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E-Mail Clients and Add-Ons  

1on1 Lite is a free utility that tracks your e-mail messages through their various stops across the Internet, and reports if anyone but you reads them. Also comes with a strong encryption feature and an "auto-shredder." Who's paranoid? Sneak over to www.1on1mail.com/ and see for yourself. (The site is currently down; check the shareware sites for the program.)

1st Email Anti-Virus 3.0 protects you from a variety of e-mail threats, including iframe, MIME header, CLSID extension and script attacks. It is compatible with any POP3 e-mail client, such as Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape and Eudora. $29 from www.zzee.com/enh/.

1st Mail Checker Lite 2.0 is a POP3 compatible e-mail checker that allows you to manage a single POP account. It features user profiles, mail filtering, message preview, reply, print and other options. You can also read and delete messages right on the server without having to download them to your e-mail program. This Lite version allows to check one account only; using more accounts is possible but requires a registration fee. Free from www.lockbyte.com/.

32bit e-mail Broadcaster e9.50.01 is useful for e-mailing your own created messages to a list of e-mail addresses. You can send e-mail newsletters, client notifications, advertising and more. $59 from www.electrasoft.com/.

Accessing the Internet by E-Mail 2.4 is a free "executable manual" that tells how you can surf the Web using a standalone e-mail client. Too wonky to be true? See for yourself at www.geocities.com/emai24/.

aCrypt+ lets you send securely encrypted attachments as self-extracting executable files. The recipient does not need aCrypt to decode the message. Free from www.acrypt.com/.

ActiveMail is an add-on for Outlook that gives you a single-screen view of all your contacts, and lets you compose and send e-mail to any contact you choose. $20 from www.nextword.com.

ActiveNames 5.1.11 is a free e-mail utility that keeps track of your e-mail addresses and redirects messages from old and outdated addresses to current ones. Find out more from www.activenames.net.

Ad Nuker Popup Blocker & Spam Filter 3.71.0.0 filters junk e-mail, spam, ads, pop-up advertising, viruses, Trojans and spyware. Works with POP3 and IMAP. Free from www.adnuker.com/.

Address Organizer Deluxe 2.0 organizes your personal or business addresses, e-mails, phone numbers and Web pages by helping you create a detailed database organizer. $65 from www.primasoft.com/deluxeprg/adodx.htm.

AgileMail 2.0 is a small, fast bulk e-mailer that creates customized signatures, defines templates, invokes macros, use mailing lists (with a built-in limitation of 30 addresses to prevent spamming), send CC or BCC e-mails, and more. Free from www.flashpeak.com/agilemail/agilemail.htm.

AllegroMail 2.1.0.4 is an easily mastered, highly configurable e-mail client. $40 from www.rhinosoft.com.

AntiSPAM 1.0 is a free spam-blocking goodie that keeps repeat offenders from dumping their manuremail in your inbox. Get it from members.xoom.com/_XMCM/zipandrests/freeware.htm.

Anti-spam Mail Checker 1.20 BETA does more than just kill spam. $9 from ecsoftware.topcities.com/asmc.htm.

ASS Maker 3.1 may have a questionable name, but it's a legitimate utility that keeps Web site owners from having their e-mail address scarfed by spammers. ASS Maker writes a JavaScript for you that can be copied and pasted into your code in the place of 'mailto' tags, disguising the tags and your address with several JavaScript parameters. When a visitor clicks the mailto link, the script launches the visitor's default e-mail program with your original address in the 'To' field, but the spammer bots and spiders can't see it. Clever, huh? By the way, ASS stands for "Anti-Spam Script." Free from assmaker.mybravenet.com/.

AvirMail 1.70 isn't an e-mail client, it's a mail manager that works with your e-mail client to keep out spam and keep everything organized and efficient. Free from www.avirmail.com/.

The Bat 1.61 is a snazzy little shareware e-mail client that does most of what the bigger boys does, and does it well. Powerful, flexible, and only costs $25-$45, depending on whether you're a student, a regular private customer, or a business. Swoop over to www.ritlabs.com/the_bat/.

Black Box Mail 2.0 is a free, powerful anonymous e-mail client. Find out more from homepage.eircom.net/~blackbox/.

Bounce Spam Mail sends a fake bounce message back to spammers, making their targeted mailing list manager think your address was invalid. This program works in a lot of cases when you can't get to the real sender of the message. No longer supported by the vendor, but available from www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,5402,tk,hsx,00.asp.

Calypso 3.10.03 is a powerful e-mail program that some people like more than the ubiquitous Eudora. Its main "flaw" is that it will lobotomize itself after the 30-day trial period, so register it or be left with a very "lite" version. Get it from www.mcsdallas.com.

ChoiceMail Spam Fighter 1.4 works with any POP3 e-mail client to keep the evil spam away. $40 from www.digiportal.com/product4.html.

ContactPlus Spam Buster 1.9 is a $20 spamfighter from www.contactplus.com/.

Country Codes tells you any country's two-letter abbreviation, and identifies obscure country codes. Good for tracking spam. Free from www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,8117,00.asp (no author is listed on the PCWorld site).

Cyber-Info E-Mail Notify 4.88 is an e-mail manager that lets you track and manage e-mail from multiple accounts. Lots of bells and whistles, including spam filters and support for most freemail accounts. $10 from www.cyber-info.com.

Dada Mail 2.8.13 (formerly Mojo Mail) is an intuitive, web-based e-mail list management system, which runs on any hosting account that can execute custom CGI scripts. Free from mojo.skazat.com/ (a Pro version is available for $25).

Delta Mail 4.68 is a simple, safe, easy-to-configure e-mail program that will cost you a measly $12 from www.zenzon.fsnet.co.uk/. Automatic encryption of outgoing messages is just one of its perks.

DeskLook 1.0 uses desktop wallpaper to display data it reads directly from Microsoft Outlook. With DeskLook you can constantly view a three-month calendar, appointments, tasks and messages in three different styles. $20 from www.xemico.com/desklook/index.html.

DimichSoft Mail List Receiver 5.3 lets you remove unwanted e-mails (like spam and huge attachments) directly from your POP server without downloading them to your e-mail program. $20 from www.dimichsoft.cjb.net/.

Drag, Compress and Email 1.0 offers another way to send files by e-mail and helps you save time and costs. The files are compressed before sending, decreasing the send and receive time and the amount of Internet bandwidth and disk space required. $15 from www.bettereasier.com/.

E.Box 1.0(01) filters unsolicited e-mail messages right from the server. Also serves as an e-mail client, so you can reply, forward and compose messages. $25 to keep from jpsoft.dk/eboxinfo.html.

ECleaner 2.02 is a freeware utility designed to clean up e-mail messages filled with superfluous characters such as brackets, etc. Copy the message, run eCleaner, and it strips all the garbage from the message, leaving clean text that can be pasted into another message box for resending. Find out more from ronbrandon.com/lukeminnie/email_cleaner.htm (the utility is no longer supported by the vendor, so you might do better to download it from www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,6492,tk,hsx,00.asp).

Eds Photo Mailer XP 1.09 is an SMTP e-mailer program, designed to easily preview and attach pictures to an e-mail message. You can view your photos before sending them, keep frequently-used e-mail addresses for quick access, and attach multiple images. Compatible with all flavors of Windows. Free from home.fuse.net/rodeoman61/home.htm.

EFilter 3.0 is another small e-mail utility that strips the annoying brackets from forwarded e-mail. Free from proxy318.iwarp.com/efilter.html

EFilter Spamnet is a $12 anti-spam utility that does a good, if limited, job of keeping spam away from your POP3-based e-mailer. Does not work with Outlook or Outlook Express. Check it out at www.eflash.com/spamnet.

E-Mail Creations 1.5 makes it easy to create HTML based email with pictures and optional background music that will work with Outlook Express or any other HTML compatible email client as well as Hotmail. Free from terance.d.mccutchen.net/software/E-MailCreations_download.htm.

EMail Address Pro 3.0.1, is a $50 utility from www.a1soft.com/emext.htm that organizes your e-mail addresses and compiles mailing lists. This one strikes me as a bit pricey, but it's worth a look.

Email2Pop 3.1, formerly AOL2Pop, lets AOL and GMail users view their mailbox through an e-mail program of their choice. You can view mail from all your AOL screen names without logging off or switching, or check AOL and other e-mail addresses through the same interface. $24 from www.email2pop.com/.

E-Mailer II lets you define several "canned" e-mail messages and send any of those messages by just double-clicking a shortcut icon, or entering a simple command at the DOS command line. Also allows you to add e-mail notification to any script or macro you've written. Free (requires the VB6 runtime files) from www.karenware.com/powertools/ptmailer2.asp.

EMailFerret is a simple utility that hunts up a given e-mail address for you. Just provide the person's name and watch the ferret root out the address. No longer supported by FerretSoft, but still available on many shareware sites.

EmailFile.com isn't a utility, it's a Web site that will download files for you and e-mail them as attachments to the address you specify. Webmasters can also directly link their downloads to this site. What a nice service! Check it out at www.emailfile.com/.

EmC 5.0 is an anti-spam filtering device for your e-mail client, very configurable and easy to use, and best of all, it's free from www.abreuretto.com/anti-spam/indexi.htm.

epAssist Personal Assistant 2.0 is a free e-mail and file management utility that handles tasks while you're away. You can have messages and/or files forwarded to you on the road, as long as you remember the password. Check it out at goldencrater.bizland.com/software.

ePrompter 2.0 is a free e-mail manager that checks and manages up to 8 e-mail accounts. It uses a screensaver display and rotating tray icon to keep a running total of your e-mail status. Check it out at www.eprompter.com.

ERC 1.09 forwards your e-mail to a designated account; designed more to smooth permanent moves from one e-mail account to another than for forwarding during vacations, etc. Free from www.chimera.co.nz/.

Etreive isn't a download per se, it's a Web-based service that lets subscribers listen to their e-mail via phone, fax, or WAP access. A free demo is available from www.etrieve.com.

Eudora 5.2 is a free, ad-sponsored version of one of the best-known (and best) e-mail applications on the market. Most users will be perfectly happy with this version, but for $50 you can get an ad-free version. Try it out by visiting www.eudora.com/. The new version includes IMAP support, QuickTime 3.0 for viewing of embedded graphics, a spellchecker, text-to-speech capability, and supports importing of settings from Outlook 98, Outlook Express, and Navigator Mail. Registered Eudora users can upgrade at no cost. Also, Eudora Lite is both free and ad-free.

EverDesk 3.01 creates, files and organizes e-mails and other documents quickly. $60 from www.everdesk.com/.

Evite is a free Web tool that lets you send e-mail invitations out and directs respondants to your Evite RSVP page. Plenty of templates, maps, directions, weather predictions, and an easy reply format make this a useful little goodie. Check it out at www.evite.com.

Express Assistant 2000 lets you perform a multitude of e-mail functions, including backing up and synchronizing various folders and much more, particularly with Outlook and Outlook Express. The trial version expires after 15 days. $30 from ajsystems.com/oexhome.html.

Extract Emails 1.6 is a tool to extract e-mail addresses from files and folders on your PC, and save them to a text file. Free from www.getfreefile.com/mailhunt.html.

FaxMail for Windows 9.34.01 allows you to send faxes from any Windows program that can print. Standalone and network versions are both available; $59 to keep from www.electrasoft.com/.

FlameThrower is a spam-chomping utility designed to work only with Microsoft's Outlook family of e-mail clients. It can send angry replies to spammers if you like. $30 to keep from www.xeaglex.com/ft.html.

ForKeeps 4.30 is a $39 e-mail organizer that helps you keep track of old but needed e-mail and newsgroup messages. Works with Eudora, Outlook, AOL, Pegasus, and Netscape Mail. A trial version is available from www.fkeeps.com.

Foxmail 4.1 lets you download e-mail from multiple POP accounts, among other features. Free from fox.foxmail.com.cn/english.htm.

Fundi E-Lert 1.3.0.7 lets you check your e-mail at scheduled intervals. $7 from www.fundi.com.

Garbage Man is a utility that filters spam before it hits your inbox. What you choose to block, and what you do with it (instant delete, placement in a holding folder, etc.) is up to you. Free from www.waveop.com/.

Geminisoft Pimmy 3.4.3 lets you manage your electronic mail easily. The full program fits on a floppy. Available in Italian, English, French and Indonesian. Free from www.geminisoft.com/pimmy.eng/frameset.htm.

GetIP 1.0.0 is a sample VB6 application demonstrating how it's possible to obtain your true IP address by querying your POP3 mail server. Free from www.anthonyk.btinternet.co.uk/.

GoMo Mail is a free Java applet that adds fun graphics and animations to your e-mail messages. Your recipient also needs GoMo to see what you've sent. Check it out at www.gomotech.com/.

gPopper 1.2 is a utility which acts as a POP3/SMTP Gmail (Google Mail) server, allowing you to use programs such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, and Thunderbird to send and receive Gmail. Formerly Pop Goes the GMail (PGtGM). Free from imizzy.com/gpopper/.

Hotbar 4.0 purports to be an add-on to your Outlook client. It's not. It's spyware, and a particularly insidious example of such. You can go to www.hotbar.com/ and try it if you like, but be warned: even visiting the site can be dangerous to your computer. The site tried to hijack my browser as soon as I visited it. NOT recommended!

HyperSend isn't a download, it's a free Web-based secure file sending utility. If you need to ensure a file gets from you to your recipient without being intercepted, check out www.hypersend.com/.

iHateSpam 3.2.57 might be one of the best anti-spam clients out there. Unfortunately for most of us, it only works with Outlook and Outlook Express. $20 from www.sunbelt-software.com/.

Incredimail XE build 710 is a media-rich e-mail client that lets you add 3D effects, backgrounds, sounds, animated graphics, and signatures to your e-mail. Free from www.incredimail.com/.

Interceptor 1.0 is a $25 anti-spam utility that works simply and straightforwardly to block spam from your POP3 mailbox. Get it from www.grok.co.uk/.

iOpus Secure E-mail Attachments - Encrypted and Self-Extracting 1.0 lets you send self-decrypting archives. The recipient just double clicks on the file and enters the password at the prompt. The original files are then decrypted, extracted and written to disk automatically. Free from www.iopus.com/secure-email.htm.

Irondust QuickSend 1.0 is a simple and handy tool that allows you to select a short text sample from any Web page and right-click to send it by e-mail. The text will be automatically inserted into the message, together with a link to the Web page and the page title as the subject. QuickSend uses your default e-mail client (Outlook, Outlook Express, etc.). The selected text has to be less than 300 characters. Free from www.irondust.com/.

JBMail 3.0 is a basic but powerful e-mail client that, among other things, allows you direct access to your e-mail server rather than forcing you to download the messages (and potential viruses) to your computer. The lite version is free from www.pc-tools.net/; the $35 version has lots of bells and whistles that the (perfectly usable) freeware version doesn't.

Junk Muncher 1.4.7 not only filters spam using your inputted keywords, it intercepts the unwanted e-mail at the server before it hits your local machine. Free from www.junkmuncher.com/.

Juno isn't just an e-mail client: by downloading it, you're joining an entire private network with its own private access numbers. Good for people who want to use e-mail but don't need to hook up with an ISP. Check it out at www.juno.com/. Drawbacks? You get ads with every mailing, and you can't send file attachments - text only. Juno is now offering free access to the Internet through its proprietory network. They claim that they'll eventually surpass America Online in content and ease of use. They even offer JIM, an instant messaging utility that works with AIM and other clients. Juno is also a full-fledged ISP and operates in conjunction with NetZero. Note: I have it on excellent authority that Juno is a truly hellish ISP, and does horrendous things to your computer. Be wary.

K9 is an email filtering application that works in conjunction with your regular POP3 email program and automatically classifies incoming emails as spam or non-spam without the need for maintaining dozens of rules or constant updates to be downloaded. It uses intelligent statistical analysis that can result in extremely high accuracy over time. Free from www.keir.net/k9.html.

Kaufman Mail Warrior 3.56 is a small, free, and surprisingly powerful e-mail client. Check it out at kaufman.cjb.net/.

KeyWords Seeker sounds like a program I might be able to use. I get flooded with who knows how many techie newsletters that sometimes are useful, and sometimes are a waste of bandwidth. How to tell besides opening them and scanning through them for useful content? This program might fill that little niche, by scanning all incoming e-mail for your specified keywords and alert you if it finds mention of any. Worth a look from www.softwareutilities.com/pkwindex.html.

Kookie Jar 5.97d is a free "signature generator" for your e-mail client that lets you append a "signature file" to your e-mail messages -- you know, your return address, URL, snappy quotes, unforgettable insults, whatever moves you. Get it from www.lodz.pdi.net/~eristic/free/.

LetterBox is a little System Tray-based utility that periodically checks for new e-mail and informs you with a .WAV file when new mail is detected. $15 from www.ultima-thule.co.uk/.

Mach5 PopMonger 1.0 is a small, standalone tool to assist you with mailing list management. It runs in the background and checks your POP mailbox for delivery failures and requests to unsubscribe for your mailing list. Free from popmonger.com/.

Mahogany 0.64 is an open source, cross-platform mail and news client. It supports many Internet protocols and standards, including POP3, IMAP4 (and the secure versions using SSL), SMTP, and NNTP. Mahogany also supports MIME and many common Unix mailbox formats (including MBX, MBOX, and MH). Free from mahogany.sourceforge.net/.

Mail For My Kids is a kid-friendly e-mail client that includes inbuilt filters to redirect unsavory or questionable e-mails to the parent's e-mail client, instead of letting the child see it first. Free from www.mail4mykids.com/.

Mail Password Recovery 1.0 allows you to recover your e-mail password for any POP3 account, as long as it is stored in an e-mail program on your computer. You just need to temporarily change the settings in your e-mail program, so that it connects to Mail Password Recovery instead and your password will be revealed. Free from members.ams.chello.nl/a.boros/mpr/.

Mail PassView 1.0 allows you to view account information, including username and password, for POP accounts in Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook 2000, IncrediMail, Eudora, and Group Mail Free. Free from www.nirsoft.net/.

Mailbag Assistant 3.2 helps you control your messages with tools to help you search, organize, analyze, and archive your e-mail. Search wizards can simplify the task of finding that message you're seeking, and there are advanced features like Boolean operators with multiple criteria. Supports most e-mail clients and has lots of other features. $30 to keep from www.fookes.com/

MailChecker32 2.4.0.1 is a small utility for checking incoming e-mail messages using set conditions. When the conditions are met, the program indicates which messages have satisfied the conditions. You can create a list of spam addresses to automatically be deleted from a server. Free from app.rosugol.ru/soft/freeware/mailchecker.jsp.

MailCleaner 2.6 kills viruses that come to Outlook and Outlook Express users in their e-mail. Free from www.mailcleaner.com/.

MailClerk is a powerful anti-spam utility that works by creating a new POP3 server and client on your computer, sort of a filtering mailbox that "strains" incoming mail before allowing it into your regular mailbox. $20 to keep from hughesnet.net/mailclerk/.

MailDefense 2.0 strips all executable attachments from both incoming and outgoing email and puts them in a quarantine file for virus and worm protection. Works outside the e-mail client, so compatibility shouldn't be a problem. $30 for the Basic and $50 for the Advanced version from www.indefense.com/products/md/md.html.

MailList Pro 1.0 handles mailing lists quickly and easily. $20 from www.pearlfox.com/.

Mailmoa 1.5 is a free and very serviceable mail manager. It handles unlimited POP3 accounts, checks your mail periodically, protects from viruses, and gives you several security options. Free from www.webmasterfree.com/mailmoa.html.

MailStart Plus is a free utility that lets you check your e-mail from anywhere, anytime, as long as you can access the Web. Useful for road warriors and vacation goers. Check it out from www.mailstartplus.com/.

MailSweep 3.22 is a $20 spamfighting utility from www.crystaloffice.com/.

MailTalkX 3.41 is a powerful spam-filtering and e-mail application; supports multiple mailboxes, allows you to check each mailbox automatically at specified intervals, notifies you of new mail with pop-up messages, sound clips, and video clips, and sports flexible filtering options that let you control spam, personalize the audio/visual notification of new mail, and automatically forward and reply to messages. MailTalkX deals directly with the mail server, so you can avoid downloading spam or other irrelevant mail. $20 from www.gnomedownloads.com/Internet/EMail-AntiSpam/mailtalkx.html.

MailTicker Lite 1.0 notifies of new mail, displays mail, scrolls messages automatically, deletes messages from the server, and perform actions on multiple e-mail messages. If you want antispam and autoreply features, you'll need to ante up for the Pro version, but this version is free from www.esdsoftware.net/.

MailWasher 2.0.28 beta is a highly recommended anti-spam utility. Donationware (you like it, you send the author money) from www.mailwasher.net/.

Mantiev SoftAgent 1.0 automatically processes incoming mail on multiple POP accounts using customizable filters and a reaction mechanism. It can be used to fight spam, protecting your mailboxes and your computer from e-mail viruses. $30 from www.mantiev.com/.

MELMS 0.91 is a basic e-mail list management program to manage an unlimited number of e-mail lists with up to 30,000 e-mail addresses each. Free from www.pawsoft.com/.

Microsoft Outlook Express is probably the most popular of free e-mail clients. It comes bundled with Internet Explorer, so to get it, you'll need to download and install IE assuming you don't already have it. Find out more at www.microsoft.com/windows/oe/. Personally, I don't recommend either Outlook (the more powerful version: home page is www.microsoft.com/office/outlook/default.asp) or Outlook Express because of the tremendous amount of security flaws in the two. If you do use either version, make sure to keep up with the security patches.

MiniMail 1.0 Beta 1 is a simple e-mail client that does just one thing, sends mail. Not much of a central client, but quick and useful for doing this one task. Free from www.pawsoft.co.uk/.

Natata Anti-Spam Encoder 1.0 is a useful program for Webmasters that searches for e-mail addresses in your Web pages and encodes them into a format that cannot be read by robots that spider Web sites to extract e-mail addresses. Free from natata.hn3.net/.

Navaho Lock with Voice is a $40 e-mail utility that encrypts messages to keep unwanted readers from prying into contents, and allows encryption and sending of voice messages. Find out more from www.navaholock.com/.

NetScan Tools 4.31 gives you a package of UNIX-rooted tools such as Ping, Traceroute, Finger, and Whois that can help you sleuth out the true e-mail addresses for spammers. You can export the information you find to disk or clipboard, or print out your report. $25 from www.netscantools.com/.

0-Code E-mail Address Protector 2.1 reduces spam by converting your posted e-mail address to a JavaScript function that cannot be read by e-mail extraction robots. No coding is required, just enter your e-mail address, preview the result and copy/paste the code into your pages. $10 from hixus.com/.

Ocean12 Mailing List Manager 1.06 is a full featured Mailing List Manager Program. Two versions, free and Pro ($30), are available from scripts.ocean12tech.com/asp/mailinglist/.

OutlookHelper 3.0.0 helps you Outlook users manage your mail, preview picture attachments, check for viruses, and more. Free from www.outlookhelper.com/ (the home page is down as I write this, so you may have to check www.freewareweb.com/ or another shareware outlet).

PABTool 2.0 is a $9 goodie from www6.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/
hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000LYA (the maker, GuerrillaSoft, isn't easy to find online) that translates personal address book data between MAPI, Exchange, Outlook, Netscape, and Palm Pilot formats, making it easy to switch from one e-mail client to another.

Pegasus 4.02 is a free e-mail program from www.pmail.com/ that has won fans from all over the Net. The hitch is that the program is free, but the manuals aren't.

PGP Freeware is the free version of the renowned e-mail security program. This should be enough for most of us slobs; find out more at www.pgp.com/products/freeware/default.asp. Even integrates into ICQ.

PicMail 1.0 is a $20 e-mail utility that lets you capture and send video images as e-mails. Your recipient needs the Player module. View the goodies at www.serome.co.kr/english/prod/pic.htm.

PocoMail 3.01 is the winner of PC Magazine's 2000 Shareware Award, so you know it's worth noting. It's an e-mail client with built-in scripting, similar in design to Outlook Express but with lots more features and a strong emphases on privacy and security. $35 to keep from www.pocomail.com/.

POP Peeper 2.2 lets you check all your e-mail accounts, all at once. This utility runs in your Windows Taskbar and alerts you when you have new e-mail in any of your POP3 accounts, or in Web-based services such as Hotmail, MSN or Yahoo Mail. Y ou can also use it to read and delete messages, including HTML e-mail. Free from www.poppeeper.com/.

POP3 Easy 1.0 automatically checks your e-mail accounts, and notifies you when mail is received. Features support for POP3 and Hotmail accounts, an unlimited number of accounts, is highly customizable, can check accounts on demand or at set intervals, and more. Free from www.adera.be/.

Popfile 0.20.0 sorts your e-mail and blocks spam. Free from popfile.sourceforge.net/.

PromaSoft Autoresponder 1.0731 lets your e-mail client send "autoresponses" to incoming messages. Useful for when you're out of town or away from the machine, and highly configurable. $50 to keep from www.autoreplying.com.

QMailer 1.1 is a tool for sending personalized e-mail to subscribers. It can automatically process subscription requests and unsubscribe requests that are sent from a Wb site form or by e-mail. Free from qliner.com/.

Quick Email 1.0 is just that -- a utility that sends quick, text-only e-mails without needing to fire up a resource-heavy client. All you need to know to use Quick Email is your e- mail address and the address of your SMTP server. Free from www.designdesires.uklinux.net/quickmail.php.

Random Tagline Manager 4.4.2 rotates a number (6500+!) of signatures through your sent e-mails. Keep things fresh at programs.fbrower.com/.

Re-Route is a free, Web-based forwarding service that ensures e-mail sent to your old account will be forwarded to your new one. Find out how it works at www.re-route.com/.

RelayFax Server 5.0.0 is a powerful e-mail-to-fax and fax-to-e-mail fax server. It automates the process of sending, receiving and managing your network fax traffic and, by integrating into existing e-mail systems, it provides full faxing capabilities from the desktop. $180 from www.altn.com/Products/Default.asp?product_id=RelayFax.

Rpost Registered E-Mail is a small Web-based utility that verifies your e-mail was actually delivered. More reliable than return receipts and butt-simple to use: just CC your messages to mail@rpost.com. Find out more from www.rpost.com/.

SARDS: Spam Analysis, Reporting, and Deletion System .080.1998 BETA is a comprehensive e-mail scanning system that includes multithreaded mail scanning, support for checking multiple (20 or more) POP3 or IMAP4 mail accounts and more. Free from
www.e-f-w.com/postnuke/modules.php?op=modload&
name=News&file=article&sid=29.

Scrippy v2.0 lets you compose HTML-based e-mail addresses loaded with graphics and multimedia goodies. For Outlook and Outlook Express only; $40 to keep from www.scrippy.com/.

SecExMail Home 1.51 is a transparent e-mail encryption system that integrates with programs such as Outlook, Outlook Express, The BAT, Poco, etc. It runs as a virtual POP3/SMTP server that encrypts and decrypts messages in real-time as they are sent or received by your e-mail program. Free from www.bytefusion.com/products/ens/
secexmail/index_secexmail.htm.

SecureMail 1.3 lets you send and receive encrypted messages to those you favor with a decryption key. $80 from www.pawsitesonline.com/secureweb/.

Sigblaster 1.06 gives you the ability to choose from multiple signature files. The help file gives instructions for using it with Outlook, Netscape, and The Bat; those using Mozilla will need to go to Edit, Mail and Newsgroups, and then follow Sigblaster's instructions. Free from www.vega-tek.com/sigblaster/.

Signature Control 3.0.2 is an e-mail add-on that lets you end your messages with a "signature" of your choosing -- name, contact info, personal quote, whatever. Some e-mail clients already have this feature, but if yours doesn't, surf over to hochindustry.cjb.net/ for this freebie.

SnipURL is a Web-based service that "snips" a long URL to 13 characters for insertion into e-mails and documents. You can add the function to your browser bar. Works in IE, Netscape, and Opera. Check it out at www.snipurl.com/.

SoftAgent 1.0 automatically processes incoming mail on multiple POP accounts using customizable filters and a reaction mechanism. Can be used to fight spam, protecting your mailboxes and your computer from e-mail viruses. $30 from www.mantiev.com/.

SonicMail lets you send voice messages over e-mail; since it uses RealAudio, your target doesn't even need the app to hear your message. Best of all, it's free from www.sonicmail.com/.

Spam Analysis, Reporting, and Deletion System .08 includes multithreaded mail checking/scanning, support for checking multiple (20 or more) POP3 or IMAP4 mail accounts, whitelist/blacklist support, e-mail address learning and import tools, an integrated mail server, multimethod mail scanning, automated complaint generation tied to a built-in header analyzer, an intelligent bounce message generator, the capability to delete obvious spam at the server level, Internet blacklist checking (via DNSBL lookup) and more. Works with any POP/SMTP-capable e-mail client. $30 from
www.e-f-w.com/postnuke/modules.php?op=modload
&name=News&file=article&sid=29.

Spam Assault! 1.2 filters and blocks junk e-mail by detecting bogus Reply To addresses, filtering spam keywords (such as "free" or "bankrupt"), blocking an unlimited number of identified spam senders, and by blocking an unlimited number of identified spam domain names. $10 from www.spamassault.com/.

Spam Bait Creator 1.01 lets you take a crack at evil spammers by creating fake e-mail addresses for them to waste time and money on. Free from pw2.netcom.com/~p.sheedy/spambaitcreator.html.

Spam Buster 1.9, from www.contactplus.com/, makes it easy to delete and purge junk mail. An ad-supported version is free; an ad-free version costs $20 to keep.

Spam CSI 2.0.0.8 "treats Spam like a crime and goes after the criminal." The program scans the POP mailbox, investigates links found in the e-mail messages, and scours through the spammer's Web site for evidence. The program notifies you what is going behind the message. It comes with the ability to have all spam messages be returned to the sender as undeliverable. Also included is a database for maintaining records of trusted and denied domains or senders. Free from www.promailix.com/.

Spam Exterminator 3.2f, talked about later in this site, does a good job of filtering spam from your e-mail client along with letting you report abusers. $28 from www.unisyn.com/.

Spam Hunter 2.0 detects unwanted e-mail messages and lets you choose what to do with them. $25 from www.avksoft.com/sh/sh.html.

Spam Inspector is a powerful anti-spam program that works with Outlook and AOL (different versions). Also marketed under the program name "I Hate Spam." $30 from www.giantcompany.com/.

SpamBayes Outlook Add-In 1.0 is an Outlook-only add-in that filters spam using Bayesian filtering protocols. Free from spambayes.sourceforge.net/.

SpamButcher 1.71 is an advanced, client-side anti-spam filter. It checks for new messages in your inbox every few minutes, and any spam is moved to a holding area for your examination later. $30 from www.spambutcher.com/.

Spamcop is a free, web-based anti-spam tool that lets you paste your headers into a field and then helps you figure out where the mail actually came from. Find out more at www.spamcop.com/.

SpamEater Pro 3.56 is another spam-chowing utility, this one stopping the evil mess before it even hits your inbox. $25 to keep from www.hms.com/.

SpamGunner 2.00 synchronously checks and filters multiple accounts, quickly eliminating e-mail viruses. It also can be used as an e-mail checker. $25 from www.spamgunner.com/.

Spamihilator 0.94 is an open-source anti-spam filtering program that works with any e-mail client. Free from spamihilator.sourceforge.net/.

SpamKiller 2.87, a $40 anti-spam program from www.mcafee.com/myapps/msk/default.asp, is a highly recommended utility that works particularly well with Outlook and other POP3 and MAPI e-mail clients. SpamKiller won PC Magazine's 1999 Shareware Program of the Year award and was bought by McAfee shortly thereafter.

SpamNet is an Outlook-only program that generates less false positives than many other anti-spam utilities. Free from www.cloudmark.com/.

Spamnix 1.0 Build 37 is a no-frills Eudora plug-in that examines each e-mail message, scrutinizing the header and contents. If the e-mail isn't spam, you click the "Accept This Sender" button to grant immunity to future e-mail from the sender. For junk, click the "Reject" button; Spamnix then bans subsequent messages from the sender. Sometimes simple is better. $30 from www.spamnix.com/. (Follow-up note: Scot Finnie has noted some serious problems with false positives from Spamnix. However, it is customizable, and doesn't immediately delete the supposed spam, so this isn't enough of a caveat to warn you away from giving it a try.)

SpamPal 1.06 is an anti-spam utility that uses DNSBL lists to differentiate between spam and legitimate e-mail. Free from www.spampal.org.uk/.

SpamStalker 2.64 replies to junk mail with messages telling the sender that your e-mail address is no longer valid. Hopefully spammers receiving these messages will remove your address from their databanks. $39 to keep from www.spamstalker.com/.

Speak and Mail 2000.3 is a $30 e-mail add-on that uses text-to-speech capabilities, along with "friendly" MS Agent characters, to read you your mail, documents, etc. Find out more at www.shadisoft.com/.

Talk It Up 1 works with Outlook, Eudora, and other e-mail clients to provide speech-based e-mail functionality. $20 from www.geocities.com/pbsftwr/TalkItUp.html.

Talking E-Mail 3.0 reads your e-mail to you, using animated cartoon characters. Cute. $20 from www.4developers.com/talkmail/index.htm.

TextMail 2.5 is a simple e-mail client for the purists among us. If you believe that God intended e-mail to be ASCII only, then this freebie is for you: get the word from textmail.online.fr/.

Thundercloud Stationery is an Outlook-only goodie that lets you send your messages on fancy, HTML-based "stationery." Free from thundercloud.net/.

ToadMail is Web-based mail filtered to be "family-safe." Part of the TwoToads family network, and available from www.twotoads.com/.

TransSoft Mail Control 5.1 is more powerful than "lite" Eudora or Calypso, and not that much more difficult to operate. It's no longer available from Transsoft, but WinPlanet has it still at cws.internet.com/file/11423.htm. Since it's discontinued, I'm assuming it's free.

Tray Helper 2.4 lets you check all your e-mail accounts (up to 50) in the background, auto-delete spam messages, watch your browser's windows and get rid of unwanted pop-ups. You can also forward important e-mails to your mobile device. $15 from trayhelper.republika.pl/.

UnReply 1.10 uses six different cleaning tools for reformatting text that has been mangled by e-mail replying and forwarding, etc. Doubles as an ASCII editor and Notepad replacement. Free from www2.netdoor.com/~johnfera/UnReply/.

URLRun fixes broken URLs found in e-mails. Free from www.sellsbrothers.com/tools/default.aspx.

V3Mail is a free utility for creating, editing, and sending voice, video, and text e-mail messages, from www.v3mail.com/.

Vallen eMailer is a small, free utility for handling mailing lists. Find out more at www.vallen.de/freeware/index.html.

VideoLive Mail 4.0 lets you record and send video mail files in Windows Media format. Also lets you create content for Web streaming without needing a separate application for encoding. $40 from www.gocyberlink.com/english/index.jsp.

Whiz Mail is an online e-mail provider that gives non-programmers access to CGI scripts. Get the lowdown from www.whiz-mail.com/.

Xnotifier 1.0 lets you send yourself quick e-mail reminder notices. Free from utenti.tripod.it/sbureca/.

ZixMail 1.4 allows you to encrypt and secure your e-mail to keep snoops at bay. Works with most major e-mail clients, including many Web-based mailers. $24 to keep from www.zixit.com/.

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