ilkposta is a free
webmail
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service, located in
Istanbul
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,
Turkey
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. The service started as a
research and development
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(R&D) project in 2001. This project primarily intended to decrease
E-mail spam
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s in users' inbox. Secondary focus given on
user experience for providing better
server
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where
bandwidth (computing)
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is a profound issue.
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based
open-source
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software
Open WebMailis used in server side, for the purpose of simplicity.
Features
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HTML e-mail
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*
Graylisting for e-mail.
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E-mail filtering
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and virus scanning.
*5GB user space per account.
*E-mail independent file storage for future download.
*Search function for webmail and file storage.
*Calendar for appointments, tasks and notes.
Recognition
The service is listed in
Dmoz
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as a free Turkish e-mail service.
Awards
PCnet journal of Turkey cited ilkposta among "10 best free" Turkish language supporting webmail services in 2008. The list contained "
Gmail
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,
Windows Live Hotmail
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Founded in 1996 by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smit ...
,
Yahoo! Mail
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, ekolay.net Eposta, Mynet Email, İstanbul.com, Inbox.com, Bigstring.com, İlkposta.com, Superonline Superposta."
[A. Kıvanç Tanrıkulu, "En İyi 10 Ücretsiz e-posta servisi", PCnet, January 2008, p. 137.]
See also
E-mail
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References
External links
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The History of Electronic Mail* {{curlie, Computers/Internet/E-mail/, E-mail
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