GMX Mail is a free

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-supported

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service provided by GMX (Global Mail eXchange, in Germany: Global Message eXchange). Users may access received GMX Mail via webmail, or using

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or IMAP4 protocols. Mail is sent using

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. Founded in 1997, GMX is a subsidiary of

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AG, a stock-listed company in Germany,GMX: ''About''
retrieved 12 May 2011 and a sister company to

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and

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Internet. In addition to an email address, each GMX account includes a Mail Collector, Address Book, Organizer, and File Storage. Every user can register up to 10 individual GMX email addresses. Popup ads are displayed to all users, including premium, at login; GMX was the only large email provider using popup ads.

Security

GMX Mail provides GMX.net and GMX.com users

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(2FA) as a security measure.

Features

Features included in the free versions of the GMX Mail account differ between GMX.net and GMX.com:

GMX.com

Additional functionalities: * File sharing capabilities * Virus and spam protectionGMX: Security Features
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capability for files and emailsGMX: Drag & Drop Capability
/ref> * Fetching external POP3 accounts Email accounts can be registered with a choice of .com, .co.uk and .us, amongst many others. It allows the addition of up to 10 add-on addresses at different GMX domains. Its "mail collector" allows for the collection of email from most free email providers including Yahoo, Live, Hotmail and GMail as well as send mail from these addresses, allowing the management of multiple accounts from one single location. There is an active community, where users can suggest features. GMX developed slightly different clients for users in German-speaking countries and elsewhere. Both are free for email service, and direct users to the appropriate gmx.net or gmx.com through geolocation technology. The GMX Mail service is based on

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, an open source ajax

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Growth

Following the closure of

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and its decision to close Caramail, a popular French webmail service, in February 2009 GMX bought the Caramail domain name and transferred older Caramail users to its new service. In 2010, GMX acquired American internet domain

Mail.com mail.com is a web portal and web-based email service provider owned by the internet company 1&1 Mail & Media Inc., headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. 1&1 Mail & Media Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet Group, a pu ...

and its email customers.The Hosting News: ''GMX Acquires Mail.com''
22 September 2010

References

External links

GMX.net Mail

GMX.com Mail
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