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An e-mail hosting service is an Internet hosting service that runs e-mail
servers.
E-mail hosting services usually offer premium e-mail at a cost as opposed to
advertising supported free e-mail or free webmail. E-mail hosting services thus
differ from typical end-user e-mail providers such as webmail sites. They cater
mostly to demanding e-mail users and Small and Mid Size (SME) businesses that do
not want to administer their own e-mail server. E-mail hosting providers allow
for premium e-mail services along with custom configurations, large number of
accounts and use of own domain name.
Most e-mail hosting providers offer advanced premium e-mail solutions hosted on
dedicated custom e-mail platforms. The technology and offering of different
e-mail hosting providers can therefore vary towards different needs. E-mail
offered by most webhosting companies is usually more basic standardized POP3
based e-mail and webmail based on open source webmail applications like Horde or
Squirrelmail. Mostly all webhosting providers offer standard basic e-mail while
not all e-mail hosting providers offer webhosting.
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