Neat...but I'd take thunderbird portable over this anyday.

this thing does not work-my settings are all correct but i can't download my email

~Robert~,
Why is this program the JEWEL in the CROWN of this developer.
You do not say why.
Can you let us in on what you know.
Regards

my problem is I standardized on the email client in Forte Agent so long ago, my only real desire to have somebody point out a client that can suck the junk folder of my isp's bloody email, all at once. pop3, imap, whatever.

>Not a geek

"OK, my opinion, Who cares if programs here have NAG screens. That is a pretty cheap price to pay for FREE programs that GOTD finds for us."

The problem is that this program isn't "FREE" - it's $29.95. This is the PAID version. When is it remotely acceptable to have nag screens on something that has been paid for? If you paid for it, and you got nag screens on closing, would you like it? It doesn't matter that they can be turned off - they're on by default.

"I come here everyday to see what’s new and everyday I see someone griping about trivial issues to do with the programs."

Hardly trivial, in my opinion. Besides, it has fewer features than freeware alternatives.

"If you don’t like it, leave it."

Wrong. If you don't like it, say so - that way, others can leave it. People shouldn't have to download something to find its flaws - they should be able to skim the comments for that.

"If you have a TRUE concern with a program then voice your problem.
If you have to look at ads from the developer to recieve a handy program for free then what’s the big deal?"

You don't "have to look at ads from the developer to recieve a handy program for free". You get it for free because it's on the site. You aren't making the distinction between decent adware and bad shareware. Besides, Thunderbird gets by without ads for FireFox!

"Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth…."

Whatever do you mean by that? Do you think that the site will close down because some developer offered bad sofware through it? Sorry, but that won't happen. The software isn't their choice - why should they be offended at complaints about what they probably don't like themselves? Just look at the history of this site and you'll see lots of sofware that nobody liked(DoubleGames and Magnussoft readily come to mind). Did the complaints(which were all perfectly true) close the site down? No.

>MailStan

"Always the same lead-off bi***: If you don’t like it, don’t use it, and don’t complain about the opportunity to get some nice freebies."

In case you didn't notice, people aren't complaining about the "opportunity to get some nice freebies". That would be stupid. What they're complaining about, and rightly so, is that the freebies themselves just aren't worthwhile. Commenters have the obligation to give their opinions - that's what this section is for. These opinions are used by the site visitors to make the decision to download or pass, and by the developers(hopefully) to improve the software itself. What use is a comments section with only one viewpoint?

Well, I thought that I would give this a try even though I really don't need it. It installed without a problem to my USB thumb drive. After it installed, I ran, registered and set it up...so far so good. I dismounted the USB drive from the system and plugged it back in and ran the program. It asked me for a user password. I entered the password for my email account and....no go. Never being asked for a password during the setup and/or installation, I decided to dismount the USB drive and try it again. Inserted the USB drive, and whoa...everything wiped clean. Good thing I did this on an empty thumb drive.

Since I can't really say much about other apps that fall into this category, and this one didn't go very well, I think I will leave it up to others that read this to decide if they want to try it or not.

@10,15 BuBBy
Thank you again for your *juicy* comments and links.


@14 Asray,15 Canuck ,17 gergn,18 chriscross93,thanks for the comments.

PopPeeper looks promising ;-) http://www.poppeeper.com/


Reach-a-mail could evolve into a real good program if they only had a webmail plugin !

Anyone tried Dreammail yet?
http://email.about.com/od/windowsemailclients/gr/dreammail.htm

I am thinking about DLing this to try it out. I currently have Thunderbird Portable on my flash drive with quite a few other PortableApps.com software. Is this worth the small download?

As everyone has said, don't bother.
If you want a portable email client that doesn't use the registry at all though (instead of using a wrapper to delete the entries it has made)forget portableapps.com and try KomaMail.
It supports rss feeds has a good interface and does everything I could want in an email application.

Oh yeah, it's free too :)

You can configure the directory that most e-mail clients use for both messages and address book. You can put this directory on your memory stick if you like and take the stick where ever you want, so what exactly is the point with this software?

Asray IS THESE POP ENEBLERS ANY GOOD.Did you checked any spyware database or googled if they contain any malware or security hole.Because ones I stumbled upon a yahoo pop prog but after I think I read some negative comments.Sure i will check links,even though I use mainly my own post box or google I still have mail in hot ..God Its been 2 weeks I cannot check that box.

I agree with Bubby... the portable apps available with Thunderbird and Firefox work much better....
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable

So I say thumbs down to Reach-a-Mail...

#10 BuBBy:

Trifecta of Crud????

Wonderful.

You're getting more and more heroic every day (yeah, go on and blush.)

That aside, it's baffling to find that this comment list is now in the forties.

Is anyone still DLing this software?

Un-be-liev-able. (Like all the "awards" it has won. . .)

#15 Try Mail Washer ... it retrieves headers and allows you to delete mail on the server ... it is also good for more than one POP3 server. It can be found at www.firetrust.com

Thanks but no thanks.

I enter the key info but when I try to access the program it says that a 14 trial period is over. Any ideas guys??? That's with Vista

Why would you pay for this...Things like Opera@Usb are better.

GOATD, please don't bother with products where there are freeware alternatives, let alone programs that are free and better.

not intersted nothing useful for me :)

would be super if you couldnt get your hands on a flash drive with U3 tech on it for under 30 bucks now.....

Always the same lead-off bi***: If you don't like it, don't use it, and don't complain about the opportunity to get some nice freebies.

Reach-a-Mail-Mail Pro comment: Perhaps all the other apps spoken of are better, users choice as always. But, the software, becasue of its U3 capability, provides an excellent opportunity to do the chore we like least. Can you spell "Backup"?
G'Day

er, doesn't mail2web do this for free?

well...here it is...a supposedly giveaway just for today program that usually costs nearly 30 dollars....and its not half as good as freeware!!! what is the world coming to??? tut tut tut

I prefer even Sylpheed than that. Sylpheed is open-source too and portable (but requires GTK) and much lighter than Thunderbird. If you want something lightweight and fast, try Sylpheed for windows. If you take the zip version instead of the installer, you can try it (or put it on usb) without leaving a trace.

I can't believe that people are complaining about nags screens that can be turned off.

To all those Portable Thunderbird fans, have you forgotten that it satrts with a nag screen?
Also, with the nag screens turned off, Reach-A-Mail loads very much faster than Thunderbird.

@Andy #19. FYI: The "Here's your sign" shtick is not Jeff Foxworty, it's Bill Engvall.

Didn't even download.... Too many FREE solutions to do the same thing. If you need this, you probably already have it and didn't have to pay for it.

Even though I was onside on previous offerings by this software vendor. I have done a fair bit of testing of there product outside of the GOTD giveaway offer window.

I cannot in good conscience recommend any software by this vendor (again). Smart Data Recovery is buggy while Smart PC is dangerous. I have just uninstalled both product from my PC and will never touch a product from this vendor again.

I am sorry if I steered any of you down the wrong
path on the previous advice re:Smart PC Professional!

What follows is a revised list of PC ‘Cleanup’ tools I recommend
Less Smart PC’s offering which I had previously described as ‘Good’
(although I did caution use of the registry cleanup function).

Best and most comprehensive (in no particular order):

1. NK Prods NCleaner Freeware(for non-commercial use)
2. Glary Utilities Pro GOTD (also a freeware version recommended)
3. Iobit Software’s Advanced Windows Care Personal Freeware

Excellent:

Periform’s CCleaner Freeware
585 Soft’s Need3Space GOTD

Excellent but less comprehensive tools:

Eusing Software’s Free Internet Washer Freeware
FindSth.com’s Free Window Sweeper Freeware
F.E.Christiansen’s Empty Temp Folders Freeware
East-Tek’s Eraser GOTD
Wise Registy Cleaner Freeware
Lastly no PC Housekeeping (cleanup arsenal) is complete without
Revo’s Uninstaller Freeware.

All freeware can be easily found by way of your favourite
search engine. This is likely a little late in the day to
get much of a read but may be helpful to someone.

Cheers
Paul

I know I've raised this issue before, so apologies to everyone here for a repetition. But. . .

When are software publishers going to wake up to the fact that misrepresentation never succeeds????

As usual with GAOTD offers, I always toddle over to the publisher's website first because it often has information which, if it's read and absorbed, stops you from looking like a complete idiot on here (yesterday's excellent Giveaway comes to mind, where some posters made totally unfounded complaints when all they'd needed to do was visit the developer's website first.)

But this offer isn't in the same league as yesterday's.

Not because of its content, or because of the promises made by the developer on its behalf.

It's not in the same league because it's yet another piece of software, from yet another publisher, being pushed out with at best, a seemingly complete indifference to, and at worst, a cavalier disregard for, the truth.

If -- if -- Reach-a-Mail Pro has all the independent awards claimed for it on its website, then I'm the King of Siam.


Thanks GAOTD for the thought.

But this developer can keep its product.

Along with all its awards.

Because if I can't have any trust in what it says, I sure as heck aren't going to trust my computer to its software.

It's natural instinct to compare ThunderBird portable free to this um... $30 program...

Actually I think the whole concept of 'portable' is quite simply, moving/copying every single file from C:\Program Files\... which is similar to FDM portable version: when you compare the files on the 'portable version' to the files on your program folder, it is exactly the same. There's nothing much to the 'portable version' of programs.

Using this method, we can even manually create a 'portable' version of virtually any software, simply by copying the folder (unless there are registry keys or fixed file paths which is highly unlikely).

Just drag-and-drop Incredimail/Eudora/ThunderBird/etc into your thumb drive. Done.

#25, #26, #27
Read these three, they sum it up the best.

I tried Reach-a-mail freebie. It was slow, and the interface was difficult to get used to. I considered testing the Pro, but wasn't sure I was ready to fork over some money. I see no point in trying it unless you are comparing serious considerations. I also tried mobility mail which is a spin-off of 'bird. It was okay. I found no serious issues with it. It is free. They offer a service as well. I currently use 'bird Portable. I enjoy it a lot. I works great, it has a great price, and it's open source. Nuff said.
Hotmail does offer pop3, if you have a Hotmail Plus account.
pop3.live.com (port995)
smtp.live.com (port 25 I think)
Works great with 'bird or Reach-a-Mail freebie. I would download the Pro (I have been waffling on it for quite some time). After reading some of the comments (here and abroad) and using Thunderbird for awhile, I think I might just skip it. Although I have considered having two email clients allowing to keep business and personal seperate.
That's my two cents. Keep the change.
Dave...

Does This program support incredimail?

I'd like to add that any portable email client will only work if the system you're on gives you access to the your mail server. I contract work and use a USB drive with Thunderbird to access my email. Unfortunately, a few companies block access to other, pop-enabled mail (Goggle, Yahoo!) servers. (Ironically, they will sometimes let you view the web version.)

Also, the email has to be pop-enabled to retrieve it to these clients. Some web-based mail, like Hotmail offers you free email because they want you to view the adverts unless you pay for a premium, pop-enabled version. Thunderbird does have a plug-in that's supposed to make you able to access Hotmail, but I found it never seems to work consistently (perhaps because Microsoft finds out what it's doing and changes their settings to thwart it.)

#25: YES, THE CHOICE IS EASY. THUNDERBIRD.

OK, my opinion, Who cares if programs here have NAG screens. That is a pretty cheap price to pay for FREE programs that GOTD finds for us.

I come here everyday to see what's new and everyday I see someone griping about trivial issues to do with the programs.

If you don't like it, leave it.

If you have a TRUE concern with a program then voice your problem.
If you have to look at ads from the developer to recieve a handy program for free then what's the big deal?

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth....

Reach-a-Mail Pro:
1. No free technical support
2. No free upgrades to future versions
3. Strictly personal usage
4. Nag screen
5. Not OpenSource


Thunderbird:
1. Free techincal support, forum and a lot of tips
2. Free upgrades, always keep up whit exploit
3. You can use it at will
4. No nag screen, no nuisance
5. OpenSource


...i think the choice is easy.

:)

thanks, i was pleased to see u3 flash drive apps here, i hope you will bring us more u3 flash drive apps in the future. Although i think i stick with my web based gmail due to the excellent spam filter for now.

Hello all! Today's 15-Minute Review is up! Check it out!

http://www.bladedthoth.com/reviews/15mrs/reach-a-mail-pro-v3-3/

#12
So some mails I purposely left on my gmail account are now on my USB-stick instead of on my gmail account

Use the archive function first.

I use portable firefox for this and it seems to work great. Keeps my bookmarks and extensions etc.

To #19 I think it is Bill Engville who says "here's your sign" not jeff foxworthy. So here's your sign! LOL Just playing don't blow a gasket or anything.

I Agree Thunderbird is great, but I tend to have that resident on the desktop & Koma mail on the thumb drive. In Many ways Koma is as good if not better than `bird, But both are free and by reputable companies...

PoS, Thunderbird works much better supports more systems and doesn't require registration. Thunderbird installs anywhere, anytime, and updates are free forever. The company motto should read SmartPC for dumb, dumb users. Or as Jeff Foxworthy would say, "Here's your sign, Bubby!"

robert-
hotmail does mot support POP3 or IMAP (what you need) as far as I know, however gmail does. Gmail is what I use and I strongly recomend it, as it seems to fufill all your needs.

Re 14 and 15: did you ever consider the freeware PopPeeper (http://www.poppeeper.com/)?
I have a copy installed on all my PC's. You can run it off a USB-stick, if you like that. I stores mail in Outlook Express format. I use it mainly to kill spam before downloading my mail, and to inform my wife she has mail. You can choose if you want to download only the number of mails, the headers or complete mails. It can handle POP, webmail (including hotmail) and IMAP.

@14 ASHray

Thanks!
I will check these links after work.

Does anyone know an email client that supports

1)retrieving headers
2)deleting messages on the server
3)downloading messages

from multiple hotmail accounts?

From BuBBy: http://webmail.mozdev.org/

#4 ~ Robert ~
Hotmail is differant, it doesn't really support POP3 that I know of. You have to use a program like this:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hotpop3
In between hotmail and this Reach-A-Mail program (or any other email program you prefer.

Basically, that hotpop program goes between hotmail and your email program to interpret and download your messages. I belive I've used a hotpop a long time ago when I used hotmail as my main email. Now I use gmail which has POP3 access built in and I can use any normal email program with it.

Here's another program that came up in google when I searched POP3 and HOTMAIL
http://www.e-eeasy.com/gmailforhotmail.aspx

Installation and activation were a breeze. Nagging pop ups when opening or closing the program are not issues to me. I think it is only fair that the developer advertise their products a bit. I see no harm in that at all besides there are checkboxes for users to opt to not view repeated ads again.

This software is a very handy tool for me. I am an Eudora user who needs to access 10 different email accounts (personal and business) daily. Since my laptop is too bulky and too heavy for me to carry since I commute by bus to work, I find that using this software in my small portable external hard drive as an alternative to bring my laptop to work. After all, I do have PCs at work. I just don't want to install Eudora at the office for privacy issues since I am just a part-timer at 2 locations. Frankly, going through 10 different email accounts manually online is time consuming for me.

IMHO, I love this software!
1) I can scan the headlines of my emails to see if there are any urgent msgs for me to reply. I can skip those that look like spam.
2) It automatically adds the correct smtp and pop server when I manually add new email accounts. Makes setting up the system so much faster. It also allows user to add individual signature for each different email accounts.
3) Scan for new headers takes less than 5 secs. Cool!

Big thanks dude for the free giveaway!!!

A first test does not make me enthusiastic:
1) It only imports one single pst, while I have several (for work, personal, projects, family matters, etc etc)
2) It converted the date February 1, 2008 to some day in 1899.
3) The default is NOT to leave the messages on the server and the default is to start downloading as soon as the application is started. So some mails I purposely left on my gmail account are now on my USB-stick instead of on my gmail account.

I think I will stick to using my personal mail addresses at gandi.org that allows me to define 1.000 separate mail addresses per account for 12 euro per year. Every single one of them can be redirected to all my other accounts at will. I can access gmail, hotmail, gandi-mail etc without a USB-stick.

Very basic email client, and the nags on close are annoying even though they can be disabled. It takes five mouse clicks to close the application and disable the nag screens.

@ BuBBy,

ref. your comment on my previous post #3

No, I am not allergic to reading instructions. I have followed the instructions and activated the software. I have received an explicite confirmation that the trial-version limitations have been removed! Nevertheless I was faced with TWO!!!!! nag-screen upon closing the application.

Yes, there is the option to tick the "don't show me this screen again" box, but when I have a FULLY LICENSED software installed I am just not interested in being told about other UNRELATED and probably uninteresting (to me) software just because it happened to be the same developper who put it together.

If I am in search for software that does other stuff, I will find it my way, which includes banning all developers who nag me.

This is specially the case if I am being naged about SOFTWARE ALREADY ON MY SYSTEM (from a previous giveaway). I guess I should have learned my lesson from the previous giveaways from this developper.

From BuBBy: Firstly, feel free to ignore my advice if it doesn't apply to yourself. I spend hours of my time telling people to read, and I assumed from your post that this was just another one. Hopefully my assumption that if a user won't read the instructions (or read the description under the download link telling them to read the instructions), they might read the above comment or click on the graphic link (expecting something to happen without involving any reading on their part). Naturally I am wasting my time trying to explain the instruction in the forums or the comments section - because the just won't read it, unless personally addressed to them - in bold, capitals beside a dancing animated monkey. I just wanted to get the reminder in early... it might work ;)

Thank you for mentioning the free nag screens when closing the program. I agree, to their credit - you can elect to "don't show these again". Problem is the design of the user interface is so terrible - (File menu anyone?) - most people will not actually get as far as running it a second time.

Without being unkind (I feel this should come as no suprise to anyone who has looked at the three programs) Smart PC has won the "Trifecta of Crud" in my books. If you want something more than half decent for email on a USB drive - just save yourself the time - go to http://portableapps.com and investigate Portable Thunderbird. Sure it is a slightly larger file - but it looks and works like a regular email client, It does what you expect.

Two words: Portable apps.
Worth checking if you haven't heard of them before.