Best Free Email Software | Gizmo’s Freeware Archive

Alexander Doak August 15, 2021 Gizmo's Freeware Archive 0 Comments

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Introduction

With so many clients now in the cloud, rather than on the desktop or mobile device, email clients have certainly taken a turn over the past few years. So, to differentiate themselves, the desktop and mobile clients have become more advanced and offer more and more features than their traditional web clients to keep customers interested.

For most users finding a good email client can mean the difference between getting on with your work or hitting your head against a desk in frustration.

Here's a list of the best email clients reviewed and compiled to save you from heart/headache. Read full reviews of the clients for their supported platforms.

[Doakio Editor's Note: This article was restored from Gizmo's Freeware archives as a service to the freeware community. Gizmo's Freeware provided high-quality, volunteer freeware reviews for decades. They shut down in July of 2021.]

Thunderbird A free, open source POP and IMAP email client by Mozilla that works across multiple desktop platforms.

Our Rating: 5

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License: Free (Open source)

Customizable and expandable through add-ons, intuitive user interface.

No native support for web-mail clients such as GMail or Hotmail.

Read full review…

BlueMail A fully-featured email app supporting multiple providers across multiple desktop and mobile platforms.

Our Rating: 4.5

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License: Free

Support desktop and mobile platforms, easy setup for various email accounts, unified user interface, filtering emails for people and services, group mail, share email, secure OAuth2 authorization, etc.

No native support for web-mail clients such as GMail or Outlook.

Read full review…

Gmail The most popular webmail client at the moment, integrating deeply into the Google ecosystem and offering many features.

Our Rating: 4

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License: Free (Ads)

Can be linked to other Google Products e.g. Calender, Buzz, Talk.

Has advertising, a little cluttered in its present form, need to pay for additional storage.

Read full review…

Opera Mail A combined email database, news reader, mailing list organizer and RSS news feed reader, supporting both POP3 and IMAP protocols.

Our Rating: 3.5

License: Free

Built-in spam filter works right out-of-the-box, easy and intuitive to use.

No support for secure message signing or encryption. No further updates.

Read full review…

eM Client A popular client for Windows and Mac supporting all popular webmails as well as POP3 and IMAP.

Our Rating: 3.5

Clean interface, easy to set up, import accounts from other clients.

Account restriction to only two email addresses in the free version

Read full review…

Microsoft Outlook The new Hotmail with the modern user interface and some appealing features.

Our Rating: 3

License: Free (Ads)

Modern user interface, import from other mail accounts, automated replies, filters and folders, built-in contacts, calendar and tasks.

Supported by ads.

Read full review…

Foxmail An alternative to Thunderbird worthy of consideration.

Our Rating: 3

License: Free

Intuitive and easy to use, has many of the same features as Thunderbird.

Help files are not very good.

Read full review…

IncrediMail Supports IMAP, POP3 and Webmail accounts with additional premium features.

Our Rating: 3

License: Free (Limited features)

Easy set-up, supports POP3, IMAP and WebMail.

Need to upgrade for some features.

Read full review…

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