ilkposta is a free webmail service, located in Istanbul, Turkey. The service started as a research and development (R&D) project in 2001.Domain Creation Date Retrieved on August 25, 2010 This project primarily intended to decrease E-mail spams in users' inbox. Secondary focus given on user experience for providing better server responsiveness where bandwidth (computing) is a profound issue.
Perl based open-source software, Open WebMail is used in server side, for the purpose of simplicity.
Features HTML e-mail Graylisting for e-mail. E-mail filtering and virus scanning. 5GB user space per account. E-mail independent file storage for future download. Search function for webmail and file storage. Calendar for appointments, tasks and notes.
Recognition The service is listed in Dmoz as a free Turkish e-mail service.Dmoz category page Retrieved on August 23, 2010
Awards PCnet journal of Turkey cited ilkposta among "10 best free" Turkish language supporting webmail services in 2008. The list contained "Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, ekolay.net Eposta, Mynet Email, İstanbul.com, Inbox.com, Bigstring.com, İlkposta.com, Superonline Superposta."A. Kıvanç Tanrıkulu, "En İyi 10 Ücretsiz e-posta servisi", PCnet, January 2008, p. 137.
See also E-mail
References
External links
The History of Electronic Mail