PocoMail

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PocoMail
Basic data

developer Poco Systems Inc.
Current  version PocoMail 4.8
(April 7, 2009)
operating system Windows
category E-mail program
License Shareware, proprietary
German speaking Yes
http://pocosystems.com

PocoMail is an email program for Microsoft Windows . It supports POP3 and basic IMAP functionality and newsgroups and RSS - Web feeds . PocoMail offers multi-user capability and is positioned as a secure alternative to Microsoft Outlook . SSL and TLS are offered for mailing . PocoMail offers a multilingual user interface , is fully Unicode compatible, and allows messages to be imported and exported . Its strength lies in the ease of use and adaptability to your own needs.

The e-mail program is distributed as shareware over the Internet. The current (April 2009) is the English version 4.8. The previous version 3.4 is offered in six additional languages ​​(Danish, German, French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish). However, the translations of the 4 version are constantly being delayed. With the release of version 4.5, the reference to translations "soon" has been removed on the manufacturer's website.

Features

PocoMail contains its own scripting language for the automation of e-mail tasks as well as various filter options and spam detection (including a Bayesian spam filter ). In the current version, tabbed mailboxes and newsreader functionality have been added.

PocoMail does not use Internet Explorer to display HTML mail and does not support Java , VB or J-Script . It is immune to viruses in that it does not automatically open any file attachments or execute scripts.

The program allows the secure display of HTML mails, i. H. Users can choose whether to download images stored on the Internet (this is partially used by spammers to check whether an e-mail address is still active). All links are provided with an addition so that you do not accidentally click on a website belonging to a spammer.

PocoMail offers the option of viewing (and deleting) e-mails online on the server instead of downloading them in any case.

The search functions improved in version 4 ("Quick Search" and "Focus Box") are structured intuitively and deliver results in seconds.

Versions

PocoMail is written in Borland Delphi and is offered in two different versions:

  • PocoMail ("normal e-mail") for the stationary computer
  • PocoMail PE (“E-Mail for on the go”): Slimmed-down Pocomail that runs on USB sticks

The manufacturer also produces a PIM called Barca which, in addition to the PocoMail functionalities, also contains an appointment calendar.

history

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PocoMail has been developed by Slaven Radic in Canada since 1998. In 2003, he and two partners founded the company Poco Systems Inc., which one year later also launched an organizer with a calendar function called Barca based on PocoMail.

PocoMail has received some media exposure, specifically in the US and Canada, in the past five years. In 2000, as a relatively new software, it won the “PC Magazine Shareware of the Year” award and in February 2005 was praised by CBSnews.com as an e-mail alternative to Outlook.

In 2008 Pocosystems Inc. changed hands, but the founder, Slaven Radic, stayed with the company. The software manufacturer Rose City Software declared the version of Pocomail 4.8 released in April 2009 to be the official successor to its email product Courier (formerly Calypso). The specific features of Courier had previously been integrated into Pocomail.

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