We support both POP and IMAP for incoming email and therefore we support any email client that recognizes these protocols. If you're unfamiliar with what the difference is between POP and IMAP, then please look at the next subsection where we'll explain this. Some of the more popular email clients we support are Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail (Vista), Thunderbird, Mac Mail, Entourage and Eudora.
The difference between POP and IMAP
The difference between POP and IMAP is where your emails and mail folders are stored. With POP3, you essentially download your emails from our servers, take them off our server and then put them into your own local mail folders on your computer. They are not left on Tag Along Mail. With IMAP, your emails and mail folders are kept on our servers, so when you access your email account via IMAP, you'll be looking at your emails remotely.
The advantage with POP3 is that you don't have to be online to check your emails. Some businesses would also rather keep their data on their local computers, so POP3 is a better option. With IMAP, your emails are stored on our servers and therefore allow you to easily access your emails from any Internet connection worldwide. Your emails will also be backed up regularly and be stored on high-quality servers, making it reliable and efficient. The downside to IMAP is that you will need more diskspace with us (although 1GB will in most cases be ample) then with POP3 and you'll always need to be connected to the Internet to retreieve any of your emails.
Webmail
Our webmail client is one of our slickest features. You'll find it very easy to use because we've based it around how email clients work. It's the perfect companion to keep up to date with all of your important communication data. Below are several screenshots of our webmail client.
One of the other useful features of our webmail client is AJAX technology. This essentially allows parts of a page to be refreshed without having to reload the whole page again. The result is a large increase in speed and when combined with a few other technologies, we can offer functionality like drag 'n drop and right click menus.
Minimize spam and viruses
Tag Along Mail's only business is email and that's important because it means we have the resources to put into fighting spam and viruses. Our spam settings are very customizable, with various options include:
* Control what happens to spam of different likelihood. For example, delete anything automatically that is marked as "Very likely to be spam", but place anything that is "Hard to tell" in my spam folder.
* Automatically delete virus infected emails.
* Control your own blacklists and whitelists.
* Use Verification Response where unknown senders are asked to verify that they are a real person.
* Automatic whitelisting of people on your address books.
