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Eudora 5.1
W9x/2000/NT4
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/eudora5/

Eudora is a popular email application that will handle all your email needs. Eudora has three licensing options: Light mode, Sponsored mode and Paid mode. This single download can be set up in any one of these modes.

If you access multiple email accounts on multiple PCs and want a highly adaptable interface, Eudora's your thing.

The program manual is included on the CD (in the folder as above) in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.

In Light mode, Eudora has many fewer features, but is free of charge and without ads.

In Sponsored mode, Eudora displays ads. It's fairly discreet and means you get the full power of Eudora for free. After a trial period, Eudora will ask you to profile yourself to continue to use the full free version, enabling it to display ads more relevant to your interests.

In Paid mode, Eudora does not display ads and you get the full power of Eudora, but you do have to pay.

URL: www.eudora.com

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HIT Mail Privacy LITE 1.01
W9x/Me/NT/2000/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/hitmail/

HIT Mail Privacy LITE allows you to hide a message within a picture and supports most popular image formats.

URL: www.4t-niagara.com

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ICQ 2002a Beta Build #3728
W9x/ME/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/icq/

ICQ ('I seek you') is a popular instant-messaging program that lets you communicate with friends and colleagues in real time. To seek out a friend on the ICQ network, simply enter his or her ICQ number, name, nickname, or email address. Once your contact list is set up, you'll be notified when your friends are online so that you can chat, send instant messages or files, play games and more.

Note: you will need to be online when installing in order to register on the network.

URL: www.icq.com

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IncrediMail 
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/incredimail/

IncrediMail is a graphical, full-featured email program that provides a rich interactive experience. If you want more fun with email, try this.

URL: www.incredimail.com

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MailWasher 1.33beta2
W9x/Me/NT4/2000/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/mailwasher/

MailWasher is another tool in the ongoing fight against spam (junk email). It can let you see email on the server before downloading and so delete unwanted messages (this facility will already be available to many of you via your ISP), but of more interest is its ability to bounce unwanted email back to the senders, making them think you (or your email address) no longer exist. Sounds great!

URL: www.mailwasher.net

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Pegasus Mail 4.02
W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/pegasus/

Pegasus Mail is a popular but underrated email client for beginners and professionals alike.

URL: www.pmail.com

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Trillian 0.73
W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/trillian/

Trillian lets you connect and chat over multiple networks like Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ, mIRC and AIM.

URL: www.ceruleanstudios.com

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eMail Verifier 1.1
OS 8.x+
Shareware
Location on CD: software/mac/messages/verifier/

eMail Verifier can verify over 10 emails per second, checking that addressees are valid. It can verify single emails or massive lists at high speed. eMail Verifier can save you time and money by maintaining a clean email contact list.

Addresses for email are extracted from a Domain Naming Server (DNS) and eMail Verifier tries to connect with SMTP servers and simulate the sending of a message. It does not actually send the message û eMail Verifier disconnects as soon as the mail server informs the program whether the address exists or not.

In this unregistered shareware version you will have a 'nag' screen at launch and a 15-address limit.

URL: www.maxprog.com

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eMail Verifier-X 1.1
OS X
Shareware
Location on CD: software/mac/messages/verifier/

eMail Verifier can verify over 10 emails per second, checking that addressees are valid. It can verify single emails or massive lists at high speed. eMail Verifier can save you time and money by maintaining a clean email contact list.

Addresses for email are extracted from a Domain Naming Server (DNS) and eMail Verifier tries to connect with SMTP servers and simulate the sending of a message. It does not actually send the message û eMail Verifier disconnects as soon as the mail server informs the program whether the address exists or not.

In this unregistered shareware version you will have a 'nag' screen at launch and a 15-address limit.

URL: www.maxprog.com

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Eudora 5.1
PPC
Free
Location on CD: software/mac/messages/eudora5/

Eudora is a popular email application that will handle all your email needs. Eudora has three licensing options: Light mode, Sponsored mode andáPaid mode. This single download can be set up in any one of these modes.

If you access multiple email accounts on multiple PCs and want a highly adaptable interface, Eudora's your thing.

The program manual is included on the CD (in the folder as above) in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.

In Light mode, Eudora has many fewer features, but is free of charge and without ads.

In Sponsored mode, Eudora displays ads. It's fairly discreet and means you get the full power of Eudora for free. After a trial period, Eudora will ask you to profile yourself to continue to use the full free version, enabling it to display ads more relevant to your interests.

In Paid mode, Eudora does not display ads and you get the full power of Eudora, but you do have to pay.

URL: www.eudora.com

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Fire 0.31.b
OS X
Free
Location on CD: software/mac/messages/fire/

Fire is an instant messenger client that can connect to AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, and IRC instant messengers simultaneously. It features buddy lists, buddy searching and online help. Fire offers options for Connect All, Disconnect All, connections to the Services menus, customisable chat window colours, and more. This software is still in Beta development.

URL: www.epicware.com

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ICQ 3.02X
OS 8.6 - 9.x and OS X
Free
Location on CD: software/mac/messages/icq/

Note: if using OS 8.6 -9.x, you will need CarbonLib 1.3 or higher installed.

ICQ ('I seek you') is a popular instant-messaging program that lets you communicate with friends and colleagues in real time. To seek out a friend on the ICQ network, simply enter his or her ICQ number, name, nickname, or email address. Once your contact list is set up, you'll be notified when your friends are online so that you can chat, send instant messages or files, play games and more.

Note: you will need to be online when installing in order to register on the network.

URL: www.icq.com

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LimeWire 2.5
OS X
Free
Location on CD: software/mac/utils/limewire/

LimeWire is a cross-platform tool that enables peer-to-peer file sharing on the Gnutella Network. You can share, search for and download MP3 music files, movies, pictures, games, and more. LimeWireáis multilingual andáenables you to join a group of people with similar interests in order to increase the probability that you will find what you are looking for.

URL: www.limewire.com

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Mail Beacon 1.5
OS 8.x
30-day trial
Location on CD: software/mac/messages/mailbeacon/

Mail Beacon alerts you when new messages arrive and/or when messages are deleted. It can also filter email without downloading it, and acts as an online email client. Mail Beacon supports both POP3 and IMAP4.

URL: www.bainsware.com