The Bottom Line
Easy to use and hassle-free, Web2Pop lets you access MSN Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and many other Web-based email services with your desktop email client.
Pros
- Web2Pop lets you access most web-based accounts with desktop email programs
- Easy to use and doesn't require configuration
- Web2Pop works with any POP email client
Cons
- Web2Pop doesn't support outgoing mail
- Prevents you from seeing ads
- Web2Pop doesn't implement an IMAP interface to the email services
Description
- Web2Pop lets you access Web-based email accounts with any email client supporting POP.
- Supports many services including Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Netscape Mail, and AOL.
- Web2Pop works transparently in the background as a POP proxy server.
- Web2Pop supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP.
Guide Review - Web2Pop 1.0.3 - Webmail to POP Tool
Web-based email has its merits, but not being able to archive mail is not one of them. And the Web interface often is slow and image-heavy.
With Web2Pop you can access your web-based email accounts with your favorite email client. In addition to MSN Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail, Web2Pop supports many other services, for example Netscape Mail, Mail.com, Excite and AOL. Web2Pop acts as a POP proxy, and it does so virtually without configuration. Set the POP server in your email client to 127.0.0.1 and start retrieving mail.
Unfortunately, Web2Pop does not support outgoing messages, which could turn out to be a problem on the road. In addition to POP, an IMAP interface to email accounts through Web2Pop would be great. Also, web-based services pay their bills with advertising, which you don't see when you use Web2Pop.
