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Free
E-mail Software
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NetMail
A superb freeware E-mail client that offers
advanced filtering capabilities to help you
organize your E-mail and fight spam. An
easy-to-use program, NetMail supports multiple
E-mail accounts and is suitable for both home
and business use. (For
Windows).
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MSGTAG
Have you ever wondered if your E-mail recipients
have read your messages yet? An easy-to-use
freeware program, MSGTAG alerts you when E-mails
you send are opened. MSGTAG works with most
E-mail clients, including Outlook, Outlook
Express, Eudora and Pegasus Mail.
(For Windows).
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Schmaili
Liven up your E-mail correspondence with this
fun, freeware program that lets you easily
insert an animated smiley face into your
messages with a simple mouse click. There are a
wide range of nifty-looking smiley face
characters to choose from here.
(For Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express,
IncrediMail, and Netscape Messenger 7.0).
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POP Peeper
Having trouble juggling your different E-mail
accounts? This nifty freeware utility runs in
your Windows task bar and notifies you when you
have new E-mail in any of your POP3, Hotmail,
MSN or Yahoo accounts.
(For Windows).
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JB Mail 3.2
Here's a unique, free portable POP3 mail reader
and mailbox maintenance utility, that gives you
direct access to your POP mailbox. You can view,
preview, delete, save, print, and even get
attachments directly from your mailbox. As a
result, you don't have to go through the hassle
of downloading anything that you don't want to
your hard drive. Handy, particularly for those
who get lots of E-mail.
(For Windows).
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Outlook Messenger Express
If you're using Microsoft Outlook, then you'll
find this freeware utility very helpful. Outlook
Messenger Express lets you quickly and easily
send a message without going to the hassle of
loading the cumbersome Outlook program itself.
You can minimize it to the Windows desktop tray
when you're not using it, as well.
(For Windows).
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Hikyaku Japanese E-mailer
Here's a free E-mail client that is capable of
displaying Japanese characters on non-Japanese
computers. Using Hikyaku, you don't need a
commercial character extension program such as
KanjiKit or Twinbridge. This is a helpful
program for Japanese speakers who are on the
road and want to send E-mail from standard PCs.
(For Windows).
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ePrompter
A useful freeware program, ePrompter is an
E-mail retrieval and notification utility that
can automatically check up to eight
password-protected E-mail accounts for you,
including POP3 mail, AOL, Hotmail, Juno,
Mail.com and more. ePrompter is easily
accessible via a rotating tray icon in your
taskbar. (For Windows).
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Plaxo
Do you have a tough time keeping your E-mail
address book up-to-date? A handy program, Plaxo,
which is available in a free beta version,
piggybacks onto Microsoft Outlook and provides
you with various tools for keeping your contact
list current. (For
Windows).
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PureVoice Player/Recorder
This free application offers a player and
recorder for voice messages that you can use
with your E-mail software. PureVoice offers
excellent sound quality and its files are 10
times smaller than WAV files. There's a plug-in
specifically for
Eudora software, and a separate application
for other E-mail products.
(For Windows and Macs).
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Eudora
Our favorite free E-mail program. Eudora offers
loads of features, such as the ability to filter
your mail and efficiently organize it into
folders; multiple signatures; drag & drop
capabilities; nicknames and more. We also love
its sleek and elegant interface. If you use
Eudora, then you need to check out
eMailman, which offers a big selection of
utilities, tools and plug-ins for getting the
most out of Eudora. The only quibble we have
with Eudora is its cumbersome search function,
which makes it time-consuming to find just the
E-mail you're hunting for.
(Available for Windows and Macs.)
Eudora's
latest version, 6.2, is a fully featured
E-mail client, which is available for free
in "sponsored" mode (a version that displays
small ads). This powerful new version offers
such handy features as automatic name
completion, which lets you address E-mails
quickly.
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Listserv Lite
We've had a number of visitors ask if there are
any free mailing list programs available on the
Net. Here's one from the makers of the
well-known industrial-strength creators of
Listserv. The Free Edition is a freeware version
of Listserv Lite, limited to a maximum of 10
mailing lists with up to 500 subscribers each.
This version is free, as long as the licensee
does not derive a profit from using the
software. Be sure to read the
usage policy.
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Pegasus Mail
One of the Net's all-time classic freeware
products, Pegasus has a very strong following,
and with good reason. It has tons of helpful
features, including a spell checker, multiple
signatures, checking of multiple mailboxes, etc.
However, Pegasus does suffer from a few
drawbacks. We find its interface a little clunky
and its cut & paste capabilities are limited. If
you download Pegasus, then be sure to check out
the
Guide to Pegasus Mail Add-ons, which is a
good collection of enhancement programs for this
E-mail client. (Available
for Windows and Macs).
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