Selected File: Eudora Pro/Light Email Client
by Qualcomm
available versions:
Eudora Pro v7.00.16 Release
Eudora Light -- The de facto standard for mail clients by sheer popularity. The postcard-ware version lacks advanced mail filtering but retains many of the same features as Pegasus Mail as well as its commercial sibling, Eudora Pro. Eudora lacks support for UUencode (although this feature is found in the commercial version). The 'light' version does include rudimentary mailing list capabilities (by utilizing its nested nicknaming feature), but they are not on the same level as Pegasus Mail. Eudora Light also has the ability to queue mail and poll outgoing (but not incoming) mail in the background. The latest releases have added many important features including a 32-bit native version, offline capability, improved appearance (especially for initially setting up Eudora Light), a revised toolbar, basic filtering capabilities, full drag 'n' drop, MAPI support, and capabilities for launching attachments and URLs from within messages. The strength of Eudora Light lies in its ease of use, but, unfortunately, the freeware version still lacks a few of the features necessary to compete with Pegasus Mail and E-Mail Connection. For that there is the commercial version, Eudora Pro.
Eudora introduces a third kind of Eudora, one that's supported by advertisements. In the past, Eudora Pro had all the features, but you pay and Eudora Light was free, but fewer features. Now, Eudora is one application that runs in three modes:
1. Paid mode: Like Eudora Pro - all the
features, but you pay
2. Light mode: Like Eudora Light - free, but
fewer features
3. Sponsored mode: New - all the features, free, but with ads
Other new featuresin v4.3 include:
- More powerful mailbox sorting capabilities
- Importing of messages and addresses from Microsoft Outlook Express
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- Enhanced SMTP authentication support
- Link History window (history of links you've clicked on in Eudora,
plus recent ads if you're in Sponsored mode)