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Email service that can be accessed using a web browser

Webmail is an email service that can be accessed using a standard web browser. It contrasts with email service accessible through a specialised email client software. Additionally, many internet service providers (ISP) provide webmail as part of their internet service package. Similarly, some web hosting providers also provide webmail as a part of their hosting package. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: WebmailA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Assessment of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Digital Certificate Security in Public Sector Websites and Webmail Systems in AfghanistanInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Guide d’autodéfense numériqueThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Detection of malicious webmail attachments based on propagation patternsCited 27 times
  5. Go sideways: Mailbox providerA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Email clientA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A service for sending, receiving, and/or storing email, usually on a remote web server, in such a way that it is accessible through a web browser.

Noun The email thus stored.

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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