| Introduction: | | | | interception or compromise to the sensitive |
| Computers and Internet has really made lot of things | | | | messages in anyway. |
| possible that seemed impossible few years back. A | | | | Secure IMAP and POP Access: Now a day's more |
| common man never even imagined that there will be | | | | and more businesses prefer solutions to email hosting |
| a time when there will be a new era of | | | | since secure access is enabled using them to desktop |
| communication wherein one person would easily be | | | | email clients through POP or IMAP. All the |
| able to communicate with other sitting thousands of | | | | communication traffic gets encrypted including all the |
| miles away. With the invention of electronic mail, it | | | | data transferred from email client to mail server for |
| has really become possible to communicate with | | | | authentication and this includes usernames and |
| anyone in any part of the world. But what is that | | | | passwords too. Almost all the popular mail clients such |
| secret that gives life to this form of modern | | | | as Microsoft Outlook Express, Eudora, Mozilla |
| communication known as E-Mail? There is something | | | | Thunderbird, Apple Mail etc are supported by all |
| that acts as a blood to keep this so called E-Mail alive | | | | reputed Hosting providers and most importantly most |
| in the world of Internet, and what is that? That | | | | of them even provide support for BSD clients and |
| something is known as Email Hosting. | | | | Linux as well as pocket PC's and PDAs. An email |
| Email Hosting is something that can be referred to as | | | | hosting plan ensures efficient and secure |
| a technique that hosts email servers. Just like any | | | | management of your email either online or offline. |
| other website is hosted on a web server to become | | | | Adequate Storage Space: A robust amount of |
| live on internet, similarly email also needs a host to be | | | | storage is provided for each mailbox created when |
| live on the internet and the activity of taking email | | | | you sign up for an email hosting account. Some |
| servers live on internet is termed as Email | | | | providers offer storage space in GB while some in |
| Hosting. It's the best way to establish one's own | | | | MB, whatever the limit may be, however all the |
| identity and is appropriate for a variety of users who | | | | hosting companies often provide storage space that |
| possess certified email address as their own domain | | | | is more than enough limit to store thousands of |
| name. Companies providing such type of hosting | | | | critical messages. The more flexible a hosting plan is, |
| services are known as Email hosting providers. | | | | the more it allows the users to easily upgrade or |
| Basic Understanding: | | | | downgrade storage limit. |
| Since there is a huge possibility of email exchanges, | | | | Shared Address Book: This is a very positive |
| sharing of contacts, calendars, scheduling online | | | | attribute many email clients have since it offers the |
| meetings etc in different companies, Email hosting | | | | user a more suitable option to stock data for easy |
| can be a very appealing option. Email hosting is | | | | use and retrieval in future. Private and Shared |
| often provided by companies having large server | | | | address books are offered by majority of email |
| resources and by offering such type of services to | | | | hosting service providers that come along with |
| different organizations, Email hosting companies | | | | access to public network directory services. Shared |
| automatically become responsible to maintain the | | | | address book can easily be used with any mail client |
| security of their clients, their email accounts as well | | | | that supports LDAP directory services in most of the |
| as the consistency of their servers on which all the | | | | cases. |
| email accounts are stored. It is usual practice for a | | | | Spam and Virus Filtering: Potentially harmful |
| company that provides email hosting to store its | | | | communication is blocked before it tries to access |
| subscribers email archive on their servers. And since | | | | the network in Email hosting plan with spam and virus |
| email service is a service that is always on and live on | | | | filtering feature. In this case Host's SMTP gateways |
| internet, Email hosting companies must also ensure | | | | integrate Anti-virus scanners and spam is treated in |
| that their servers are always up and running. | | | | various other ways. If your email hosting service |
| This service is basically intended to provide cost | | | | provider is really genuine and reliable and gives priority |
| effective email hosting solution to businesses that | | | | also to keep spam emails out of your network, they |
| cannot afford to or want to spend their precious | | | | will utilize several filtering methods to get rid of |
| resources and time to build an internal communication | | | | spam. These filtering methods can be grey listing, |
| infrastructure, and the main reason behind this is that | | | | white listing and blacklisting. These methods allow |
| the never ending maintenance can increase the cost | | | | for the making of configurations that send spam into |
| and possibility of virus infections and various other | | | | a quarantine folder instead of your Email folder |
| software and hardware related problems. | | | | automatically. |
| Benefits of Email Hosting: | | | | Conclusion: |
| There are various advantages of outsourcing your | | | | Choosing a right email hosting service provider can be |
| communication needs to a hosting company, some of | | | | little critical since lot of factors are to be considered |
| the considerable are listed below. | | | | before that such as the size of your organization, |
| Secure Webmail Access: In secure webmail access, | | | | good technical support etc, however its always |
| Email host companies normally equip their servers | | | | advisable to do a little research on your requirements, |
| with Industry encryption which is 128-bit, and that | | | | analyze them, compare it with several hosting plans |
| remains active during the complete webmail session. | | | | offered by reputed companies and choose the best |
| What this means is that the complete to and fro | | | | one that suits your needs. Electronic mail has now a |
| transition of data from server that is happening is | | | | day's become widespread method of communication |
| completely encrypted from the moment user signs in | | | | that can really allow a person to overcome all the |
| till the moment user signs out. This is a proven | | | | communication barriers. |
| source of security protocol, and hence can ensure no | | | | |