List of the differences between the 20 most popular email services

Currently, email providers like Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook are still the most popular among users. But the choice of email services is vast. At some point, you’ll wish to switch from one to another, here is a guide over the basic differences of email providers.

Key features summary

	Storage capacity	Filters	Themes	Attachment  limit	License
Gmail	15 GB	20	232	25 MB	Free / Pro
Outlook	15 GB	7+	21	20 MB	Free / Premium
Yahoo Mail	1 TB	200	24	25 MB	Free / Pro
Mail.com	2 GB	custom	11	30 MB	Free / Premium
Tutanota	1 GB	custom	2	25 MB	Free / Premium
TrashMail	N/A	N/A	N/A	1 GB	Free / Plus
Zoho Mail	5 GB	10+	10	250 MB	€4/user/year
GMX	5 GB	custom	10+	50 MB	Free / Pro
Safe-mail	3 MB	7	9	25 MB	Free / Premium
Thunderbird	N/A	custom	1	N/A	Free
Lycos	500 MB	custom	1	Unlimited	$5/month
Hushmail	10 GB	N/A	1	20 MB	$50/year
AOL Mail	100 GB	custom	10+	25 MB	Free / Premium
iCloud	5 GB	1	custom	20 MB	Free
ProtonMail	500 MB	N/A	5	25 MB	Free / Plus / Pro
Fastmail	25 GB	custom	8	50 MB	$5/user/month
Thexyz	25 GB	3+	11	50 MB	$2.95/user/month
1&1	2 GB	custom	400	6 MB	$1/month
G Suite	30 GB	20	232	25 MB	$6/month
Fasthosts	2 GB	1	100+	25 MB	$2/month
Office 365	1 TB	N/A	1	25 MB	$10/month
Amazon WorkMail	50 GB	1	1	25 MB	$4/user/month
Hostinger	10 GB	2	1	25 MB	$2/user/month
Hostpapa	5 GB	2	1	35 MB	$2/month
Bluehost	15 GB	3	1	25 MB	$3/month
A2hosting	100 GB	1	1	50 MB	$3/month

Email services with migration tools to import existing emails

Changing an email address to a new email address is never an easy task. All your logins will need to be updated to new email ID and many years of email are now only accessible through the previous email account. Fortunately, with premium email services, they usually have easy and free email migration tools to get your existing email data moved over.

Let’s take a look at some services that aim to make the difficult task of changing one’s email address a little more bearable.

Thexyz – usually $9.95 for a migration from any email service, you can actually get it free with coupon code: NQ75TJH8JT

Runbox – another handy IMAP import tool available for Runbox users.

Fastmail – several different email services can be imported into a new Fastmail account.

Protonmail – offers a free import from Gmail and other services via this tool.

List of temporary email address services

In a time when email spam has become an everyday nuisance, and when identity theft threatens, a disposable email address  can serve as a convenient tool for protecting Internet users. These services offer a free email alias service that forwards to your existing email address.

Email service	Remains active	Notes
maildrop.cc	Permanently	No sign up required
grouplist.io	Permanently	No sign up required
20minutemail.com	20 minutes	No SSL
spamgourmet.com	Permanently	Open source
trashmail.com	Custom	Additional features available
yopmail.com	8 days	No SSL or sign up required
boun.cr	Permanently	No sign up required

How to filter incoming email to a folder

You can automatically filter incoming email to a certain folder. This helps keep your inbox clean and is a good practice to help better organize your email. You can see how to add a filter via the links below.

• How to filter email with Gmail
• How to filter email with Yahoo
• How to filter email with Hushmail
• How to filter email with GMX
• How to filter email with Thexyz
• How to filter email with Protonmail
• How to filter email with Fastmail

Zoho Mail SMTP Settings

You can use your Zoho email account on devices like phones and computers to connect with the native email app.

Use these settings to set up the incoming mail server information for your Zoho Mail account:

Inbound Servers:

Type	Server Address	Port
POP Server (SSL)	pop.zoho.com	995
IMAP Server (SSL)	imap.zoho.com	993

Outbound Servers:

Type	Server Address	Port
SMTP Server (SSL)	smtp.zoho.com	465

Yahoo SMTP Settings

You can use your Yahoo email account on devices like phones and computers to connect with the native email app.

Use these settings to set up the incoming mail server information for your Yahoo Mail account:

Inbound Servers:

Type	Server Address	Port
POP Server (SSL)	pop.mail.yahoo.com	995
IMAP Server (SSL)	imap.mail.yahoo.com	993

Outbound Servers:

Type	Server Address	Port
SMTP Server (SSL)	smtp.mail.yahoo.com	465, 587

Hushmail SMTP Settings

You can use your Hushmail email account on devices like phones and computers to connect with the native email app.

Use these settings to set up the incoming mail server information for your Hushmail Mail account:

Inbound Servers:

Type	Server Address	Port
POP Server (SSL)	pop.hushmail.com	995
IMAP Server (SSL)	imap.hushmail.com	993

Outbound Servers:

Type	Server Address	Port
SMTP Server (SSL)	smtp.hushmail.com	465, 587