Comments on: Quickly check mails without downloading them

By: Hardyakka

Hardyakka — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:10:30 +0000

Been using Palmail for years and works no probs on Vista as well.

Set it up in it’s own folder which will have a settings.ini created on setup then you can just copy and paste the whole folder to any install and create a shotcut of the exe to desktop.

Or copy and paste the folder to thumb drive and run it from there.Too easy!

Doesn’t need to be developed any further as it works just fine as is here.

By: archer

archer — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:10:21 +0000

wow, i forgot all about eprompter. i used it back before the turn of the century and it worked well for me. must have gotten left behind and forgotten during a computer upgrade. think i’ll re-check it.

By: Roman ShaRP

Roman ShaRP — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:54:40 +0000

I use for that purpose similar program Magic mail monitor

By: DoneThat2

DoneThat2 — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:56:57 +0000

I use an app called ePrompter for the last 2 years in order to review and delete emails before downloading. I have a dozen accounts spread across Gmail, Yahoo, Comcast, and a corporate webmail service. ePrompter works on all of them. The app itself is not terribly attractive, but I keep it minimized in the tray where it works great as a email inbox notifier.

By: C.T.

C.T. — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:03:36 +0000

I couldn’t help but notice that the last ‘update’ of this software was July 2002!
Not that it isn’t a useful program (I’ve added it to my ‘Tools’ Thumb Drive - Thhe ‘Portability’ is Handy!), it’s simply that the ‘Additional Features’ have been a VERY long time in coming!
Is it possible that ‘MailWasher’ is based on this? MailWasher is my preferred spam-blocker/cleaner - same features as PalMail, but also applies (user-selectable) spam-filters automatically, very configurable, allows ‘Screening’ your email & spam prior to downloading, and even starts your email client! Beats trusting your ISP’s Spam-Filter!

By: archer

archer — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:33:56 +0000

man, i don’t know what it is, martin, but i just can’t get many of the programs recommended and apparently used by others successfully to work. this is another example.

another big disappointment are the new slick looking air apps. out of 5 that i’ve tried only mooflair works.

By: Rodney Fiddaman

Rodney Fiddaman — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:00:15 +0000

That’s what I use MailWasher for.

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:55:22 +0000

The author writes, on PalMail’s homepage that he names it Beta “because it’s missing many functions I’d like to add to it before the final release version.”. Well, I think this is the good point with function specific programs sometimes, that is that they do one thing and avoid getting bloated. If I weren’t using MailWasher I’d certainly be interested by a software of this sort.