The Bottom Line
Foxmail is a nice email client with lots of great features that make email easy and fun. Unfortunately, it doesn't support IMAP accounts and its message editor lacks basic text (re-)formatting tools.
Pros
- Foxmail comes with good spam filtering options and supports email security
- Easy and fun to use, Foxmail also sports great new mail notification
- Foxmail supports HTML and stationery
Cons
- Foxmail lacks support for IMAP
- Message editor can't properly re-wrap text
- Training the Bayesian filter included in Foxmail is a bit cumbersome
Description
- Foxmail manages multiple POP, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail email accounts for multiple users.
- Foxmail lets you also manage POP accounts remotely by previewing and deleting mail at the server.
- Support for HTML messages lets you view and compose rich messages in Foxmail.
- Foxmail offers a number of stationeries and lets you create flexible custom templates using macros.
- A remote mailbox component lets you preview and delte mail directly at the server.
- Foxmail offers flexible mail filters and labels to organize messages.
- Both rule-based and adaptive Bayesian spam filters can automatically spot junk mail.
- Foxmail supports S/MIME message encryption and digital signatures.
- Foxmail supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP.
Guide Review - Foxmail 5.0 - Free Email Program
Foxes are said to be particularly smart, and Foxmail lives up to that image. This nice email client has a lot more to offer than the first impression might suggest, and Foxmail combines the funny and the useful in a great manner.
Take Foxmail's stationery, for example, which can come with colorful HTML formatting but also serves as flexible message templates for repeat messages. Other great Foxmail features include a remote mailbox tool, powerful filters and simple, but effective message labels, Hotmail access and support for multiple users.
Both rule-based and Bayesian spam filters are there to take the junk out of email. Unfortunately, training the adaptive filter, essential for high efficiency, is a bit cumbersome.
It's also a pity that Foxmail doesn't support IMAP accounts, and Foxmail's message editor could use a bit more power. All in all, Foxmail is powerful, but easy to use and fun, though.
