Group: Free Software Webmail Systems

This page is a place to find and share resources for people interested in doing their email on the Web without compromising their freedom. There are a variety of good choices for free software webmail.

• Gmail: You can sign in and use Gmail without non-free Javascript, but you have to make the account in a special way, through https://accounts.google.com/NewAccount. This is an old sign-up form; the currently recommended sign-up form is no good, since it requires nonfree Javascript code.

• Mail.ru: Sign up, sign in, and webmail all work smoothly.

• Fastmail: Sign up, sign in, and webmail all work smoothly. This is a paid service with a 60-day free trial.

• Tormail: Requires usage of Tor anonymity network, but the website provides an easy tutorial

• Mailoo: Explicitly states it runs on Free Software. Currently (June 2013) under maintenance, no new accounts up and running again.

• OpenMailBox: Runs explicitly on Free Softwares. Service started in June 2013.

• Some services will let you sign up and sign in without non-free Javascript, and use IMAP/POP3 from a desktop program, but have broken webmail:
  • Vfemail.net
  • Safe-mail.net
  • Shortmail.com

Please add your own finds to the list. If you know of a webmail system that may not qualify for the list, please discuss it in the Talk page for this article.

Last updated June 13, 2013. Original list provided by Trevor Vartanoff.

This page was a featured resource in June 2013.