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Comparison of email clients
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of email client programs. Please see the individual products articles for further information.
| Contents |
General
Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc.
| Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Mail | Apple Computer | ? | 1.3.9 | Part of Mac OS X | Proprietary |
| Mozilla | Mozilla Foundation | December 7 1998 | 1.7.6 | Free | MPL, MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | Mozilla Foundation | July 28 2003 | 1.0.2 | Free | MPL, MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license |
| Eudora | Qualcomm | 1988 | 6.3.2 | Free (Light), Free (Pro, with ads), $49 (Pro) | Proprietary |
| Opera M2 | Opera Software | September 1996 | 8.0 | Free (with ads), $39 (without ads) | Proprietary |
| Outlook Express | Microsoft | ? | 6.0.0 | Part of Windows | Proprietary |
| Sylpheed | Hiroyuki Yamamoto | January 2000 | 1.0.1 | Free | GPL |
| The Bat! | RitLabs | ? | 3 | $45 | Proprietary |
| Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license |
Operating system support
The operating systems on which the clients can run natively (without emulation).
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Mail | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Mozilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eudora | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Opera M2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Outlook Express | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Sylpheed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Bat! | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix |
Features
Information on what features each of the clients support.
| HTML email | Newsgroup | Image blocking | Junk filtering | Thread view | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Mail | Read Only | No | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Mozilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eudora | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (Pro only) | Yes |
| Opera M2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Outlook Express | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Sylpheed | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Bat! | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HTML email | Newsgroup | Image blocking | Junk filtering | Thread view |
See also
External links
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