Pegasus 4.4
Pegasus is a free, standards-based email client suitable for use by single or multiple users on single computers, or on local area networks. It is extremely feature-rich and powerful, yet remains small and fast. It comes equipped with an all-new automatic picture-loading options and anti-phishing protection. Though it’s one of the oldest email clients around, it comes with an exhaustive help system. This is important because its interface takes time to learn. Though Pegasus can manage multiple accounts of each type, it does not support Atom or RSS feeds. And yes, HTML-formatted mails can be composed here. Pegasus can also work with third-party email encryption solutions.
Sylpheed 2.2.10
Sylpheed is a simple, lightweight, but feature-filled and easy-to-use open source email client that works with Windows and Linux. It has a well-polished and comfortable user interface. It has many features such as multiple accounts, thread display, powerful filtering, various search interfaces, spell checking, and junk mail control. It supports common email protocols such as POP3, IMAP4rev1, SMTP, and security features such as GnuPG and SSL/TLSv1. It is also fully internationalized and multilingual. It not only supports RSS feeds, but also IPv6, the next generation Internet Protocol. The user interface is similar to Outlook and therefore quite comfortable to work with. Messages can be composed only as text, but you can use HTML messages as well.
The Bat! Home Edition 3.85.03
The Bat! is a powerful email client with a friendly, cool interface. It has every feature an advanced user will ever need. The Sorting Office is a powerful filtering system, not only sorts your incoming, outgoing, read, and replied messages to folders, but also can auto-respond; reply with a custom template; forward, redirect, print, or export messages; send read confirmations; run an external program and more. Message parking is designed to prevent accidental deletion of a valuable message. When a message is parked, you will not be able to move it to another folder, nor will it be deleted or automatically purged. The message dispatcher is special feature of The Bat!, which lets you look at the messages stored on your POP3 or IMAP mail server without downloading them. This is very useful for managing your mail remotely. For example, leaving that “copy of the huge document” on the server until you get home, but retrieving and reading the urgent memos while still on the mobile connection. With features like Scheduler and Memo, The Bat! competes head to head with Outlook, and is good for corporate users. It can also work as a server on your home network with easy synchronization and backups. It costs only $24.50, which is just right.
Conclusion
Many of these email clients are best for a particular segment of users, be it individual, corporate, teenagers, or adults. For example, IncrediMail works well for the kids because of its colorful animations.
However, if you are looking for better features than the average email client, go for The Bat. Since it connects seamlessly to the Microsoft Exchange Server, it’s great for corporate users.
If you are always on the move and still need to be connected by email, opt for i.Scribe. Not only does it password protect your email folder on a portable drive but also has features that lets you preview mail on the POP3 server without downloading them.
If you are thinking of opting for Thunderbird 1.5, just know this. It works well for a home user with its limited options (be it search parameters or message filters/rules), but otherwise there are other alternatives worth trying first.
Outlook Express is great because of the ease of use and speed. It scores purely on performance and it is the only email client that supports all required protocols: POP3, IMAP, and NNTP. The only downside is that it’s also the least secure email client, prone to worms and viruses.
The key is to make your own choice when picking an email client to work with. Opt for an email client that is most suited to your needs.
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