The Bottom Line
Express Plus is an interesting email client that not only offers standard features and some nice ideas, but also powerful mail merging features. It lacks in other areas, though. Express Plus has been discontinued.
Pros
- Express Plus supports HTML emails and stationery
- Flexible mail merging for small lists
- Work with mail directly at the server
Cons
- Express Plus has strange, inflexible filters
- POP accounts only
- Editor lacks plain text formatting power
Description
- Manage multiple POP email accounts with Express Plus.
- Supports both sending and receiving HTML emails, can make use of stationery.
- Powerful address book shared with Time & Chaos.
- Express Plus offers flexible mail merging features including custom fields.
- Icon in message list indicates whether a message is from somebody in the address book.
- Filter incoming mail by subject, header or email address or message size.
- Preview and delete mail directly at the server.
- Express Plus supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP.
Guide Review - Express Plus 1.0 - Email Program
Express Plus is primarily an email client with standard features, some nice ideas and some shortcomings. For example, it will immediately show you whether a message is from somebody you know, you can preview and delete mail right at the server and write emails using stationery, but its mail filters are a bit strange and inflexible.
One feature sets Express Plus apart from other email clients, however: it contains an extensive address book (shared with Time & Chaos) and the ability to merge contact fields flexibly with message templates. It does that better than many dedicated bulk email applications.
The lack of list management or an internal SMTP engine disqualify it for larger lists, but for smaller lists it's worth a try.
