Quickly check mails without downloading them

Martin — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:17:18 +0000

Retrieving all mail headers from the emails that are currently stored on the mail server can be necessary for several reasons. The first is that it is possible to delete mails without having to retrieve them completely. This can come in handy if mails with huge attachments are blocking the retrieval of other emails which can be nerve wrecking especially on slower connections. Very helpful if you use your mobile phone to go online with your notebook and pay by the amount of Kilobytes that have been downloaded.

A second application would be to fight spam before it is retrieved and downloaded to a local PC. Pal Mail is a tiny secure application that can retrieve the mail headers of an unlimited number of accounts with the main option to delete mails right on the mail server. Retrieved are the mail headers and the messages but not the attachments of the mails.

Every mail can be marked for deletion which effectively deleted it from the mails server. The consequence is that your primary mail client will not retrieve the messages that have been deleted before.

Pal Mail is a standalone application that does not require any dlls or other files to run. This makes it an idea software for a portable device.

Tags: Email, mail, mail server, pal mail, software, Windows

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Quickly check mails without downloading them

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