The Best Webmail Hosting of 2023

Email is an essential part of running a successful website and business. Most hosting providers include support for one or more email accounts with their hosting packages. Webmail or email is accessed using an online-only client. It’s an important tool for busy professionals as business on the web becomes increasingly mobile.

Traditional email clients are installed on your machine or run from your local server. Yet webmail is accessed directly from the web via the browser on your device. Webmail makes it easy to take your mail “on the go” without installing a specific application. There’s no tinkering required with mail settings on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. You just type in the web address provided by your host, enter your email username and password. Most web users will understand how this works thanks to services like Gmail and Outlook.

Webmail has many functions as standard email, including composing, replying, forwarding, and supporting attachments. More advanced webmail clients also offer synchronized archiving with your desktop client so you can access your local archive from your mobile device.

But webmail capabilities are not equal in every hosting plan. Some webmail clients require a constant connection to the internet to function. You may not be able to read mail offline or even compose a new message since the browser cannot load the mail environment needed for you to do so. You’ll normally find webmail options in your host’s control panel software. For most hosts, that will be cPanel, Plesk, or your host’s custom control panel. How the webmail system works depends on how your host has provisioned it.