E-mail client remains extremely popular in a large corporate environment, small business, home and power users.
An e-mail client (also mail user agent (MUA)) is a frontend computer program used to manage e-mail. Mail can be stored on the client, on the server side, or in both places.
Standard formats for mailboxes include Maildir and mbox.
The following software is similar to Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail and is used by both home and office user.
The following is the List of Email Clients for cross-platform. these are software from various projects to make your life easy with wide variety of plug-ins / add-ons.
Graphical :
* acme Mail –
* Apple Mail
* Balsa
* Becky!
* Bloomba
* Claws Mail (formerly Sylpheed Claws)
* Courier
* EmailTray
* Eudora
* Forté Agent
* Lotus Notes
* Microsoft Office Outlook
* Mozilla Thunderbird
* Novell Evolution
* Opera Mail
* i.Scribe/InScribe
* SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups
* Sparrow
* Spicebird
* Windows Live Mail
* YAM (Yet Another Mailer)
Web-based :
* 24SevenOffice
* Alpine
* Bongo
* Citadel
* Horde IMP
* Hula project
* Kerio WebMail
* OpenGroupware Webmail
* RoundCube Webmail
* SquirrelMail
* WebPine
* Zimbra
Online :
* Mail2web
Historical :
* Cyberjack
* Microsoft Entourage
* Microsoft Internet Mail and News
* Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups (part of Mozilla Application Suite)
* NeXTMail
* Novell GroupWise
* Netscape Mail & Newsgroups (part of Netscape Communicator)
* Netscape Messenger 9
* Outlook Express
* Windows Mail
* Windows Messaging
Comparison of E-mail Clients – Essential Features
The following tables compare general and technical information between e-mail client programs.
| Feature | Thunderbird | Claws Mail | Spicebird | Zimbra | Sylpheed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-platform | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| License | MPL, MPL/GNU GPL/GNU LGPL | GPL | MPL, MPL/GNU GPL/GNU LGPL | MPL (server) and ZPL (client) | GPL/LGPL |
| Cost | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| Authentication | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SSL and TLS | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Image blocking | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Junk filtering | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Phishing filtering | Y | Y | Y | Y | ? |
| Add-ons | Y | Y | Y | ? | N |
| Thread view | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| PGP support | Y | Y | Y | ? | Y |
| Label Messages | Y | Y | ? | Y | Y |
| Spell Checking | Y | Y | ? | Y | N |
| Signatures | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Scheduled message | Y | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Message templates | Y | Y | ? | Y | Y |
| Database | mbox | MH, mbox | ? | File system | MH |
| POP3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| IMAP4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SMTP | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| NNTP (News) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| RSS Feed | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| LDAP | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| iCalendar | Y | ? | Y | Y | N |
| Paid Support | ? | ? | ? | ? | Y |
Y = supported; N = not supported; ? = unknown; Privacy feature; Security features; Productivity features; Cross-platform – runs on Mac OS X, Windows and UNIX like operating systems.
I hope this is Helpful to all.
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