available immediately for new customers
Web links
- Test of e-mail providers 02/2015 on the website of the Stiftung Warentest .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Overview of the encryption offered / used by e-mail providers for connections to / from other servers on ssl-tools.net ( Memento from October 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 17, 2016)
- ↑ a b c d e f g Overview of PIA products ( Memento from August 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d e Swisscom AG: Swisscom Mail - Mail - E-Mail - Webmail - Free E-Mail - Bluewin E-Mail - SMS function - Address book - Service Package classic - Private customers - Swisscom ( Memento from January 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 8, 2013)
- ↑ Swisscom AG: Process your e-mails using the new webmail in your browser (accessed on January 15, 2013)
- ↑ Service Package Light - Offer Conditions (accessed on Jan. 24, 2015)
- ↑ https://de.ssl-tools.net/mailservers/bluewin.ch
- ↑ a b Freenetmail service description (accessed on Jan. 17, 2016)
- ↑ Setup freenet Sync (accessed on Jan. 17, 2016)
- ↑ Storage subscriptions and prices for Google Drive. In: Gmail Help. Google, accessed August 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Gmail App. Retrieved August 12, 2013
- ↑ http://support.google.com/a/users/bin/answer.py?hl=de&answer=2716936&topic=1233222&ctx=topic (link not available)
- ↑ a b Comparison between FreeMail, ProMail and TopMail , accessed on April 14, 2013
- ↑ Comparison between FreeMail, ProMail and TopMail → Note 1, accessed on April 14, 2013
- ↑ GMX attracts customers with a larger e-mail inbox
- ↑ GMX - General Terms and Conditions ( Memento from January 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 17, 2013
- ↑ iCloud: Storage Upgrades and Downgrades. Accessed August 12, 2013
- ^ ICloud: Information about email aliases on support.apple.com , accessed December 23, 2012
- ↑ iCloud: Information about the mail server at support.apple.com , accessed December 23, 2012
- ↑ iCloud: Overview of Security and Privacy at support.apple.com , accessed December 23, 2012
- ↑ iOS: Push e-mail service for users of iCloud, Yahoo !, AOL, QQ and NetEase available within the borders of Germany ( Memento from July 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved October 17, 2013
- ↑ Our premium products and FreeMail in comparison , accessed on November 1, 2013
- ^ "The new and better IMAP IDLE": IMAP NOTIFY Extension, RFC 5465
- ↑ Test webmail services: Outlook.com or Gmail? The best freemailers in comparison , accessed on April 27, 2013
- ↑ Storage limits in Outlook.com , accessed June 26, 2016
- ↑ Hotmail / outlook storage limit issues , accessed June 26, 2016
- ↑ www.hotmail.de , accessed on February 29, 2008
- ↑ Proton Technologies AG: ProtonMail - Sign Up (accessed April 6, 2017)
- ↑ Proton Technologies AG: ProtonMail - Security Features (accessed April 6, 2017)
- ↑ Google: ProtonMail - Encrypted Email (accessed April 6, 2017)
- ↑ Which e-mail service can I use to send the largest attachment? at www.email-vergleich.com , accessed on April 13, 2013
- ↑ Web.de Mailcheck product page
- ↑ Web.de product comparison Freemail and Web.de Club
- ↑ Comparison between Freemail and Club ( Memento from May 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Performance upgrade after a one-time activation through WEB.DE MailCheck.
- ↑ AGB FreeMail web.de
- ↑ FreeMail functions at a glance
- ↑ Attaching Files to Email in Yahoo Help, accessed April 14, 2013
- ↑ Yahoo is following suit - users can activate HTTPS
- ↑ de facto no longer since the beginning of 2017: Yahoo forum
- ↑ a b Yahoo: Mail Help | - SLN4075 - How to set up IMAP on your mobile device or email client (accessed February 7, 2013)