Phoenix Mail

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Phoenix Mail

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Screenshot from Phoenix Mail 2003
Basic data

developer Michael Haller / PMO team / Roland Ruder
Current  version 20190303 (Phoenix Mail 2019)
( March 3, 2019 )
operating system Windows 2000 / XP / Wine / Vista / 7/8/10
category E-mail program
License GPL ( Free Software )
German speaking Yes
Phoenix Mail (PMO)
PM RoundAbout (PMRRAH)
PM 2018

Phoenix Mail is a free , slim e-mail program for POP3 / SMTP with Transport Layer Security . Many users consider it advantageous that the program does not work with any database. All e-mails are stored unchanged in MSG format on the hard drive, the address books in a handy CSV file. As all data is saved separately from the system, Phoenix Mail can also be operated on a removable storage medium (e.g. USB stick ). It also runs on all Windows versions from Windows Vista (slightly restricted also under Windows XP with SP3 or under Linux with Wine).

origin

Phoenix Mail (the original version) was programmed by Michael Haller with Delphi 3 in the years 1998–1999 and distributed as freeware (open source). Michael Haller published the source code , making it possible for every ambitious programmer to further develop the mail client according to their own wishes. He is no longer working on it himself. The offer was accepted by several people, so there are now various programs under the name Phoenix Mail.

Two development teams have settled at Sourceforge.net. One worked on the original Phoenix Mail 0.93xx and is known as the PMO team. The second developed its own Phoenix Mail version under the name RoundAbout . This has since been expanded to include many functions and is available in various languages ​​from the international members.

A purely German version is maintained by Roland Ruder and is identified by the abbreviation "2020".

Further development

The three versions that emerged from the first Phoenix Mail generation now differ greatly. Nevertheless, the structures in which the mailboxes are stored on the user's PC are largely compatible.

Phoenix Mail PMO
No new version has been released since the end of 2005. The further development was stopped.
Phoenix Mail RoundAbout
No new version has been released since the end of 2003. The further development seems to have been stopped in the meantime.
Phoenix Mail (from 2003 to 2020)
This version is still being developed, the author regularly publishes bug fix releases with minor improvements and add-ons.

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