6. Email facilities

When deciding what kind of email service you wish to use, the following point should be considered

• It is able to send and receive messages
• Is there an address book feature for contacts
• Does it offer encryption of messages
• Does it offer digital signatures
• Can it deal with attachments
• How big can an attachment be
• What is the size of the inbox
• Can read receipts be used
• Is there mail forwarding
• Is there an auto-responder
• Can carbon copy (cc) and blind carbon copy (bcc) be used
• Does it deal with spam effectively
• Does it scan for viruses and malware
• Does it have a shared calendar feature
• Can emails be sorted into sub-folders
• Does it use POP technology meaning you can remotely download the inbox into a smart phone or from another email account
• Does it use LDAP technology which means you can also download sub-folders
• Do you need an internal email server or just public internet email services