CBFMail is a web-based email solution allowing you to send and receive email from any computer connected to the Internet in any part of the world. CBFMail can be used from home, work, Internet café's, friends, school, abroad, in fact just about anywhere with a computer on the net. This solution is particularly useful for frequent travellers, people who use multiple computers and even those who do not own a computer at all! TOP

Email is not the only thing CBFMail can offer. Store and virus scan your files privately and access them just as easily wherever you are. Send files directly to your friends or attach them to emails without having to upload them every time. Also, give your friends that are still using email clients such as Microsoft Outlook the option to download email attachments or not, by choosing to attach files as links.

CBFMail protects you with the most up-to-date and advanced virus detection and removal technologies at every stage of an email/file's life on the CBFMail system. When a new virus is found, CBFMail will be able to detect it and possibly even remove it from infected files. CBFMail's virus detection system is capable of quickly detecting new viruses even if they have only been discovered in the last hour. The scanning engine automatically updates with new virus detection and removal techniques as soon as they are available. More information on CBFMail-Scan. TOP

CBFMail's unique forwarded mail technology will carefully and automatically remove unwanted email headers that are appended to emails as they are forwarded. However, the headers of the original message and the last sender will remain untouched. Let others benefit from this technology, because when you forward mail from CBFMail to any address, the forwarded mail will be automatically cleaned as well. TOP

CBFMail makes locating the original message in a long, possibly corrupt, and hard to read email as easy as one click. If the email has been forwarded multiple times and has become harder to find the original message, CBFMail will automatically locate the original message and place a copy of it below the email on the page. A link at the top of the page can then take you straight to this section to avoid having to dig through all the useless mail headers that are appended to the mail as it has passed through Internet users mail boxes. TOP

Emails are virus scanned as soon as they enter the CBFMail system. If an email contains viruses, it is marked with a transmission warning. You will be notified of the files containing viruses and the virus names as soon as you read the email. This is a unique feature for web mail systems as you are alerted of infected files before attempting to download them. With CBFMail, you have total control over what you do with file attachments. You can even take files off an email before forwarding it on to other Internet users. Whenever you choose to download a file attachment from an email you have received, CBFMail will give you the choice to virus scan the file and if possible, automatically remove any viruses that are found. As well as this, you can also choose to add the file to your file manager, which will then allow you to send the file directly to users, attach it to emails, or access the file at a later date without having to download or upload it. Also, with the most common file types, you can choose whether to view the file before downloading and saving it to disk. TOP

Upload individual files to your file manager and attachments to emails as large as 2MB. This is double the file size limit offered by most other web based email solutions including HotMail. Have more freedom, power, and space with CBFMail. TOP

Under 1% of all email traversing the CBFMail system is unsolicited commercial mail. CBFMail's advanced SPAM prevention mechanisms block SPAM mail from 100% proven spam addresses, and is backed up with constant monitoring by SPAM prevention staff. You also have the ability to manually block all emails from specific addresses. See CBFMail's Tough Anti-Spam Policy. TOP

CBFMail allows you to set custom tag lines on all SMS text messages you send. You can set the tag line to nothing to give you more characters per message. Also, CBFMail's unique Short Message Server has the ability to parse text messages that are up to 320 characters in length, split them up into two messages and send them to the recipient instantly. CBFMail's SMS system is one of the most reliable, easiest and fastest free SMS services available on the Internet with an average SMS receive time of less than 2 seconds.

With our latest SMS Advanced Technology, you can send text messages around the world, from your own mobile number, free online! No one can impersonate you, it's your number, and text messages reach your recipient just like they would from your phone! TOP

Quickly and easily add all the email addresses you choose to your advanced address book, from any email. CBFMail's address book even allows you to enter and store the mobile numbers of your friends and colleagues, who you can then send SMS text messages to, by simply clicking their numbers. Give friends and family a head start with their CBFMail accounts by selecting and sending some or all of your address book entries to them. TOP

When you sign up with CBFMail, you will immediately be able to receive email from username@cardboardfish.com, username@cbfmail.com, and username@cbfsms.com. However, which address would you prefer to send mail from? You can easily change your address at any time. Send mail to any CBFMail user just by typing their username. With CBFMail, there is no need to type @cardboardfish.com or @cbfmail.com when you send an email, as all users on CBFMail are verified immediately and their email addresses automatically completed if the user exists. You will know immediately whether your email will reach its recipients or not, if it won't, the email will not be sent and you can alter the recipients before trying again. Many email systems will not allow you to prevent your name being sent on every email that you send, but with CBFMail its as easy as On or Off. TOP

CBFMail allows you to easily change the colour of any aspect of the system. You can even set the background colour of every email you read to improve visibility. Make your colour scheme as simple or as complex as you wish by either typing in colour names such as "red" or any colour code such as "#FF0000". Also, you can choose what type of buttons you want, as well as setting the CBFMail menu to either text or images. Choose whether you would like to see the default CBFMail splash screen, your inbox, or the compose mail page when you log in, as well as turning an audible greeting and notification of new mail on or off. TOP

It is easy to separate personal email from your work email with CBFMail. Custom folders allow you to organise your mail, as well as files. You can use CBFMail for your personal correspondence as well as for business mails without having to keep personal e-mail on your company's servers. All messages in your CBFMail account are securely stored centrally and are only accessible by you with your password and optional PIN. You can even set CBFMail up to check and retrieve mail from POP 3 email accounts. TOP

Be notified immediately of new email with SMS notification. If you turn this unique feature on, CBFMail will send a text message to your mobile phone alerting you of new mail, the moment you receive an email. However, CBFMail's intelligent SMS system will not bombard your phone with SMS messages every time you receive an email, you will only receive one text message, regardless of how many emails you receive until the next time you log in. On the other hand, you may wish CBFMail to notify you at an alternative email address when you have new mail. Another feature of CBFMail is Auto Responders, these can be set up to instantly send an email back to everyone who emails you. This can be particularly useful for business wishing to show confirmation to customers that their emails have been received, alerting friends that you have gone on holiday, or just for sending alternative methods of contact back such as another email address or telephone number. If for any reason you find it more convenient to read your email at an alternative email address, you can set CBFMail to forward all your incoming email to anywhere you like. TOP

CBFMail keeps live statistics of your account usage so you can keep fully informed of everything to do with your account. With more than 30 statistics covering Space, Emails, SMS, Files, and more, you will know exactly what your account is doing. CBFMail even records the number of mails returned if your account is full, the number of mails that have been sent from blocked senders, your last login date, any security warnings you have received, and even if there have been failed attempts to gain access to your account. TOP

CBFMail boasts advanced and unique security technologies from all angles. From the moment you create an account, your password is encrypted using a strong 256bit Blowfish Algorithm. Your whole account directory file is then also encrypted on CBFMail's secure central server. All files, emails, contacts and user details are kept secure and private. When you log into your account using your username and password, you can also set CBFMail to ask for a system generated PIN number. If this is set, you will be asked to enter the PIN number after you have successfully authenticated with your password but before you can proceed any further. If you enter the wrong PIN twice in a row, your account will be automatically locked for 6 hours. This is a method of preventing crackers from unauthorised access to the account by completely locking the account all together. When you log into your account, on the splash screen you will also be notified if there have been any suspicious failed login attempts to your account. CBFMail has a built in intrusion detection system (CBF-IDS) which once triggered is able to monitor any unusual system and account activity. CBF-IDS is capable of issuing security warnings against accounts and can intelligently respond to account attacks to ensure the security and integrity of your account is maintained as well as the CBFMail system as a whole. All pages shown on the CBFMail system will expire immediately to increase security, especially for public or shared computers. Privacy can be further maintained by turning the sending of your IP address off in mail headers when you send email which is a unique web mail feature of CBFMail. Note: Always remember to use the Log Off button to expire your session. It is also recommended that you close down any instances of your browser before leaving a public or shared computer. TOP

Every CBFMail account has a special folder in its file manager called "web". Any files put in this folder are immediately accessible by anyone world wide. You can create and upload your own web site to this folder for free which can be accessed from http://www.cbfmail.com/web/username. However, you must be careful not to store your sensitive and private files in this folder! TOP

When you signup for CBFMail there is a place to enter an optional referrer. If you encourage people to signup for CBFMail and they put your username in the referrer box, your account will be credited with more space. This means you can store more files, create a larger web site and receive larger emails. Your account space will only be increased if accounts that you refer are actively used. TOP

When you create a CBFMail account, you choose a permanent email address that will never change so long as you continue to use CBFMail. Therefore, don't worry if you leave school, travel abroad, change your Internet Service Provider, change jobs or lose contact, your address will never change. TOP

CBFMail contains a searchable user directory where you can locate the email addresses of friends and family if you know their names. This directory listing can be turned on or off at any time from preferences in your CBFMail account. Also, if you want to make yourself known, create a user profile with just the details that you want people to know! TOP