WEBMAIL ANYWHERE | ACCESS YOUR EMAIL ONLINE ANYWHERE

Webmail Anywhere | Webmail Account | Web Mail Online Access

WHAT IS WEBMAIL?

WebMail, what is it, what does it do, what is in it for me? Webmail is an extension to your normal email account, which provides you with access to your email, no matter where you are! Home, office, internet cafés, etc., it doesn't matter. If you have internet access and a web browser, you can send and receive your important email! There are a number of great advantages to it, and some disadvantages. But what are they? Let's take a look:

WEBMAIL ADVANTAGES

* Access anywhere – you are not restricted for access. If you have internet access and a web browser, you can access your own email account. This truly portable solution is great for nomads, travelling consultants, away from home, on holidays, etc. Your email is stored on the server and is always available when you need it.

* Central maintenance of the software, backups, upgrades and security updates are all handled by the administrator. You don't need to worry about keeping up to date with the latest version of your email client, the administrators keeps you up to date with all the latest features in a stable and secure environment.

SAMPLE WEB MAIL COMPANIES

Google Web Mail | Yahoo Web Mail | HostCow Web Mail | Eyejot Video Webmail (FREE Video Webmail)

EYEJOT VIDEO WEBMAIL

It couldn't be easier | Watch examples of Eyejot in use

Harness the power of video in conveying emotion, tone, and energy while leveraging the flexibility of an email-like system, where each party can send and view messages at their convenience.

Sending video messages with Eyejot is as easy as sending email. There is no software to download or install. Just login to your account, record or upload your video, and send! The recipient gets a friendly email message telling them they have a new video message, and they can watch it with a single click. No registration required.

Webmail Disadvantages

* You must stay online and connected to the internet if you wish to read or write more than one email.

* Commercial and free webmail providers are sometimes limited with storage space. Unlike an email client you run on your computer, you cannot keep the messages on your own personal storage or hard drives, though the user will sometimes have the ability to download important emails to their hard drive later on.

* Many webmail providers show advertisements during your webmail session or add tag lines or notices on the bottom of your sent email promoting the webmail service. You may or may not want this.

* Technically, webmail is slower than a normal email client because you have to transparently download and view the webmail web page while it's loading your email. This may not matter in the end, but it's something to keep in mind.

Webmail is a great utility to have. Many people actually mix the two, and use an email client at home working using webmail at work, or vice versa. It is really a matter of preference. Give webmail a try anyway. You may find you prefer it after a while.

How to use webmail to access your e-mail account

You can use either the webmail interface or an email client. If you need help configuring email clients, please visit the step-by-step guides for configuring Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird.

You can easily access your WebMail interface by just visiting: http://www.yourdomain.co.za/webmail, where 'yourdomain.co.za' is your actual domain name. If this is not working for you, it might be possible that your ISP is blocking the access to non-standard ports accessed through SSL connection. In this case, please use: http://webmail.servername.co.za, where 'servername.co.za' should be the name of your server (e.g. http://webmail.hostcow.co.za).

Please use the full e-mail account username to login to the webmail interface or when setting your e-mail client software. Example: user@yourdomain.co.za instead of cpanel user name. (e.g. support@hostcow.co.za and email accounts password)

Once you login, you can choose between three webmail clients: Horde, SquirrelMail and RoundCube. It is up to you to choose which one you like better.

If you login to your webmail through the Webmail icon on your cPanel main page, you will be logged in with the default system email account.

Please do not use the default email account, because very often emails send from the system email accounts are going to the Junk folders.

In order to use your email you have to create another email account with the same or different username.

To login to one of your added accounts from your cPanel, you should go to Email Accounts and then click the Access Webmail icon next to the account you wish to access. Then you should type in the password corresponding to the account and click on [Login].

How to send e-mail messages using Webmail?

You can easily send email messages via the webmail client you have chosen. Just find the [New message] button in Horde, the [Compose] button in Squirrelmail or the [Create a New Message] button in RoundCube and you will be able to start writing your message.

Make sure to SAVE your message if it is too long or you want to write it for a longer period of time. The web mail program may drop the connection and you might lose your email.