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# Host Email Access * * * Hosting services should include a certain number of email accounts and email servers. * * * ## E-mail Accounts A hosting solution should be capable of providing each person in the company with an email account. Email address formats are shown below: **john@mycompany.com** **john.doe@mycompany.com** **jdoe@mycompany.com** * * * ## POP Email POP stands for Post Office Protocol. POP is a standard client/server protocol used for sending and receiving email. Email messages are received and stored on your Internet server until you retrieve them using a client email program (such as Outlook or Foxmail). * * * ## IMAP Email IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. IMAP is another standard protocol used for sending and receiving email. IMAP provides certain improvements over POP: email stored on an IMAP server can be accessed from multiple computers without needing to transfer messages between them. In contrast, POP was designed to support email access from a single computer only. * * * ## Web-based Email Web-based email allows us to access email through a web browser. After logging into your email account via the web, you can send and receive emails. The ability to access email from anywhere in the world is highly attractive. Typical examples of web-based email include: (https://mail.google.com/ "Yahoo Free Email – World’s #1 Email Brand") and (https://hotmail.msn.com/). * * * ## Email Forwarding Email forwarding enables you to have multiple email addresses. Using email forwarding, aliases can be set up for other email accounts: For example: Email sent to postmaster@mycompany.com can be forwarded to peter@mycompany.com. Email sent to sales@mycompany.com can be forwarded to mary@mycompany.com. * * * ## Mailing Lists Some servers provide mailing list functionality. This is a valuable feature if you need to send emails to a large number of users.