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The Bottom Line
Lydia is a reliable mail checker that does what it promises to do, and some spam filtering, too.
Pros
- Lydia lets you preview and delete messages comfortably and securely
- You can compose messages and replies directly in Lydia
- Lydia checks DNS blacklists and offers flexible rule-based spam filtering
Cons
- Lydia supports POP accounts only
- No scoring filters for eliminating spam more precisely
Description
- Check up to 15 POP email accounts for new mail with Lydia.
- New mail announcements via the Windows system tray, sound and a pop-up window.
- Lydia lets you preview (with secure HTML support) and delete messages directly at the server.
- Lydia can download just the first few lines of every message.
- Send new messages and replies with attachments, includes spell checker and a simple address book.
- Lydia includes real-time blackhole list spam filtering and keyword filters.
- Detected spam is moved to a local folder, from where it can be recovered easily.
- Lydia can check for and automatically download and install spam filter updates.
- Lydia supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP.
Guide Review - Lydia 6.0.0 - Mail Checker
Are you looking for a solid email checker and do not expect fancy graphics or eye-catching alerts? Do you have POP accounts only?
Do you want to write occasional emails (possibly even with attachments) with your mail checker or compose quick replies? Do you want to preview mail securely but with support for HTML formatting and delete unwanted messages directly at the server or have them moved to a spam trap automatically?
Then you should really consider the Lydia mail checker. It's a stable, fast and easy to use program that uses little system resources and is unobtrusive, but does its job reliably. Its spam filters are not perfect, but you can use regular expressions and have Lydia check DNS blacklists for know spammers, too.
