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'''Webmail''' uses a standard web browser to view and manage messages on a mail delivery server. Like IMAP, this allows the recipient to access his email from any computer, but now the computer doesn't have to be set up with an email program configured for the recipient's mail service. Any computer with a web browser will work. | '''Webmail''' uses a standard web browser to view and manage messages on a mail delivery server. Like IMAP, this allows the recipient to access his email from any computer, but now the computer doesn't have to be set up with an email program configured for the recipient's mail service. Any computer with a web browser will work. | ||
Webmail tends to be slower and less flexible than a well-tuned email program running on the recipient's computer. This is changing, however, as web browsers get more sophisticated, evolving from passive displays to active participation. Operations like dragging a message to a folder can now be done on the "client side" without having to download a whole new image from the server. | Webmail tends to be slower and less flexible than a well-tuned email program running on the recipient's computer. This is changing, however, as web browsers get more sophisticated, evolving from passive displays to active participation. Operations like dragging a message to a folder can now be done on the "client side" without having to download a whole new image from the server. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webmail Webmail] | |||
Revision as of 00:51, 1 October 2009
Webmail uses a standard web browser to view and manage messages on a mail delivery server. Like IMAP, this allows the recipient to access his email from any computer, but now the computer doesn't have to be set up with an email program configured for the recipient's mail service. Any computer with a web browser will work.
Webmail tends to be slower and less flexible than a well-tuned email program running on the recipient's computer. This is changing, however, as web browsers get more sophisticated, evolving from passive displays to active participation. Operations like dragging a message to a folder can now be done on the "client side" without having to download a whole new image from the server.