The Best Email Services of 2012
Best Free Email Service 2012
Gmail is the Google approach to email and chat. Practically unlimited free online storage allows you to collect all your messages, and Gmail's simple but very smart interface lets you find mail precisely and see it in context without effort. POP and powerful IMAP access bring Gmail to any email program or device.
Gmail puts contextual advertising next to the emails you read.
Gmail Review | Favorite Gmail Tips | All Gmail Tips
Best Windows Email Program 2012
Mozilla Thunderbird is a fully featured, secure and very functional email client and RSS feed reader. It lets you handle mail efficiently and with style, and Mozilla Thunderbird filters away junk mail, too.
At the same time, Mozilla Thunderbird could be more helpful with showing related information, suggesting labels or folders, for example.
Mozilla Thunderbird Review | Mozilla Thunderbird Tips
Best E-Card Site 2012
If you're looking to share élan vital and enthused spirits, VerveCards delivers right to the recipient's inbox. Yes, mirabile dictu, there is no hunting for the colorful and fun card at a web site or missing it for fear of malware.
Best Mobile Email Experience 2012
Mail.com offers a lightweight and fast web interface for mobile access as well as a dedicated iPhone app.
Best Email Innovation 2011
ZigMail collects and sorts newsletters, order confirmations, deals and other non-personal emails (breaking out short-time deals and alerts, for example, and collecting notifications). A daily email to your main account keeps you abreast of these transactional messages.
Best Outlook Add-On 2012
Recover My Email lets you undelete and recover emails deleted from "Deleted Items" or from a broken Outlook PST file or Outlook Express DBX message store.
It's a pity Recover My Email only works with these two programs and does not undelete items other than email for Outlook.
Best Social Network Messaging 2012
Facebook Messages combines emails with everybody, conversations with Facebook friends and SMS texts in a single, simple place organized by the people with whom you communicate.
Facebook Messages's chasteness works well for a limited amount of personal mail, texts and messages, but to handle all your mail, Facebook Messages could do well with more robust tools for managing emails and contacts.
Best Linux Email Program 2012
Mozilla Thunderbird is a fully featured, secure and very functional email client and RSS feed reader. It lets you handle mail efficiently and with style, and Mozilla Thunderbird filters away junk mail too. At the same time, Mozilla Thunderbird could be more helpful with showing related information, suggesting labels or folders, for example.
Mozilla Thunderbird Review | Mozilla Thunderbird Add-Ons | Top Mozilla Thunderbird Tips | All Mozilla Thunderbird Tips
Best Mac Email Program 2012
Mail is the solid, powerful and easy to use email program built into Mac OS X. While Mail's smart spam filter gets rid of practically all junk mail, the fast and precise search and smart folders make finding and managing good mail a snap. The auto-populating folders could be even smarter, however, and support more filtering criteria.
Mac OS X Mail Review | Mac OS X Mail Add-Ons | Top Mac OS X Mail Tips | All Mac OS X Mail Tips
Best Spam Filtering 2012
Maximize Message Pane, in very smart and swift a manner, enlarges the area used for displaying the message at the expense of the folder and mail lists in Mozilla Thunderbird.
Keyboard shortcuts and toolbar buttons make Maximize Message Pane a joy to use, but message navigation could be improved.
Best Email Service Add-On 2012
Mail.com and GMX Mail analyze messages and their origin to block spam. You can also set up personal black and white lists that preempt the defaults.
SaneBox does a great and helpful job separating the emails you need to see now from those you can consume at leisure, reserving your Gmail inbox for the former if you like.
SaneBox is pretty accurate, but its focus on senders instead of individual emails can lead to misplaced emails. It's also a pity SaneBox only works with Gmail right now.
SaneBox Review | SaneBox Tips
Gmail
Gmail is the Google approach to email and chat. Practically unlimited free online storage allows you to collect all your messages, and Gmail's simple but very smart interface lets you find mail precisely and see it in context without effort. POP and powerful IMAP access bring Gmail to any email program or device.
Gmail puts contextual advertising next to the emails you read.
Gmail Review | Favorite Gmail Tips | All Gmail Tips
Results
- Gmail — 38.38%
- Mail.com and GMX Mail — 32.42%
- Yahoo! Mail — 16.06%
- Windows Live Hotmail — 8.72%
- AIM Mail and AOL Mail — 4.43%
Best Windows Email Program 2012
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird is a fully featured, secure and very functional email client and RSS feed reader. It lets you handle mail efficiently and with style, and Mozilla Thunderbird filters away junk mail, too.
At the same time, Mozilla Thunderbird could be more helpful with showing related information, suggesting labels or folders, for example.
Mozilla Thunderbird Review | Mozilla Thunderbird Tips
Results
- Mozilla Thunderbird — 46.43%
- Outlook — 29.76%
- EmailTray — 13.10%
- IncrediMail — 6.55%
- The Bat! — 4.17%
Best E-Card Site 2012
VerveCards
If you're looking to share élan vital and enthused spirits, VerveCards delivers right to the recipient's inbox. Yes, mirabile dictu, there is no hunting for the colorful and fun card at a web site or missing it for fear of malware.
Results
- VerveCards — 97.12%
- American Greetings — 1.08%
- Paperless Post Cards — 0.90%
- Rubber Chicken Cards — 0.72%
- Say It with Style Cards — 0.18%
Best Mobile Email Experience 2012
Mail.com
Mail.com offers a lightweight and fast web interface for mobile access as well as a dedicated iPhone app.
Results
- Mail.com — 55.56%
- Gmail — 25.00%
- Yahoo Mail for Mobile — 11.11%
- iPhone Mail — 5.56%
- GoDaddy — 2.78%
Best Email Innovation 2011
ZigMail
ZigMail collects and sorts newsletters, order confirmations, deals and other non-personal emails (breaking out short-time deals and alerts, for example, and collecting notifications). A daily email to your main account keeps you abreast of these transactional messages.
Results
- ZigMail — 73.91%
- eMailDodo — 19.79%
- Shortmail — 4.73%
- Windows Live Hotmail Scheduled Cleanup — 1.05%
- Gmail SmartLabels — 0.53%
Best Outlook Add-On 2012
Recover My Email
Recover My Email lets you undelete and recover emails deleted from "Deleted Items" or from a broken Outlook PST file or Outlook Express DBX message store.
It's a pity Recover My Email only works with these two programs and does not undelete items other than email for Outlook.
Results
- Recover My Email — 41.18%
- Send Personally — 23.53%
- Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector — 17.65%
- Duplicate Email Remover — 11.76%
- Pandali Folder Master for Outlook — 5.88%
Best Social Network Messaging 2012
Facebook Messages
Facebook Messages combines emails with everybody, conversations with Facebook friends and SMS texts in a single, simple place organized by the people with whom you communicate.
Facebook Messages's chasteness works well for a limited amount of personal mail, texts and messages, but to handle all your mail, Facebook Messages could do well with more robust tools for managing emails and contacts.
Results
- Facebook Messages — 48.39%
- Twitter Messages — 22.58%
- Google+ Circles — 16.13%
- MySpace Mail — 6.45%
- LinkedIn Inbox — 6.45%
Best Linux Email Program 2012
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird is a fully featured, secure and very functional email client and RSS feed reader. It lets you handle mail efficiently and with style, and Mozilla Thunderbird filters away junk mail too. At the same time, Mozilla Thunderbird could be more helpful with showing related information, suggesting labels or folders, for example.
Mozilla Thunderbird Review | Mozilla Thunderbird Add-Ons | Top Mozilla Thunderbird Tips | All Mozilla Thunderbird Tips
Results
- Mozilla Thunderbird — 75.86%
- Evolution — 13.79%
- Alpine — 6.90%
- KMail — 3.45%
- Balsa — 0.00%
Best Mac Email Program 2012
Mac OS X Mail
Mail is the solid, powerful and easy to use email program built into Mac OS X. While Mail's smart spam filter gets rid of practically all junk mail, the fast and precise search and smart folders make finding and managing good mail a snap. The auto-populating folders could be even smarter, however, and support more filtering criteria.
Mac OS X Mail Review | Mac OS X Mail Add-Ons | Top Mac OS X Mail Tips | All Mac OS X Mail Tips
Results
- Mac OS X Mail — 52.08%
- Opera — 14.58%
- Outlook for Mac — 12.50%
- Mozilla Thunderbird — 10.42%
- Sparrow — 10.42%
Best Spam Filtering 2012
Maximize Message Pane
Maximize Message Pane, in very smart and swift a manner, enlarges the area used for displaying the message at the expense of the folder and mail lists in Mozilla Thunderbird.
Keyboard shortcuts and toolbar buttons make Maximize Message Pane a joy to use, but message navigation could be improved.
Results
- Maximize Message Pane — 41.67%
- MinimizeToTray — 33.33%
- Nostalgy — 16.67%
- NestedQuote Remover — 8.33%
- Clippings — 0.00%
Best Email Service Add-On 2012
Mail.com and GMX Mail
Mail.com and GMX Mail analyze messages and their origin to block spam. You can also set up personal black and white lists that preempt the defaults.
Results
- Mail.com and GMX Mail — 65.98%
- Gmail — 18.56%
- Windows Live Hotmail — 9.28%
- Yahoo1 Mail — 5.15%
- AOL and AIM Mail — 1.03%
SaneBox
SaneBox does a great and helpful job separating the emails you need to see now from those you can consume at leisure, reserving your Gmail inbox for the former if you like.
SaneBox is pretty accurate, but its focus on senders instead of individual emails can lead to misplaced emails. It's also a pity SaneBox only works with Gmail right now.
SaneBox Review | SaneBox Tips
Results
- SaneBox — 37.50%
- Rapportive — 25.00%
- Find Big Mail — 25.00%
- HitMeLater — 12.50%
- Awayfind — 0.00%
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