E-Mail Hosting Service can be defined as an Internet hosting service that helps the e-mail servers to run flawlessly. Unlike free e-mail or Webmail, the e-mail hosting service is paid that offers a premium e-mail service.
In case of free email or Webmail services the revenue is drawn from several advertisements that are featured on the website. Being a paid service provider the E-Mail Hosting Service differs from those common end-user e-mail providers like the various Webmail sites such as Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo! Mail.
The E-Mail Hosting Service is catered to the demanding e-mail users and small sized and medium business. This service is mainly availed by those users who do not want their own e-mail servers to get administered. For both the premium e-mail services and custom configurations the e-mail hosting providers allows a large number of accounts. It also uses its own domain name.
Electronic mail or E-mail is a method of composing, forwarding, storing or receiving messages through internet. Every user has their own private account, which is known as an e-mail account, with a unique user or login name. The emailing service is based on Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Internet protocols are used by the organizations for internal mailing services.
Almost every E-Mail Hosting Service Providers offer an advanced mailing solution, which is based on the dedicated custom e-mail platforms. Depending upon various technologies the services of different e-mail hosting providers may differ towards different needs. POP3 based mailing service and Webmail applications like Horde or Squirrelmail are offered by most web hosting companies.
