As Google deepened its support for offline access via IMAP this week, Zoho, its closest competitor in the web office space, was publicly unveiling its own support for offline and access. Zoho Mail automatically detects your connectivity and switches to online/offline modes seamlessly. While offline, you can respond to your emails as you would normally. When you go back online these emails will be sent out from your Outbox.- blog

To access mail offline in Zoho Mail, you’ll need Google Gears installed on your browser - at this point IE and Firefox are supported. Chrome and Safari support is coming. According to Zoho’s blog, you can also download images and attachments in offline mode. Another cool feature is that Zoho Mail automatically detects your connectivity and switches to online/offline modes. As it could also be expected, comprehensive spam protection is provided. This is implemented by a filtering system that learns from your actions.

Another important feature is mobile support,  iPhone, since Zoho Mail currently only works with Apple’s phone, and support for other devices is “in the works.” Just login to zoho.com from your iPhone and you’ll find the mobile version of Zoho Mail right there. Zoho Mail is a free service, requires a sign-up with Zoho.

Sunday, October 12th, 2008 at 3:22 pm | by Kur-nia-one |