Apple Intros New Web Mail Features in MobileMe Update

Apple updated the features and interface for the Web-based version of its MobileMe service on Friday. The update includes changes that were introduced in the Web Mail public beta, along with streamlined interfaces for the MobileMe Web apps.

The updated version of Mail Web sports widescreen and compact views, server-based rules for sorting messages, improved SSL security, an updated formatting toolbar, better junkmail filtering, and support for sending messages with email addresses from other accounts.

The new MobileMe login Web page.

“You can receive email from another service by having the email forwarded to your me.com address,” Apple said. “And when you reply to a message using webmail, you can choose to send it from the address it was sent to, or from your MobileMe account.”

The update also added streamlined interfaces for Calendars, Gallery, iDisk and Find My iPhone.

MobileMe is priced at US$99 a year and supports Mac OS X, Windows, the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.