Mac OS X mail Freebies List

Description: Mozilla Thunderbird is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component. Our goal is to produce a cross platform stand alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. Our intended customer is someone who uses Mozilla Firebird (or another stand alone browser) as their primary browser and wants a mail client based on mozilla that "plays nice" with the browser. In addition, by focusing solely on stand alone mail, we believe we can make some dents in the overall footprint and performance of the mail client by removing components and chrome we don't need. On top of that, the UI becomes much cleaner as a stand alone application as opposed to being part of the mozilla suite.In addition to the feature set found in Mozilla Mail, Thunderbird has several new features and improvements to make your mail and new experience better. Highlights include:The ability to customize your toolbars the way you want them. Choose View / Toolbars / Customize inside any window.UI extensions can be added to Mozilla Thunderbird t...

Keywords: application component cleaner browser window client mail view 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 19149 kb; Updated: 2008-09-27

Description: MailFX is a notifier which replaces (or complete) the sound warning of Mail OSX by a graphic animation (Quartz composition).What's new in this version:Correction of bug (a crash could occur while clicking on the notifier).

Keywords: animation graphic sound mail 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 2355 kb; Updated: 2008-06-27

Description: Email Backup will automatically backup up your email email data to the specified destination. The destination can be any mountable volume. Email backup has support for the major email clients - Apple Mail, Microsoft Entourage v.X, 2004 and 2008, Eudora and Thunderbird.What's new in this version:Updated InterfaceNew Backup EngineBackup in progress visual feedbackSupport for Entourage 2008Sparkle-Powered Update EngineAbility to launch client after backup completes

Keywords: microsoft backup client email data mail 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 746 kb; Updated: 2008-05-22

Description: DoBeDo is a freeware Dashboard Widget for Mac OS X Leopard. The widget allows you to view, add, edit and delete todo items. Its tight integration with iCal and Apple Mail make it an indispensable addition to any Dashboard lineup. You can display items from any one of your calendars, open multiple widgets each set to a different calendar, or list all of your tasks together in a single widget. If you are not an iCal user that's ok too, DoBeDo can still help you stay organized and on task.What's new in this version:New Platinum theme addedBug fix: backspace key in new task dialog

Keywords: calendar freeware delete tasks mail task view edit 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 323 kb; Updated: 2008-05-19

Description: Mail Unread Menu is a simple menu bar application which can provide you with a quick and easy way to see how many unread email messages are in Apple's Mail. Unlike other menu bar notification applications, Mail Unread Menu is actually a plugin for Mail.app, which means that the count is instantaneously updated whenever you receive new email or change the status of a message.What's new in this version:Version 3.1:New FeaturesSeparated unread counts from mailboxes which are shared between accounts.ChangesSimplified the way the menu is generated.FixesFixed an issue with a slow down when only getting count from Inbox.Fixed small delay when running scripts.Fixed issue if a custom icon could not be found.Fixed an issue with the count showing 0 when sending an email.Version 3.1:ChangesChanged mail status preference to an NSTabView in order to make the options more clear.FixesFixed an issue when setting the icon for a state to 'None'.

Keywords: application scripts plugin email mail easy 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 2253 kb; Updated: 2008-05-11

Description: Netscape Navigator 9.0 is a browser-only release. It does not contain an e-mail client, newsgroup reader, or HTML composer. Users of the Netscape 7.x suite may choose not to install Netscape Navigator 9 to avoid the loss of these features. You can have the best of both worlds by keeping Netscape 7.x installed for mail and news and installing Navigator 9 for browsing the Web.What's new in this version:Security fixes included in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 have been included in Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.6.An add-on has been included in this version to help users migrate to either Flock or FirefoxThe WeatherBug add-on has been removed from this version of Navigator.

Keywords: security browser e-mail client mail html news best 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4; File size: 17306 kb; Updated: 2008-02-22

Description: Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application. The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to deliver production-quality releases of code derived from the application formerly known as "Mozilla Application Suite". Whereas the main focus of the Mozilla Foundation is on Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird, our group of dedicated volunteers works to ensure that you can have "everything but the kitchen sink" — and have it stable enough for corporate use.What's new in this version:Security and stability fixes.

Keywords: application security internet advanced browser e-mail client mail 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 22835 kb; Updated: 2008-02-08

Description: NetNewsWire is an easy-to-use RSS and Atom news reader for Mac OS X. Its familiar three-paned interface -- similar to Apple Mail and Outlook Express -- can fetch and display news from thousands of different websites and weblogs, making it quick and easy to keep up with the latest news.CNET Editor's Review:Like any Web news reader, NetNewsWire hardly qualifies as sexy software. But it's hard not to fall for an app that saves you this much time getting your daily news fix. Using a familiar three-pane interface (think Mail or Outlook), NetNewsWire lets you quickly fetch and digest news from thousands of RSS feeds..Read the entire review.What's new in this version:Rolled back the change to folders and Latest News subscription behavior — it triggered a crashing bug. Rolling back the change gets rid of the crashing bug. We’ll revisit this issue in a future release.

Keywords: outlook folders editor mail time .net news easy 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 5734 kb; Updated: 2008-02-07

Description: Adds a "Follow Up" item to the Message and contextual menus (and optional toolbar item) of Apple's Mail application that allows you to compose (and then send) a quoted version of the original message to all of the original recipients, keeping the To, Cc and Bcc addresses exactly as they appeared in the original message. Hawk Wings has a nice description of MailFollowup.What's new in this version:Version 1.2.1:FIXED: Eliminated a bug that could cause strange behavior, and potentially a Mail crash, if a user manually moved recipients around in a followup message.CHANGED: Changed some rules for when recipients were added to the To or Cc fields.See the revision history for more information.

Keywords: information application toolbar history mail 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1126 kb; Updated: 2007-12-28

Description: A plugin for Mail.app that once installed adds the httpmail protocol. Add a new account, and select httpmail as the account type. Fill in the details and it should all work ;)What's new in this version:Fixed downloading loopFixed NULL accountFixed disappearing account problemAdded in the FAQ and license documents

Keywords: plugin mail 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 2048 kb; Updated: 2007-12-01