Microsoft Outlook is one of the most popular postal customers in the world. It includes a variety of useful features and tools that allow competently organize the workflow and significantly simplify the processing process. However, this program is not always suited by users, which is why there is a need to search for an alternative. As part of our today's article, we would like to offer several decent analogues that can become the main means of working with emails.
The Bat!
The Bat! - Paid software that provides approximately the same features as Outlook. Here you will see a simple and understandable editor, address book, a convenient filtering tool. Separate attention should be paid to the level of security. Using protocols to encrypt data, backup, protection against spam letters - All this will help protect all the added accounts not only from hacking, but also from random loss of important letters. To do this in The Bat! There is also a built-in antivirus that scan files attached to messages.
As for additional functions, it is impossible not to mark an HTML viewer, which is independent of the HTML system module, supports different styles of document forming and version of HTML 4. This viewer is protected from viruses using the basic vulnerabilities of this technology. As already mentioned earlier, The Bat! It applies for a fee, although it has two versions. The first is suitable for home use, and the second is focused on business. However, the developers written in detail on all this on the official website, leading a comparative table.
Mozilla Thunderbird.
Many active Internet users have repeatedly heard of such a popular browser as Mozilla Firefox. The same company also produces a number of software, sharpened to perform a certain kind of tasks. The list of their products is located and an alternative to Outlook called Mozilla Thunderbird. This client is distributed for free, has many options for designing the appearance, which will allow you to install any suitable theme. The add-on manager will allow you to expand the functionality of this software by installing the user-selection plugins.
Start work with Mozilla Thunderbird is easy because there is a built-in wizard adding accounts. The function of making new contacts also works quite simply - all the action is performed literally into one click. A quick filter panel, tabs, search - these tools are designed to speed up work with new messages. Any incoming letters you can put in the archive to remove the letter from the "Inbox" directory, while maintaining it. In the future, all files from the archive will be available for recovery. Since Mozilla Thunderbird is free to provide a friendly interface and input threshold, we recommend you to familiarize yourself with it closer to understand whether it is worth using this email client on an ongoing basis.
em Client.
Em Client is a less popular postal client in the Russian market, but having many advantages over competitors. Immediately it is worth noting that there are two versions of this provision. Free is limited only by two simultaneously connected accounts and is not suitable for commercial use. Just because of the minimum differences between users and prefer free assembly, because not everyone is ready to pay 30 dollars per mail client.
EM Client supports all known email services, in the built-in functionality there is a calendar and an organizer, which will help when creating a list of cases. There is standard protection against spam and viruses obtained from attached files. Mailing tool will allow you to send one and the same letter to all contacts or only selective accounts. The only significant minus for some users will be the lack of Russian localization of the interface, but it is intuitively clear, and the English name of some buttons will not be discussed.
Mailbird.
MailBird is suitable even for users whose computers have a rather weak power, since this email client practically does not occupy space and consumes the minimum number of RAM during its work. From the main features of this software, it is worth highlighting infinite flexibility in setting up the appearance. Here you can configure everything - from the color palette of the main window to the message icons and the folders created. In addition, there are auxiliary functions that allow you to distribute letters for individual directories, temporarily hide unnecessary messages or enable high-speed reading to quickly familiarize yourself with all incoming.
It is impossible to pass by integration with popular messengers and social networks. There is support for Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and much more. All this allows and quickly performing an unknown sender for all built-in services to determine his identity. There is a tool for finding attached files. Sometimes it is necessary to find any document sent for a long time, then it will come to the rescue this wonderful opportunity. The convenience of work is achieved by complete localization on 17 languages and the presence of hot keys, which will allow you to call certain functions much faster.
However, all these advantages and convenience will have to pay, acquiring a monthly subscription. The developers have provided several tariff plans for different categories of users, seeing a comparative table. We advise you to first take advantage of the trial version to decide whether to move to this application on an ongoing basis. You can download the demonstration assembly from the official Mailbird site.
Zimbra Desktop.
The developers of the Zimbra Desktop postal client have tried not only over the organization of all useful tools and functions, but paid great attention to the server component and protective technologies, which is often told by representatives of the company in various interviews and copyright articles. This product has an open source code, which means free distribution and the ability to add custom extensions or corrections. In Zimbra, all email accounts are integrated to receive online and offline access to all received or sent letters.
There are also additional features here, allowing to establish maximum performance during the workflow. Calendar, contact list, Organizer, data synchronization - All this will certainly come in handy while working with the postal client. In addition, you can connect Zimbra Desktop to any computer where Windows, MacOS is installed or any popular Linux operating system distribution.
It is impossible to bypass the protective component of this software, which we have already mentioned earlier. There is an antispam-system that allows you to create filtering to protect yourself from advertising mailing or unwanted letters. To protect yourself from malicious files received by mail will help the standard ClamAV anti-virus. We offer more about all the Zimbra Desktop technologies and tools on the official website, you can also ask the administration's question or request a detailed demonstration of the product.
Claws Mail.
Claws Mail - another free post-source email client. After installing or viewing the screenshots, any user will immediately notice that the interface of this software reminds the appearance of enough old programs used on Windows XP or 7. Plus to everything, many basic parameters need to be configured manually, for example, the same addition of email accounts, Since automation or at least the configuration wizard is not here. All this together often raises questions from novice users, but after the first hour of the development of Claws Mail everything becomes clear.
If you have a weak computer, we advise you to pay attention to this application, since it is unlike mailbird free. As for the built-in features, there are all that may be needed to work with mail - sorting by various parameters, searching for messages in history, imports of an unlimited number of accounts. When considering the previous client, we have already mentioned the protection against spam, it is called Spam Assassin. In Claws Mail, it is also provided and works at the highest level.
However, there are also certain disadvantages - the lack of the integration of third-party applications, problems with the work of HTML, the minimum number of standard plug-ins. Yet the complete Russian localization is, and the users who are ready to face manual tuning, we recommend paying attention to this by.
Touchmail
We set Touchmail to the end of our today's list, as the main focus here is made to work with touch devices, which is what the interface and management and management of some functions are talking about. However, TouchMail is available on standard stationary operating systems and works great with them. The appearance immediately attracts attention to this postal client, as it is made unusually that you can observe on the screenshot attached below. The entire space is divided into separate tiles that are freely moved, deleted or edited.
Adding and synchronizing mail accounts occur in the same way as in all other applications. Absolutely all popular services are supported. Embedded filtering and Internet organization features will help solve a problem with long viewing of all incoming, and the group sending tool of the same message will speed up the mailing process.
Unfortunately, there is no support for the Russian language in TouchMail, and the application is distributed for a fee without providing an introductory version. Because of these features, many users and pass through this provision, because they do not have the ability to test it before purchasing.
Above you have been familiar with the most popular postal customers who are able to become a worthy Outlook replacement and sometimes exceed this provision of functionality and stability. You can only get acquainted with the above options and choose one that is worthy to become a client used on an ongoing basis.