Thread: Email Software

Selecting email software to handle your important messages can be a headache with so much to choose from. Historically, the same companies that make web browsers have also tended to create the software to read your email and this is usually the best place to start. After all, the two services go hand-in-hand for most users. That's certainly true today, when it's possible to use email software from the creators of the Opera web browser, Internet Explorer and Firefox.

However, there are plenty of applications that solely deal with the task of looking after your emails. Incredimail is one of the most popular and well known but this is just the tip of the iceberg. The Tucows download website lists three pages of email software.



Incredimail has many users. It allows users to have fun with mail, and customise messages and backgrounds, but it also has its downsides. Some users complain that the software leaves traces of itself throughout your PC and hogs resources.
When the amusement of multi-coloured emails and dancing icons wears off, a bloated PC that performs more slowly than before is a big price to pay.

You're much better off trying something that takes the job more seriously. For instance, the mail software that comes from the creators of Opera is, like the company's web browser, simple and easy to use It.s also a breeze to switch between email and web browsing by clicking on the relevant tab.


We would normally also recommend the Netscape Communicator software. However AOL, the company that owns the Netscape browser, announced in January 2008 that it would cease to support the software and its related products. That means users will not receive security or software updates after February 2008, which makes the software vulnerable to any holes hackers find in the future. For that reason, steer clear.