Free IMAP mail services

These services use the IMAP protocol to give you exceptional control over your mail

Cwazy Mail [POP3] [IMAP] [WEB]

DOMAINS: @cwazy.co.uk, redwhitearmy.com, caths.co.uk, marketweighton.com
Free POP3/IMAP and web-based email service with 30MB of storage space, spam protection and email filtering. Also includes remote POP3 mail collection facility and secure POP3/IMAP access.

Fastmail.fm [WEB] [IMAP]

@fastmail.fm, @myfastmail.com, @fastemailer.com, @eml.cc, @veryfast.biz, @letterbox.org and many other domains (over 50 in all!)
Rapidly-evolving email service with a raft of features, including a spellchecker, email autoformatting options, IMAP and web-based access and more. Offers 10MB of storage at the free level, plus a number of low-priced membership levels giving access to POP3/SMTP, more storage space and many other features. NOTE: Fastmail.fm's popularity with members of the Email Discussion Forums has lead to the creation of a Fastmail.fm-specific forum for support and other issues.

SAFe-mail [IMAP] [POP3] [SMTP] [WEB]

DOMAINS: safe-mail.net
SAFe-mail offers a free email service with 3MB of storage space and powerful encryption that can be used to send highly secure email messages between any two SAFe-mail accounts. This secure email facility also protects the integrity of any email attachments. Features include IMAP/POP3 support as well as web-based access to email accounts and outgoing SMTP support, address books with secure sharing facility (to transmit address books between SAFe-mail users), folders and sub-folders for sorting email, secure message boards and online document storage space. Premium versions of the SAFe-mail service extend the available storage space.

VFEmail [IMAP] [POP3] [SMTP] [WEB]

DOMAINS: vfemail.net
Free email service with web-based access, POP3 and IMAP support, plus SMTP service for outgoing email. The storage and monthly bandwidth quotas are both fixed at 15MB for free users, though premium upgrades are available. Other features include built in virus scanning and spam protection, and an address book that will hold up to 100 entries.