Bored of your email client, such as Outlook or Gmail? An alternative is The Bat.
By: Dennis Gandasoebrata
This program has been around for many years, but has been expanded over the years with new options. The makers are working on further improvements and have recently improved parts under the hood. Until recently, The Bat! for email rendering using an outdated rendering engine. This had disadvantages in terms of speed and security. A Chromium-based engine is now used.
The user environment has also been overhauled and looks up to date again. To tide you over, the program offers an import wizard that helps you transfer messages from popular email services. For example, you can import from Microsoft Outlook and Thunderbird. We also find extensive support for importing contacts, including via VCards and Outlook.
The email client also has a few useful extras, such as the QR Code Generator. This allows you to create a QR code from a piece of text, URL, email or other source.
You can also automate many tasks, for example in the field of attachments. The environment allows you to save the attachments of all received e-mail in one go in a specified folder.
Some options, such as a ticker tape with your latest messages, are enabled without asking: that could be better.
Product: The Bat! https://www.ritlabs.com/en
Platform: Windows
Pros:
* Automation of common tasks
* Availability of portable version
Negatives:
* Some options activated without asking