Yahoo Mail disabled free access to its POP3 service in April 2002. This resulted in many people looking for alternative free POP3 services. But this exercise can be very difficult because of the fact that your Yahoo Mail address could be with several people and informing all of them about your new email address could prove to be a nightmare. So, YPOPs was born.

YPOPs is an open-source initiative to provide free POP3 access to your Yahoo Mail account. This application emulates a POP3/SMTP server and enables popular email clients like Outlook, Netscape, Eudora, Mozilla, Calypso, etc., to send and receive messages from Yahoo Mail accounts.

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Genie Outlook Express Backup supports backing up the data of all the identities in Microsoft Outlook Express in the same backup file. Backup your data in the form of a standalone EXE file that can be executed on any machine even if Genie Backup Manager is not installed. What makes Outlook Express Backup different from all other backup applications is that it gives the user the ability to backup data of unlimited size. Outlook Express Backup also introduces a new valuable tool to its users, it gives you the option to “test” your backup file anytime you want to make sure your data is always safe and sound. You can backup:

• Multiple identities
• Message rules
• All accounts
• Preferences
• Block senders
• Signatures
• Stationery
• Windows address book
• Windows favorites

The new Auto Update feature allows you to automatically update your version of Genie Outlook Express Backup. You can also view emails inside the backup file without having to restore them first. This new feature allows you to quick-view your emails. You can even “copy” the text of the email and you can view images, media, etc. An automatic backup scheduler enables you from starting the backup process at anytime without you being physically there.

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With Voice mail Compressor you can send voice email messages to anyone with an e-mail address. Voice Mail Compressor generates compressed .wav files reducing the size from 16 to 10 times. The recipient doesn't need any special software to listen your messages, by just double-clicking the file, you can listen it using the default audio player.

Features:

• Works with the Windows® bundled ACM codecs ( present in all 32 bits windows versions).
• You can select the codec of the output voice file.
• Only 32 KB for a 30 second voice message with the DSP True Speech® Codec.
• Only 50 KB for a 30 second voice message with the GSM 6.10® Codec
• Only 30 KB for a 30 second voice message with the Lame MP3® Encoder, now with the mp3 format, Linux, Mac, Pocket PC and Palm users can listen your messages too.
• Simple, minimalist and intuitive graphic interface.
• Send the voice file automatically with your favorite pop3 email client or save it in a hard disk folder for use with your web-based email account.
• Compatible with all MAPI e-mails clients ( Mozilla Thunderbird®, Eudora®, Outlook Express®, etc...).
• Easily share Voice Mail Compressor with your friends ( less than 1 MB for the installer file).
• Voice Mail Compressor is 100% freeware, no ads, no limitations, no adware, no banners, no spyware etc....

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FreePOPs is an easily extensible program, which gives access to varied resources through the POP3 protocol. It is used mainly to download mail from the most famous webmails, but it can also be used as an aggregator for RSS feeds and much more. In this way, it is possible for you to get all your messages in your favorite email client.

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If you usually receive and send lots of forwarded emails you've probably noticed that the text inside is marked with that ">" formatting character, so it gets increasingly difficult to read. However, you don't want to spend ten minutes cleaning up a simple joke.

The best solution here is emailStripper, a simple tool that cleans the forwarded text for you. emailStripper is an standalone app so simply run it, paste the messy email text inside its interface and click on "Strip it!". Voilà! Your text is ready to be copied back to the email message.

emailStripper only removes special characters such as ">" but it doesn't get rid of extra blank spaces or newlines, which would have been nice to have. Also, it adds an advertising line to the cleansed email, but this can be easily deleted.

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If you're a Thunderbird user, and you're always receiving links from friends but can't be bothered opening them in your browser, then this extension could be what you've been looking for. It simply adds URL bar to the Thunderbird interface which allows you to view websites without having to even touch Firefox, IE or whichever browser you use.

The good thing is it's easy to use and unobtrusive because it doesn't require anymore buttons adding to your toolbar because it simply adds it to the message pane that you are reading. if you do want to use your custom browser you can simply right click a link and choose to "Visit in Browser". It's also remarkably customisable for an extension allowing you to configure various Hotkeys with "about:commands" in the URL bar.

The obvious downside is that it is very small. It's often hard to read text and graphics although you can select a full screen mode. Nevertheless, this is an excellent tool for Thunderbird users and will save valuable RAM and productivity time spent reverting back and forth between your browser.

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One of the easiest ways to save time and speed-up your productivity is to record your e-mails by voice.

At first this might seem like an odd idea - why not just make a phone call? However, leaving a voice e-mail message allows the recipient to pick them up when they want, forward it on to other people, and generally get a much better idea of how you are feeling based on the tone of your voice. HandyBits Voice Mail makes it incredibly easy to get going by allowing you to record and playback voice messages in literally a few clicks. It's also very good at compressing voice messages so there's no need to worry about huge files blocking your inbox or bringing down your mail sever (which can be a common problem with such programs). In fact, according to the developers, it will compress messages to less than 10 times their original size which is pretty impressive. You can drag voice mail messages any way you want so you can drop them out of the interface and onto your desktop but unfortunately not directly into the attachment of an e-mail. It does offer regular tips which can be useful depending on how familiar you are with the program but they can be annoying when they pop up all the time.

Get yourself into the world of voice e-mails with HandyBits Voice Mail and you'll be surprised at how much your productivity can increase although in my mind, nothing beats the simplicity of sending an e-mail when you don't want to talk.

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PostSmile makes it easy to add fun and excitement to your email messages and web-forum postings. You can drag and drop images and animations, smileys and emoticons, text or HTML snippets, quotes and signatures into your email, message board or web-forum postings.

The program offers a wide variety of original artist-created smileys that are sure to leave no one indifferent. All smiley faces are divided into clear categories - Happy, Love, Sad, Communication, Other, Signatures, Famous Quotes, Love Quotes, Proverbs, Jokes and Compliments. But, you don't have to stop there! Our artists have created for you the world best Online Smileys Collection!

PostSmile works with the most popular email programs, including Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, Thunderbird, IncrediMail, AOL Mail and many others that support HTML-based email. And also it works with Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail and other Internet Web-based email systems.

The program is easy to use, has an attractive and compact interface with images, animations, emoticons, "signatures" and text snippets organized into categories. You may change the appearance of the Smileycons program interface by using the different "skins" provided with the package.

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The Zimbra Desktop brings the excellent online collaboration tool right onto your computer. Although the installation process was a bit lengthy, once Zimbra Desktop was up and running, everything went smoothly. You'll have to have all your server and mail details ready to be able to configure your Zimbra account. After that's done, Zimbra will sync with your mail client and download all your mail data. This can take a certain amount of time so you'll have to be patient.

All your mailbox elements like inbox, contacts, calendar or documents will appear in a new tab in your default browser. We quite like the search feature, set at the top of the interface, which lets you quickly find anything in your items. However, probably because the application is still in Alpha, the search can be quite slow, especially if you have a large mailbox.

In terms of overall performance, Zimbra Desktop ran seamlessly whether online or offline. The application manages to sync ingoing and outgoing data well so that you really never have to worry about the state of your connection. This download also includes the Zimbra Toaster, a discreet little add-on that will pop up every now and then to notify you of any new messages. We're looking forward to further releases of this application, which should prove quite handy for professionals on the go.

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PSTSync is the ultimate solution for all of your PST file management problems. PSTSync can handle all types of Outlook mail folders. PSTSync will help you keep your mobile laptop in sync with your desktop at all times. Just select the PST files from the PSTSync screen and check off which folders to synchronize and click the Synchronize button. That’s it! It has tons of other features that you wont find in other Outlook synchronization tools.

Key features:

• Easy Microsoft Outlook PST Synchronization
• Set Outlook PST password
• Built-in outlook pst viewer
• Synchronize open PST files
• Synchronize entire PST file in one click or choose each individual sub-folder
• Copy or Move entire PST file or choose each individual sub-folder
• Supports File Deletion
• Add Strong 128 Bit Encryption with custom key
• Add Compression to your bloated PST file
• Backup PST File to a online location

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ArcSoft Multimedia Email 3 is a unique program that enables home and business Windows users to create and send digital postcards featuring their own photos, audio messages, text, music and digital video clips.

• Beginners can produce personalized multimedia postcards in minutes
• Postcards can be played by friends with both Windows and Mac systems
• The program includes more than 100 unique postcard templates
• Use personal photos, videos, and audio files to create truly one-of-a-kind multimedia postcards
• Postcard recipients require no special software or web connection to view creation (card can be saved as a QuickTime Movie or an .exe file)

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With the Plaxo Toolbar for Internet Explorer, you'll always have your address book and calendar right at your fingertips. Yahoo! users can even get their address books synched with the Plaxo Network to always have the most up-to-date info right in their address books.

Search the Web with Yahoo!—find what you need without having to open another Web browser. Mailing gifts? Need driving directions? A simple drop-down address book lets you look up everything you need without flipping through your little black book.

Booking a flight? An elegant calendar drop-down lets you view your schedule and add new events. Your toolbar is always in sync with Outlook and Plaxo. Quickly send a personal note to your friends and colleagues asking for their latest contact info. When they reply, Plaxo will automatically update your address book for you. Connect your Yahoo! address book to Plaxo so it's always up-to-date. Now you can effortlessly keep all your address books in sync and know you'll always have the latest information.

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OE-Mail Recovery is a tool for repairing Outlook Express folders if they are damaged or corrupted. OE-Mail Recovery extracts and saves e-mails from .dbx files in which Microsoft Outlook Express stores messages and folders on your local drive. If you've got any Outlook Express folders that won't open, then this could help you recover precious information.

The program works by reading .dbx files and identifies e-mails stored in them. The recovered messages can be viewed and saved as message files in the .eml format. They can also be opened by Microsoft Outlook Express and easily moved/copied into new folders. The interface presents rescued mail clearly and a handy wizard takes you through everything in just 3 steps. However, you may find that it doesn't rescue every damaged file - it seems to work only on those that have superficial damage but it's worth a shot if you've lost e-mails.

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ImportExportTools is the new name of MboxImport and gives you a host of new features for exporting and importing Thunderbird messages. Now the extension allows you to export and import messages with more flexibility, with the following options:

Tools Menu --> Import/Export in mbox/eml format
Context menu on folders panel --> Import/Export in mbox/eml format

You can exporta folder in a single file (mbox format), with even the subfolders if you want. You can also export all messages in single files (eml format) and export all messages in single files (html or plain text format), with an index.

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Email Spy Pro is well known email monitoring software. It allows you to record and forward incoming and outgoing emails, including webmail services like Hotmail and Yahoo mail. Once installed on monitored computer it sends copies of all incomng and outgoing emails to your secret email address.

Web-based email capture

Nowadays most people use web-based email services (such services enable you to access your email via your web browser. You log into your email account via the Web to send and retrieve emails). Today Email Spy Pro allows to capture web-based emails (Yahoo and Hotmail, both incoming and outgoing).

POP3-based emails capture

Email Spy Pro allows you to capture incoming emails of POP3-based mail services. Such services store your incoming messages on a server until you are ready to collect them. You download them using an email software package (Eudora, Pegasus Mail or Outlook Express, for instance). Once you have downloaded the messages, they are deleted from the server and stored on your PC. POP3 mail is what most Internet Service Providers offer, so you probably already have at least one POP3 email account.

SMTP-based emails capture

Email Spy Pro allows to capture SMTP outgoing emails. SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, a protocol for sending e-mail messages between servers. Most email systems that send mail over the Internet use SMTP to send messages from one server to another. The messages can then be retrieved with an e-mail client software using either POP3 or IMAP protocols. Most of Internet Service Providers use SMTP mail servers to deliver outgoing e-mails sent via your regular email software packages.

Captured emails delivery

Email Spy Pro captured emails can be delivered either to specified remote email address or to local disk folder of monitored computer. Remote email delivery is more appropriated for users who want to review captured emails remotely. For example, boss or company security officer receives and reviews employees emails on his own computer. Local folder delivery can be more appropriate for home users when parents review children emails or spouses monitor the communicates of their partner.

Email Spy Pro Security

Email Spy Pro has reliable security options. Hotkey activation and access password allow users to be protected against unauthorized program start, uninstall or settings change. Complete invisibility of program files and processes protects against unauthorized program removal and detecting by anti spyware applications.

Company email policy

In mosts cases employees' emails monitoring is permitted if it is done in a reasonable manner and backed up by an company email policy. Email Spy Pro allows to display special warning on user system logon to inform employees about company email monitoring policy. You can either modify default policy text example (if it's suitable for you, of course) or enter your own text.

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Aid4Mail is a user-friendly Windows tool that helps you migrate your email messages to a different mail client, export them for viewing through Internet Explorer, MS Excel, or a database, convert them to extract or re-insert attachments, and archive them to save space or for compliance with legal requirements.

It supports most popular mail client programs and processes all messages without losing any information, including those with file attachments and embedded contents like pictures and background images. Unlike other migration methods, Aid4Mail can also export message status information such as "unread", "read", "replied", and "forwarded". Aid4Mail produces results quickly and with great accuracy.

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Schmaili allows you to quickly insert one of 190 animated smiley faces into your mail just by a mouse click. You can use this free version with 190 different smiley faces without a time limit. The Platinum version brings you 1,600 different animated smileys for your mails divided into different folders. A smiley generator, a management for your own smileys and a mail-tracking feature are included. The known mail programs are supported: Outlook XP, 2000, 2003, 2004 Outlook Express, Netscape, AOL, Foxmail, and Eudora.

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Auto Mail Sender (AMS) is a very helpful e-mail sender, it help you to send many e-mails to your multiple recipients automatically and fast at anytime and any frequency as your wish. For instance: you can use it to auto send e-mails as below purpose: to notice, to send routine commercial e-mails, to make ads, to submit your work documents or to greet your friends, and so on. It can suit companies and individuals both.

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Advanced Outlook Express Repair is a powerful tool to recover Outlook Express emails from corrupt DBX files. It can scan the corrupt dbx files and recover emails in them as much as possible. Currently Advanced Outlook Express Repair can repair Outlook Express 5/6 dbx files.

Moreover, it is integrated with Windows Explorer, supports drag & drop operations and commandline parameters, which will make you repair DBX files easily and efficiently.

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Keep your company information transparent and safe at the same time. Public ShareFolder is groupware for Outlook® as an Exchange® alternative. You can use the additional "Public Folders", like your "Personal Folders" or make them available to you whole team, workgroup or company. For every user you can select distinct rights on every folders or you can hide complete Outlook® Profiles.

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