EMAIL SPECIAL...... Email applications to stay on top of your inbox

Email applications to stay on top of your inbox

Don’t waste valuable work hours sorting mails. You can manage multiple accounts from these email services through a single user interface

Most of us likely have multiple email accounts with service providers such as Gmail, Outlook or Yahoo, which can be used online via their corresponding websites (also known as webmail), or by using mobile apps.

Managing and co-ordinating multiple accounts can quickly become a chore, and that is where an email client becomes a useful solution to sync all your messaging in one place. An email client can also offer additional features, such as enhanced security, or the ability to back up messages. Here are some of the best email clients:

1. Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft’s Outlook is the de facto email client for most businesses and enterprises, and has been around for decades, with its origins dating back to MS-DOS. Obviously it has tight integration with other Microsoft services, and that takes email beyond the simple exchange of messages.

Outlook has the advantage of being fully integrated with Outlook Calendar, making it a snap to share calendars to coordinate meetings. This integration also extends to Outlook Contacts.

It is available as part of the Microsoft Office suite, which can be purchased as the standalone Office 2016, or the subscription-based Office 365.

2. Mail for Windows 10

While Outlook is a stalwart of the business world, Microsoft has long realised that it is overkill for many home users, so there’s a lightweight email client built into Windows way back when, this client was Outlook Express. But it has since evolved and in the latest version of Microsoft’s desktop operating system, it’s known as Mail for Windows 10.

For any Windows user, the Mail for Windows 10 client is an obvious choice, as when you log into Windows 10 with a Hotmail, Live, or Outlook.com address, the account is already added to the email client.

It can also work with other popular accounts, including Yahoo, Gmail, and iCloud.

3. eM Client

This alternative email client is trusted and used by Fortune 500 companies which include Avis, McDonald’s and Toyota. It offers a wide array of features, including a calendar, contacts and chat. Support is provided for all the major email services including Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud and Outlook.com. The latest version of eM Client (7.1) also offers PGP encryption, live backup, and auto-replies for Gmail.

There is a free tier, but you need the Pro-version for commercial use, and that also gives you VIP support and unlimited accounts.

4. Mailbird Pro

Mailbird Pro is an email client that promises to ‘save time managing multiple accounts’, and to make your email ‘easy and beautiful’. While beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, as they say, it’s undeniable that Mailbird Pro offers many free themes to make email a more enjoyable and customisable experience.

Unlike some more Microsoftcentric email clients, Mailbird Pro supports a diverse range of integrated apps, including WhatsApp, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox and Slack. However, one downside to bear in mind here is that there’s no support for filters or rules to organise your inbox.

5. Inky

Inky is an email client that focuses on security, using ‘sophisticated AI, machine learning and computer vision algorithms’ to block all manner of phishing attacks which might otherwise get through.

This client uses an ‘Inky Phish Fence’ that scans both internal and external emails to flag phishing attempts. The proprietary machine learning technology can literally read an email to determine if it has phishing content, and then is able to quarantine the email, or deliver it with the malicious links disabled.

       techradar.com