As E-Mail program, Mail user agent (MUA) (dt. about post office user program) or also briefly Mail Client, designates one a program, with which enamels are read, written and dispatched.

Receipt

In order to indicate a E-Mail, a E-Mail program can download the enamels either of a Mail server (usually with POP3 or POP3S-Protokoll), on an already locally existing mailbox accesses (e.g. received by smtp or UUCP) or the enamels directly on the server work on (usually over the IMAP or IMAPS minutes).

Send

For the dispatch of a E-Mail the E-Mail program of the user sends these usually by Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (smtp) to a Smtp Relay server (also Smarthost). This Relay server continues to send the E-Mail then to the (see also E-Mail).

Configuration

A E-Mail program needs the following data for configuration usually:

• Server for calling (POP3-Server up, IMAP server)
• User name for the call
• Password for the call
• Server for dispatching (smtp Relay server, Smarthost)
• User name for sending
• Password for sending

Frequently are identical POP3 and smtp servers as well as the entrance data.

List of common E-Mail programs

Alphabetically arranged according to operating systems/platforms:

AmigaOS

• YAM (Yet Another Mailer) (GPL)
• SimpleMail ()

Atari ST

• aMail (Freeware)

DOS

• CROSS POINT (FreeXP, OpenXP, XP2) (Freeware, GPL)

Emacs

• Gnus (GPL)
• Mew (GPL)
• MH-E (GPL)
• Rmail (GPL)
• ViewMail aka VM (GPL)
• Moving desire (GPL)

Java

Java programs work theoretically on all platforms, on which a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is available.

• Alpha agent
• Columba (GPL)

Mac OS

• Apple Mail (Mac OS X)
• Eudora
• Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express
• Microsoft Entourage
• Mulberry is not no more developed further after bankruptcy by Cyrusoft
• Mozilla Thunderbird (MPL) (formerly Minotaur), developed from the Mozilla project
• Netscape measuringclose
• Pine
• PowerMail

Microsoft Windows

• 40tude dialogue
• AK-Mail
• Blueprint PMMail
• CROSS POINT (FreeXP, OpenXP, XP2) (Freeware, GPL)
• Eudora
• GcMail
• Novell's Groupwise
• Foxmail, a Client from China
• Incredimail
• Lotus Notes
• Mozilla Mail (MPL) E-Mail-Client from Mozilla
• Mozilla Thunderbird (MPL) (formerly Minotaur), developed from the Mozilla project
• Mulberry is not no more developed further after bankruptcy by Cyrusoft
• Netscape measuringclose
• M2, the MUA of the Opera Web Browsers
• Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express
• Pegasus Mail
• Phoenix Mail
• Pine
• PocoMail
• Portable Mailer
• PostMe
• Safer Mail
• The asked!
• WikMail
• Vivian Mail (advancement 2005 adjusted.)

Unix/Linux

• Balsa (GPL)
• CROSS POINT (FreeXP, OpenXP, XP2) (Freeware, GPL)
• Elm
• Elmo (GPL)
• Novell evolution (GPL)
• KMail (GPL), the Mailprogramm of the KDE Desktops
• M2, the MUA of the Opera Web Browsers (since Opera 7,21 also for Linux)
• Mozilla Thunderbird (MPL) (formerly Minotaur), developed from the Mozilla project
• Mutt (GPL)
• Netscape measuringclose
• nmh
• Pine
• Sylpheed (GPL)

Palm OS

• Eudora Mail for Palm OS

Pocket PC

• Pocket Outlook

See also

• Webmail
• Mail transfer agent (MTA)
• Mail Delivery agent (MDA)
• E-Mail

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