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One of the earliest Webmail services was , Mail.com , Lycos Mail , and Windows Live Hotmail ; see also Wikipedia's Comparison Of Webmail Providers . , a popular webmail service.]] A major advantage of web-based email over application-based email is that a user has the ability to access their inbox from any Internet-connected computer. However, the need for Internet Access is also a setback, in that one cannot access their old messages, or work on new ones, when they are not connected to the Internet. In 1997 , prior to its acquisition by Microsoft , Hotmail introduced its service, which became one of the first popular web-based email offerings. Following Hotmail's initial success, Yahoo! released their webmail service, which also grew to become widely popular. . SOFTWARE PACKAGES There are also software packages that allow an organization such as company to offer email through the web for their associates. Some solutions are open source software like . Conversely, there are programs that can simulate a web browser to access webmail as if it were stored in a POP3 or IMAP account. They are susceptible, though, to changes in the user interface of the web service since there is no standard interface. RENDERING AND COMPATIBILITY There are important differences in rendering capabilities for many popular webmail services such as Gmail , Windows Live Hotmail , and Yahoo Mail . Due to the various treatment of HTML tags, such as |