Well, to my great disappointment, I noticed that lots of times the blurb instead of describing the GAOTD offered here for FREE refers to the PROFESSIONAL version of the main program, whose license needs to be bought...

That's NOT good dudes, because in the end this "practice" misleads lots of people here, not to mention that the main goal of this marvellous service is or should be that to test new software in order to give their developers some smart tips to further enhance their programs. But obviously if you offer just the BASIC limited edition of a software, asking users for money should they want to enjoy the full commercial version of the program, the main intent of this website actually risks to go to the dogs.

In this case, after reading the misleading blurb above, I was very excited to install this program but a few seconds later I discovered that I should have to pay an extra charge to get basic features, since this GAOTD doesn't support neither GMAIL, namely the most important FREE email service on the Net, nor Google Docs (and does NOT support automatic sync of Calendar and Contacts with Google account either).

Sorry folks, but all of this doesn't make sense to me (just a huge waste of time)!

So THUMBS DOWN from me.


BETTER FREE ALTERNATIVES besides OUTLOOK EXPRESS & THUNDERBIRD

* (Portable) DreamMail (==> Softpedia Editor Pick & My Personal First Choice)
Amazing FREE email client which puts this GAOTD in the dust, since it supports POP3, SMTP, eSMTP, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail accounts and even RSS feeds (yes, you heard me right dudes, RSS feed!!).
It supports multiple accounts with different configurations and multiple users, enabling you to create a backup for your messages with the option to view your received mails in HTML or text without online preview.
Honestly I can't figure out why this magic tool is FREE and this (poor) GAOTD is NOT....but this is the beauty of the internet, as long as you really know how to find hidden gems there (but don't worry, Giovanni is here just for that...LOL!)

http://www.dreammail.eu/intl/en/index.html

Screenshots:
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/DreamMail-Screenshot-79083.html

* Foxmail 7
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/E-mail-Clients/Foxmail.shtml

* i.Scribe 2.0
http://www.memecode.com/scribe.php

* Pegasus Mail
http://www.pmail.com/

* (Portable) Koma-Mail
http://www.koma-code.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=39

See also:
http://www.smartmediatips.com/top-5-microsoft-outlook-alternatives/
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/portable-e-mail-client/
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/winmailer-portable-freeware-tool-send-quick-mail-attachments

Want to send your e-mail messages directly from your desktop?

No problem, you can do it flawlessly for FREE: did you know that?

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/winmailer-portable-freeware-tool-send-quick-mail-attachments
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mammail10

Want to be alerted whenever you receive new email on any of your POP3, Gmail, Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo etc... accounts?

No problem, you can do it flawlessly for FREE: did you know that?

* (Portable) POP Peeper (==> Softpedia Editor Pick & My Personal First Choice)
With this magic FREE email notifier tool you can read, delete, print, reply and send your Emails and attachments without opening your email client. It gives you an Option to protect you from messages containing viruses and web bugs for an UNLIMITED number of accounts.

- Supports POP3, IMAP (including GMail, AOL, AIM, FastMail, etc...with IDLE), SMTP, GMail, Hotmail/Outlook.com, Yahoo, MyWay, Excite, iWon, Lycos.com, RediffMail, Juno, NetZero.
- Supports password protection and SSL for POP3, IMAP and SMTP.
- Supports many ways to receive new mail notification: skinnable desktop alerts, audio (single sound for any new mail or even a customized sound for each account), flashing scroll lock LED etc...

http://www.poppeeper.com/

* PopTray 3.2 Final (==> Softpedia Editor Pick)
Check POP3 email accounts with a different notification sound for each

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/Mail-Utilities/PopTray.shtml

Enjoy!!!!

Giovanni  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+233)

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Was quite excited about being able to download and deal with Gmail when I discovered THIS GAOTD version doesn't. You have to buy the upgraded version to get the one thing that is really needed. I was very disappointed as there are hundreds of email clients with some storing to folders - just none for Gmail. What a bummer.

Greg  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+186)

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The screenshots on the product website look very oldfashioned. The "today" date on the screenshots is 30 October 2007. This is 5 years ago!
Either the product has not evolved in the past 5 years, or the developer did not find it necessary to update the screenshots with today's version of the products. In both cases, this is far for promising.

Pascal  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+115)

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Well, installed and was presented with a dialogue "enter email address and password" (which address?). Wouldn't accept any combination.
Clicked "continue 30 day trial. Crash! Repeatable every time.
No option I could see to resister or manually enter details of email settings.
Help topics wouldn't display from within programme.
Uninstalled.

faircot  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+98)

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tried to get on the website to look at this program at 8.03am in the UK.
website does not respond.
downloaded it ok but you have to visit the website to get activated, still no responce from the website.
tried to look at the help file on trial mode, back to the website that does not work.
I cannot see the need to go to the website other than to push you to their adverts.
surly with the new wrapper used by GOTD that should be enough to register.
if the product is a good one people would visit the website for more info.

Firms putting item to be down loaded should be preparded for the rush on their website and plan accordingly

not a good start for me

Rab108  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+76)

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