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Thaimail
Thaimail was Thailand's first webmail provider, operating from 15 April 1997 to 1 September 2014. The service was conceived as a free public service by the IT company ARIP, at a time when the Internet was first being introduced to Thailand. The website featured menus in the Thai language, and later included e-cards, chat rooms, discussion boards and classifieds services. The service could be accessed via a typical web browser on any internet connected computer. Thaimail users received @thaimail.com as their email address. At the end of its service, Thaimail had over four million registered users.
Article summary
Thaimail was Thailand's first webmail provider, operating from 15 April 1997 to 1 September 2014. The service was conceived as a free public service by the IT company ARIP, at a time when the Internet was first being introduced to Thailand. The website featured menus in the Thai language, and later included e-cards, chat rooms, discussion boards and classifieds services. The service could be accessed via a typical web browser on any internet connected computer. Thaimail users received @thaimail.com as their email address. At the end of its service, Thaimail had over four million registered users.
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