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Eudora is an e-mail program with a large and loyal following. This new version has lots of improvements and if you can live with the ads, the default 'Sponsored' installation is free. Eudora can be run in two other modes: 'Light' (reduced functionality and no ads) and 'Paid' (no adds and costs $39.95).

Web link: www.eudora.com

Free

Deadletter sifts out unwanted junk email. Lets you set up filters rather than relying on quickly outdated lists of known spammers.

Mac OS

NOTE: The Mac programs are mostly in archived 'HQX' (BinHex) files – they can be extracted with several applications, including Stuffit Expander (which is on the CD...). Clicking on the links below should set the process in motion. You may receive a message that the file cannot be loaded into Simple Text — if so, start Stuffit and then open the HQX file you want from within Stuffit.

A contextual menu plug-in for use with Outlook Express 5, it adds many cabilities for attaching files to mail messages, attaching links from Internet Explorer and using text files as message templates.

A program that cleans up email and newsgroup texts. It can clean up badly wrapped lines, that were hard wrapped by the time they got to you. It can wrap the text to any width you like, keeping all your quote marks on the right lines, and breaking up words when necessary. E-mail Cleaner is designed to integrate with all your programs, converting text on the clipboard, from a floating window that appears in front of all your programs.

Web link: www.thsmith.dircon.co.uk/emailcleaner/

A competent free email client with many features.

Web link: www.pegasus.usa.com