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Web mail is basically a browser interface to handle your
email. You simply open a browser such as Netscape or
Internet Explorer, visit an Internet Address, login and read
your mail. With webmail comes several features that are seen
as advantages and disadvantages, depending on your outlook.
With our services, you have the advantage of using both
Webmail and standard email clients (through the use of
"pop3s", a secure pop email, so if you are more partial to
pop email, then you can do that with us also!
Webmail also gives you the advantage of leaving the
messages on our servers. If someone doesn't know you have a
Cotse account, then they don't have access to it without:
(1) first knowing you have the account, (2) having your
correct password (which you would have to give them) and (3)
we don't just turn over information about out clients to
just anyone.
Through the use of Certified Checks and Money Orders,
your privacy is still in check. We know very little about
you. We only know two things for sure: (1) the original IP
address you used to sign up and (2) the email address you
used to get your introductory welcoming email from us.
Unlike other email providers, we do not tag your outgoing
email with your current IP address. We are here as a privacy
shield. We see no reason what-so-ever to violate your
privacy as other email providers do by tagging all of your
email or usenet postings with your IP address. You are only
accountable to the law, yourself and your ISP. You are not
accountable to someone with the intent on breaking into your
computer by obtaining your IP address from an email or smear
your name by obtaining information about you and posting it
on the Internet.
Our e-mail service is available both regular POP3 and
POP3S. Our service offers POP3S and POP3 STARTTLS which
ensures the widest client coverage, meaning that your
favorite mail client should work fine with our service. We
also offer SMTP, SMTP with STARTTLS, and SMTPS.
If your ISP is blocking you on Port 25 (which is usually
used for SMTP), please email
us and we will let you know what other ports you can use
for sending mail from your mail client.
The availability of alternate ports is of especial note
to those who are concerned about working around
monitoring.
For increased security and privacy, we recommend you use
PGP (http://www.
pgp.com or http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html).
There is a freeware version available for personal use. PGP
8.0 is the compatible version for Windows XP users.
For webmail we use a highly customized version of
Squirrelmail (http://www.squirrelmail.org),
a well-supported open source webmail. We took Squirrelmail
and built onto it our own additions, modifications for
security, and features. Those of you who are already
experienced with Squirrelmail will probably note some of the
enhancements we've made.
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 We
hate spam, too. That's why we give our customers so many
ways to fight spam.
Not only do we provide you with more methods of defeating
spam by offering features such as DNSBL, SpamAssassin, the
ability to reject mail based on particular words, Bayesian
filtering, the ability to block inline html, the ability to
block attachments, SpamCop reporting, and the ability to
block potentially unsafe images, but -- unlike other
services that require you to download all your mail before
your spam-fighting filters can go to work -- with a
Cotse.Net account, you customize the filters that you want
to use and then they're applied server-side so that most
spam need never reach your mailbox at all.
Once you experience the dramatic decrease in spam that
many of our customers report, you'll want to use the same
system for your other email accounts -- and you can!
As long as you can forward email to your Cotse account,
your Cotse filters will filter your mail for you.
Please note, however, that single-user accounts are for
the individual user. They are not to be used to have all
your friends' or colleagues' email forwarded to your account
so that they can have the benefit of Cotse.Net's unique
filtering capabilities. Feel free to encourage your friends
to sign up for their own accounts and take advantage of our
bulk rate discount!
See also our spam-blocking
overview and email
addresses and domain names for some helpful tips.
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