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Entourage X 1.0.1
Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com
Reviewed in October 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/email
Entourage has a full-featured, good interface, and handles HTML and text well. The program includes a PIM. Searching and filtering is flexible, although the performance is poor.
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Eudora 5.1.1
Qualcomm
http://www.qualcomm.com
Reviewed in October 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/email
Eudora is full-featured, with fast searching, an in-line spelling checker, extreme flexibility for power users, and a unique workgroup file-sharing capability. Plus it’s available in free configurations. It’s not all good, though. The interface is ugly, the filters mediocre, and the HTML rendering poor.
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Magellan 3.3
MAKI Enterprise
http://www.makienterprise.com
Reviewed in October 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/email
Magellan provides innovative views for managing e-mail and multilingual support. You may need the latter, as the documentation is poorly translated. It doesn’t support HTML or graphics.
Note: Tryout is Magellan Pro 1.4.3
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Mail 1.1
Apple Computer
http://www.apple.com
Reviewed in October 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/email
Apple’s Mail is easy to use and comes bundled with OS X. Its searching is poor, however, and it has lousy integration with OS X’s Address Book. Attachment formats are a problem, too, as you have no control over them.
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MailfilterX 0.2.0
Frank Blome
http://www.frank-blome.de/mailfilterx
Reviewed in April 2003
MailfilterX deletes spam from your server’s mailbox while downloading as little as possible. It’s not for those wary of OS X’s Terminal application; you’ll neeed Unix and regular-expressions skills to get MailfilterX running and configured meaningfully.
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Mailsmith 1.5.3
Bare Bones Software
http://www.barebones.com
Reviewed in October 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/email
Mailsmith has extensive AppleScript support to go with its powerful text editing, searching, and filtering. It’s a bit expensive, though, and has no support for HTML, IMAP, or in-line graphics.
Note: Tryout is version 1.5.4 and expires after 24 launches.
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MaxBulk Mailer 2.6
Max Programming
http://www.maxprog.com
Reviewed in July 2002
This affordable and helpful application handles high-volume e-mail tasks with ease and affordability.
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Musashi 3.4
Sono Software
http://www.sonosoft.com
Reviewed in October 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/email
Musashi 3.4 has built-in support for multiple users, but it lacks HTML and graphics support. More cons: It has no spelling checker, limited searching, limited filtering, and poorly translated documentation.
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Nisus Email 1.6.1
Nisus Software
http://www.nisus-soft.com
Reviewed in October 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/email
Nisus Email allows for easy sending of mail from any word processor, and that’s about where the pluses end. The interface is awkward, there is no APOP support, performance is poor, HTML is not supported, text-editing tools are absent, and filters and searching are poor.
Note: Visit the company's website to obtain a 14-day trial license.
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PostArmor 1.2
P. Manna
http://www.postarmor.com
Reviewed in April 2003
PostArmor is a Java-basded application that connects to POP and IMAP servers to help you cut down on spam. It works well under OS X, and its accuracy is good.
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PowerMail 3.1
CTM Development
http://www.ctmdev.com
Reviewed in October 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/email
PowerMail provides an attractive interface with Sherlock-style searching and a variety of import formats. There is no traditional searching, however, and there is no in-line spelling checker.
Note: Software on this disc is version 4.1.2.
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QuickMail Pro 3.1
CE Software
http://www.cesoft.com
Reviewed in October 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/email
QuickMail Pro has multiple-user features when used with QuickMail Pro Server. The cons include lack of IMAP support and mediocre filters.
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Spamfire 1.3.2
Matterform Media
http://www.matterform.com
Reviewed in April 2003
Spamfire is an add-on utility that takes over the job of checking your e-mail. It logs into your mail server and applies its points-based rules to mail stored there. Its accuracy is good, but you will take a hit on your bandwidth and storage.
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SpamSieve 1.2.2
Michael Tsai
http://c-command.com/spamsieve
Reviewed in April 2003
SpamSieve works as an add-on to Entourage, MailSmith, PowerMail, and Eudora to cut down on unwanted e-mail. Its accuracy is very good, but it can be hard to train, and it’s not very configurable.
Note: Software on this disc is version 1.3.
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SweetMail
Sugiura
http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/~sweet/mail
Reviewed in October 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/email
SweetMail is easy to use, and has a cool message-size indicator for sending to cell phones. However, the feature set is shallow and the filters are poor.
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