The Bat
| The Bat! | |
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| Basic data
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| developer | RITLabs SRL |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| Current version | 8.8.2 (February 22, 2019) |
| operating system | Windows |
| programming language | Delphi |
| category | E-mail program |
| License | Proprietary : Professional and Home version (the Professional Edition also includes The Bat! Voyager) |
| German speaking | Yes |
| www.ritlabs.com | |
The Bat! is a proprietary e-mail program for Windows . It has been developed since 1997 by RITLabs , a software company based in Chișinău , Moldova .
properties
Unicode
Since version 6.0.0, which was only available as a pre-release version, The Bat! completely unicode compatible. A large part of the program was rewritten for this purpose.
Supported protocols / security
It supports IMAP and POP3 , their SSL variants with secure authentication via APOP , CRAM - HMAC , NTLM and CompuServe RPA and SMTP includes secure connection via STARTTLS , SSL3 is for The Bat! 6.1 supported. Mail functions of Microsoft Exchange Server can also be accessed via MAPI . GnuPG and PGP can be integrated and extracted from The Bat! be addressed out. S / MIME is supported directly. The Pro version encrypts and automatically backs up the mail databases if necessary. HTML mail can be displayed if desired, but no active content is executed. The Bat! does not reload images, style sheets or script files. When saving / opening potentially dangerous files, the program warns the user. It can be expanded using plug-ins . The programming interface is also open to external developers.
The Bat! can be extended to an RSS reader and virus scanner integrated.
Multiple user accounts
The Bat! supports any number of user accounts, each of which can be assigned different identities and templates. This means that each user account has its own folder such as inbox and outbox. These are not stored in a central folder, but can be displayed together via the virtual folder .
Filter functions
Complex nested filters are supported. All properties of a mail can be specified as a criterion. If a filter hits, actions such as moving, marking, coloring, starting external programs, exporting, forwarding, address book operations, playing sounds and others can be carried out. Selective filters only read the header of an email on the server and, if necessary, delete the email without downloading it first. Various freely available plug-ins can be used as spam filters . Virtual folders can be created with numerous filter criteria and show mails from different physical folders.
templates
Very flexible templates can be assigned to new messages, replies and messages to be forwarded, for example to create automated salutations, signatures , introductory lines or cookies. However, these cookies have nothing to do with the HTTP cookies from websites, but are templates that can be used to automatically integrate texts from external text files into emails. There are also numerous predefined variables . Templates can be defined per account, folder, address book group and sender. Together with the filter functions, the mail communication can be automated to a large extent. The serial letter function can be used to create personalized newsletters. Quick templates enable you to quickly insert text modules with shortcuts and to reuse text modules in different templates.
Spell check
The spell checker checks texts as you type. Unknown words can be added. Foreign dictionaries, for example from OpenOffice.org, can be imported.
Toolbars
Toolbars can be adapted as required, for example to show functions that are often used as symbols or to limit the interface to the necessary symbols. Shortcuts can also be customized.
calendar
The Bat! has a calendar with a resubmission function and a notebook.
design
The appearance of the surface can be adapted using various designs. This influences the colors and patterns of the various surface elements.
Address management
Several address books, each with several address groups, can be managed. An address can be a member of several groups. Each address has numerous fields; including multiple e-mail addresses, private and business postal address, date of birth (with optional notification), e-mail template, code page to be used, picture, OpenPGP keys and S / MIME certificates. CardDAV has been supported since version 7.0 .
Versions
- The Bat! Home Edition
- The Bat! Professional Edition
- The Bat! Voyager: A USB version of the mailer, a license is required for the Pro version.
- The Bat! Professional with hardware tokens: with all the functions of The Bat !. In addition, there is a secure connection to POP3 / SMTP servers, hardware tokens and "on-the-fly" encryption.
Import function
Currently, The Bat! e-mail import from the following programs:
- Microsoft Outlook Express v4.xx, 5.xx, 6.0
- Microsoft Office Outlook 97, 2000, XP, 2003
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Netscape Communicator v4.xx
- Netscape Mail v2.xx, 3.xx
- Eudora Lite / Pro
- Pegasus Mail v2.xx, 3.xx
Address books can be imported in the following formats:
- Outlook Express (Windows Address Book)
- Microsoft Office Outlook (Contacts Folder)
- Google contacts
- LDIF file
- Business Card (VCard)
- Comma-separated (plain text)
- Tab delimited (plain text)
- INI file
- Eudora Address Book
- Pegasus Tag File