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Compare Web based mail with Desktop Mail Client
- Advantages of Web based email
- Web based mail allows user to access their email from any part of the world with internet connection
- Web based mail offers features like forwarding mails in seconds with attachment of large sizes
- Web based mail allows you to connect with friends, workers and family and transfer document with a single Id
- Organize the emails with folders or labels
- Does not get affected because of virus attachments
- Automatic filters available
- Free spam filters available with most of the email providers
- Free Anti-virus check for all the attachments
- Online free contact management
Disadvantages
- Cannot access emails offline
- Slow connectivity issues
- Applying easy rules and filters is not possible
- Limited options over email Clients
- Cannot followup email
- Labels and folder colors are not available with most of the providers
- Content collapses when sending emails (Especially when sending tables)
- Download every time you want to open the attachment
- Advantages of Desktop Email Clients
- Offline access to all the emails
- Download only the headers
- Can work in slow internet connection by downloading the headers
- Any number of folders can be created
- Folders can be customized
- Reminder and follow up option
- One time download for all the attachment
- Set up a rule for automated actions
- Alerts for emails and customizable
- Preview of messages
- Grouping the messages by several selection like by Name, Conversation, Subject, Date and many more
- Sort and filter messages
- Disadvantages of Desktop Email Clients
- Need to carry everywhere to access the old emails
- Need to have anti-virus software to clean the incoming and outgoing emails
There are more advantages and disadvantages for both category. I always suggest you to choose an email provider with web mail and also with IMAP access
Please post you comments
Dave 🙂