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PopTray 3.1 Free Mail Checker

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PopTray - Free Mail Checker

PopTray - Free Mail Checker

Heinz Tschabitscher
The Bottom Line
PopTray is a really nice mail checker that also lets you preview and delete messages easily and even has filters to treat specific messages specially.
Pros
  • PopTray is easy and swift to use
  • You can preview, print and delete mail quickly in PopTray
  • PopTray offers header filters to treat certain mail specially
Cons
  • PopTray does not support HTML mail preview
  • The spam filters included in PopTray are of limited use
Description
  • PopTray checks multiple email accounts for new messages periodically.
  • PopTray supports POP accounts natively, and plug-ins let you check IMAP and Hotmail accounts, too.
  • Announces new mail via its system tray icon, a balloon pop-up, and with sound.
  • PopTray can use a special color and sound for each account.
  • You can preview, print, and delete mail directly at the server with PopTray.
  • Filters can play a special sound for matching messages, delete or ignore them, and execute a file.
  • PopTray offers further spam filtering via black and white lists of banned and trusted users.
  • PopTray can be controlled via system-wide keyboard shortcuts.
  • PopTray supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP/Vista.
Guide Review - PopTray 3.1 Free Mail Checker
True to its name, PopTray checks POP accounts for new mail periodically — but it is not limited to POP accounts, there are plug-ins for IMAP and Hotmail.

Further, though the name might suggest it, PopTray is not limited to changing its system tray icon when a new message tickles in. Well, PopTray does that in a nice manner, too: It shows you graphically and color-coded how many new messages have arrived in any of your unlimited accounts.

A clear and useful mailbox scanner lets you quickly browse, preview and delete mail manually. But PopTray knows even more tricks: using simple header filters, you can delete unwanted mail automatically, or announce special messages using a different sound, or even run a program.

PopTray also offers easy to use black and white lists of senders. The built-in filters are of limited use for detecting spam, though. Support for (secure) HTML rendering in the message viewer would be nice, too.

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