What is "webmail"?

What is "webmail"?

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Webmail is email that is not stored on your computer but it is, rather, stored on the Internet. Examples of webmail accounts are Hotmail, Gmail from Google, or Yahoo mail. Those accounts you establish on the Internet. You can send and receive email no matter what computer you're on. As long as you have a computer that's connected to the Internet, be it a Mac or a PC, anywhere in the world you're at, you can access your email and you can send and receive email because that email account is not on your computer locally. It's stored remotely, and the advantage of that is that if your computer is stolen or crashes, you do not lose your email. You can log into any other computer and have access to it.