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Email hosting service
Types of Internet hosting service vices along with custom configurations and large number
of accounts. In addition, hosting providers manage user’s
Full-featured hosting own domain name, including any email authentication
Virtual private server · Dedicated hosting · Colocation scheme that the domain owner wishes to enforce in or-
centre · Cloud hosting der to convey the meaning that using a specific domain
name identifies and qualifies email senders.
Web hosting Most email hosting providers offer advanced premi-
Free hosting · Shared · Clustered · Reseller um email solutions hosted on dedicated custom email
platforms. The technology and offerings of different
Application-specific web hosting
email hosting providers can therefore vary with different
Blog (comments) · Guild hosting · Image · Video · Wiki needs. Email offered by most webhosting companies is
farms · Application · Social network usually more basic standardized POP3 based email and
webmail based on open source webmail applications like
By content format
Horde or SquirrelMail. Almost all webhosting providers
File · Image · Video · Music offer standard email hosting.
Other types
Remote backup · Game server · DNS · E-mail Other
Comparison of Email Hosting Providers
An email hosting service is an Internet hosting service
that runs email servers.
Email hosting services usually offer premium email at Implementation
a cost as opposed to advertisement-supported free email Main article: Email hub
or free webmail. Email hosting services thus differ from
typical end-user email providers such as webmail sites.
They cater mostly to demanding email users and Small External links
and Mid Size (SME) businesses, while larger enterprises • E-mail Webmaster Providers at the Open Directory
usually run their own email hosting service on their own Project
equipment using software such as Microsoft Exchange.
Email hosting providers allow for premium email ser-
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