Windows 7 the newest blockbuster OS from Windows has been shipped without an email program. While Windows claims that this has been done to keep the OS light and fast it is notable that the email client Windows live mail released a few weeks back is a paid one and needs to be bought. Windows Live Mail is a comfortable email program that lets you access IMAP, POP and Windows Live Hotmail accounts with ambition to connect with Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Calendar, your blog and RSS news feeds, too.
Windows Live Mail offers solid spam filters, fast search and a few ready-made search folders. Though the features look amazing there are many open source and free alternatives available to the Email client. Here is the list of the best from there.
[1] Mozilla Thunderbird- Mozilla thunderbird is a richly featured, quite secure and functional email client, incorporating RSS Feed Reader. With efficient mail handling and good style, Mozilla Thunderbird also features filtering of junk mail.
[2] Opera- The Opera email client is well incorporated with flexibility and efficiency in interface and is well equipped to satisfy all the user needs. Integrated with RSS Feeds, the Opera email client only lacks the support of the encrypted mail, which does seem to be a drawback. Also, one may find that the message editor lacks a bit in power.
[3] Pegasus Mail- Featured to be the best and most powerful email program for Windows 7, Pegasus Mail scores well in terms of security, but the interface lacks a bit of polishing, thereby features are difficult to access.
[4] IncrediMail- If the user is looking for a fun and easy way to handle an email client, then IncrediMail could be your right option. Security is quite strong in this email client, protecting the user from phishing, spam and fraud attempts in a convenient manner. But, due to the lack of some productivity features, the user might have to compromise when he has to deal with large amounts of mail.
[5] Mulberry- Versatility is the key feature of the Mulberry email client. Being quite powerful, the Mulberry email client can even run on all other famous platforms. But, one thing that lacks in this email client is simplicity, which does seem to be rather important for the users not well versed with this email client.
[6] Foxmail- The Foxmail email client is accompanied by a wide variety of features and is quite appealing due to its easy-to-use and fun attributes. Some of the drawbacks of this email client might be its lack of support of the IMAP accounts and the lack of basic text formatting tools in the message editor.
[7] Eudora(Sponsored Mode)- Eudora email client is a fine blend of power, flexibility and efficiency, and features protection against spams, though this can be improved more.
[8] DreamMail- DreamMail email client can manage emails and RSS Feeds with ease, also enabling the label and related message search. Some limitations of this email client can be the lesser international language support, quite ineffective spam filter, and the non-support of IMAP accounts.
Since your new copy of Windows does not come in with a pre-installed mail client you will have to use the net for downloading one but while choosing one you should know about the pros and cons of the best available so that you can choose from the best and get the best of the best for yourself.
