BigString - Is it the World's Coolest Email?
A Brief Review of Bigstring.com's Email Service
Aug 15, 2008
BigString Email - A Panacea for Sender's Remorse
If you have ever sent out an email and then wished you could retrieve it from the vast reaches of cyberspace, you will appreciate a brand new email solution offered by BigString.com email service. Remember that heated, heartfelt email to your boss that he took great exception to? Or the juicy gossip that you accidentally forwarded to your MySpace friends – including the subject of your gossip. If you use one of the popular email services, once it was sent, it gone for good, never ever to be recalled by you. Not so with BigString.
What is the New BigString.com Email Service?
BigString.com is a web-based email service provider that is pretty similar to Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Hotmail and Lycos. However, unlike the standard webmail account, BigString’s patented technology makes it possible for you to recall, delete, edit and even self-destruct an email message that you have already sent out, even if it has already been opened.
How BigString Email Works
When you send out an email using the BigString service, the message will be stored on the BigString server. When the recipient receives and opens your email, the message is retrieved directly from the BigString server. It is this feature that makes it possible for you to recall and erase an email message if you change your mind.
BigString.com has developed a system that works similarly to image-based spam email, which prevents certain email images and messages from being saved or even printed. These email images and messages can be configured to be read a specified number of times, to be recalled or to "self-destruct" after a specified period.
More Features Offered by BigString.com Email Service?
*Because email messages are stored on the BigString servers, these messages will not be accessible from multiple servers or on back up drives.
* Advanced email tracking is also provided to enable you to keep track of the number of times your email is opened.
*A video feature that allows for you to upload 5 minutes of video email right from your computer or video camera, eliminating the need for plug-ins.
*As a paying member, you are eligible for POP access, which makes it easy to integrate your BigString email account with your Mozilla Firebird, Outlook or Incredimail accounts.
*Password protected email messages that can only be opened through an SSL-encrypted page.
*Non-forwardable email and the capability to send emails from any atooddress
*Advanced spam and virus protection
Disadvantages
*POP access is only provided to paying users.
*BigString chat only works with the four largest services: Google Talk, Yahoo, AIM, MSN)
*There are no keyboard shortcuts for BigString
*Email messages cannot be sorted or organized into folders
Signing Up for a BigString Account
*You can sign up for a free account, which comes with 2GB of storage space.
*A premium account provides an email with your own domain name and 2GB of storage for $2.50 per month.
*Signing up for a business account will costs $12.50, and comes with 20 gigabytes of storage, 10 email addresses for your domain, as well as 30-minute video attachments.
