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Ultrafunk Popcorn full version now freeware

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npopuk:
I tried nPop once. Didn't like it. I can't remember why though... maybe I'll check it out.

I use popcorn to check my personal mail at work. No traces, just like It should be.
-Edvard (March 07, 2007, 11:05 AM)
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Tried nPOP once?  Maybe that was the Japanese version, whose URL was mentioned in an earlier post?  Try nPOPuk and see if that suits you better.  It's open source, smaller than Popcorn yet offers more, many bug fixes and improvements over the original nPOP, still totally portable, and there are versions for many hand held platforms too!

Greg

Edvard:
I did try the english version. I also tried it again yesterday and it's not too shabby. I'm still using ultrafunk, because I know the feature set. That doesn't mean nPOP isn't cool, just personal preference. If someday Popcorn crashes, I'll use nPOP, I promise.

justice:
What's great about Popcorn is that it downloads mail headers only, you can then delete the mail off the mailserver and never retrieve the full mail. This can be good for those on dial-up with friends sending huge attachments or victims or massmail attacks. Also means this program is good for on the move.

npopuk:
What's great about Popcorn is that it downloads mail headers only, you can then delete the mail off the mailserver and never retrieve the full mail. This can be good for those on dial-up with friends sending huge attachments or victims or massmail attacks. Also means this program is good for on the move.
-justice (March 09, 2007, 03:47 AM)
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This, of course, is exactly what nPOPuk will do.

The default is to download the first 100 lines, which is fine for reading the text of a message without downloading the HTML part or any larger attachment, but it can be changed to zero if you are using it for clearing out spam, etc.

I haven't seen the latest version of Popcorn, which may have additional features to the last freeware version I saw.  For example, when I last looked it didn't offer mail filters or "Saveboxes". 

POPuk has grown to be very much more than a "mail checker with reply facility" that is all Popcorn was.  nPOPuk now functions as a full mail client.  (I have given up using Outlook completely, and use it as my sole e-mail client - with "UK's Kalender" as my diary program -- and WAB as my address book, until I find something better!)  It offers not only multiple accounts, but multiple "saveboxes" as well, folders into which mail can be sorted.  Filters can be set to do this automatically on arrival.  A backup option makes it easy for me to read old mail long after it was deleted from the server.

Other features which make it attractive for me include:

# Option to download full headers for debugging/tracking purposes

# Proper handling of forwarded mail with attachments

# Options to allow/prevent top-posting of replies/forwarded mail with fully customisable quotation headers for either replies and forwards.

# Optional stripping of tags from HTML mail with no text part so the text remains readable.

# Address Book which allows addresses to be grouped into multiple categories.

I'm sure there are other features that will be of interest to others - especially those with PDAs.  I don't have one, so when travelling, my mail goes on a USB drive.

Greg

Zero3K:
Popcorn has been updated today. Btw, its also open source.

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