Without emails or messenger services the overall effect of the world wide web would definitely be diminished.

We all use the internet to interact with each other, whether it be for social purposes, business purposes or indeed a mixture of both and a professional email service helps to make our lives much easier (and safer) in this regard because they normally block certain types of malicious or spam emails.

They also "generally" do not suffer from a great deal of unexpected down time or those annoying "suspensions of service due to required maintenance" messages we have all received form time to time..

There are many free & low cost email service providers that have adequate storage space who will allow you to use their email services for both business and pleasure and we will highlight some of these in a list below.

We would strongly advise you to make sure that the forwarding service for your contact or feedback forms is set to the email box you use everyday.

Potential customers hate nothing more than waiting ages for a reply to a request or question, which in the end could potentially cost you a sale!

With that in mind we would like to highlight the following free professional email providers ( listed in a-z format).

AOL Email offers free email with advanced security features which help keep spam and viruses away

Google mail offers free email + online storage and a simple to use but very effective menu lets you find and view your emails with no real effort and also filters your mail for spam.

My Way offers a professional spam filtered free email services with no banner ads and no pop-ups.

Yahoo Email offers free text alerts and free email services and lets you read them on your mobile phone.

Windows Live Hotmail Offers the next generation of MSN free email which comes with security technology.