The following webmail systems have been identified as some of the most widely used systems on the internet. We have investigated
each of these features to the best of our abilities, however, if you see an error or omission in the following chart, please let us
know and we will make the correction. Thank you.
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EMU Mail |
TWIG |
MailMan |
Squirrelmail |
IlohaMail |
Merak |
Anyemail |
Webtop |
| Single user license |
$750/cpu |
free |
$400/server |
free |
free |
$29 |
$25 |
$30 |
| Always running and processing email |
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| Multithreaded design |
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| Downloads email in the background |
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| Scalable Java servlet implementation |
perl/cgi |
php |
perl/cgi |
php |
php |
native windows |
perl |
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| Server OS support |
all |
all |
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windows only |
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| "out-of-the-box" SSL encryption |
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| HTTP response compression |
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| Customizable authentication system |
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| Able to integrate with 3rd party database |
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| Able to integrate with 3rd party web server |
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| Import and export email in mbox file format |
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| "Undeliverable" email response to spam |
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| Auto-add email addresses into your contacts |
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| Configurable mail filters |
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Create mailing lists from
a standard POP email address |
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| POP3 support |
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| IMAP support |
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Create printable PDF documents from an email |
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| Has a calendaring system |
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| Has a notepad |
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| Has online file storage (webfiles) |
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| Has automated email reminders |
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| Has a contacts / address book |
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| Has web-based administration |
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