Gmail, officially Google Mail in Germany and the United Kingdom, is a free POP3 and IMAP webmail service provided by Google. On April 1, 2004 the product began as an invitation-only beta release. On February 7, 2007 the beta version was opened to the general public. To this day, the service has remained in beta status. With an initial storage capacity of over 7 GB, it drastically increased the standard for free storage.
