In the past few years, e-mail has evolved from an alternative means of communication to a way of doing business. Simply put, e-mail is everywhere. But brace yourself. There are signs that we haven't seen anything yet.

The advantages of e-mail are obvious. As many people are discovering, however, it has potential pitfalls. From the user's standpoint, the onslaught of messages from colleagues and clients, family and friends, and Internet mailing lists can quickly become unmanageable. And there's no guarantee that messages will arrive safely or look exactly the way the sender intended. 

As a messaging platform, the Internet is undergoing some growing pains. But e-mail is here to stay and will continue to mature. 

If you're confused by all the options out there, don't worry, you're not alone. E-mail and messaging can be baffling. 

Today most standalone e-mail clients rely on a standard called POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3). POP3 lets the workstation either download mail, thus removing it from the server and storing it locally, or keep mail stored on the server. It's a good solution for home and small business users who typically access their e-mail from a single system. 

IMAP4, a newer standard, addresses many of the inherent limitations of POP3. IMAP4 brings groupware like functionality to Internet e-mail. It lets users manage e-mail that resides on the server. For instance, users can sort messages into folders, delete messages, or scan the headers and select specific messages to download. More significantly, they can maintain separate copies of their mail files so that they can work off-line and later resynchronize these copies with the server. 

We have developed a package for businesses wanting to take advantage of this exciting new technology. While most Internet Dial-up account come with one or more e-mail accounts it is not personalized to have your own domain name.

For these businesses, the FastBytes E-mail solution has been developed.

We will register and host your domain name on our servers, and provide you with a POP3 or IMAP4 email accounts to suit your business needs. FastBytes also has a web browser based solution, which will let your employees access their email from ANY computer connected to the Internet, anywhere in the world via ANY web browser.

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