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| MIME | allows the user to add multiple parts on one mail, eg. send files together with a text (called attachment) |
| POP3 | get mails from multiple remote mail servers |
| SMTP | send mails to a remote mail server using simple message transfer protokol (SMTP) |
| SMTP AUTH | authenticate on SMTP servers - is sometimes required on SMTP servers to stop spammers from relaying |
| SMTP after POP3 | authenticate at POP3 server before sending mails via SMTP - this is required by some mail servers if they don't offer SMTP AUTH |
| PGP | encrypt mails so unwanted persons can not read them |
| PGP MIME (RFC 2015) | encrypt complete MIME mails - including the attachments. This is a standard specified in RFC 2015. |
| XFace | send a nice and small picture of yourself with any mail - this is shown if the mail is read |
| UIDL | speedup for POP3 |
| UIDL history | this avoids XCmail from reading the same mails multiple times from the mail server |
| Encoders | to send files (eg. binaries) with a mail they must be encoded - XCmail offers various encoders, from standard uuencode and base64 to Mac HQX |
| Helpers | because not all attached files are programs XCmail offers an open interface to handle those data - eg. open an external viewer for pictures |
| Plugins | with plugins XCmail may be tuned - eg. some encoders and helpers are plugins so they may not be installed if a users doesn't need them - this required less space on disk and memory |
| Spell checker (using ispell standard software) | ever send a mail and later seen that it had some words misspelled? With ISpell this is no longer a problem. ISpell offers checks in many langauges! |
| X Headers | Put extra headers in every mail you send, eg some more information on you or some extra settings for mail agents |
| addressbook | put your favorite recipients in XCmail's addressbook |
| auto addressbook | keeps an second internal addressbook for faster choosing an email recipient |
| address hint | searches your addressbooks for a matching name or address during you type the recipient |
| virtual folders | group different folder to one visible vfolder - for better overview |
| Mail translator (babelfish) | Don't understand the language of a mail? XCmail may translate it for you by using altavista's babelfish service! |
| Folder archiv | You want to archiv many or every mail? This takes a lot of disk space?! Use XCmails folder archiv which compresses archived folders using GZIP standard. |
| Mail filters | sort or remove your mails before you "must" read them |
| addressbook | put are your favorite addresses in the addressbook |
| Dictionary | don't know how to translate a word? use the dictionarys in the Web within the XCmail GUI |
| Spam filter | using Spam Bouncer as spam filter plugin |
| remote remove | delete selected mails from your POP3 server |
| big mail blocker | big mails can be transfered explicitely from your POP3 server |
| vCard support | vCards can be read and a personal or official (from your job) vCard can be sent with every mail (you may choose which of them) |
| keep incoming folder small | mails of the incoming folder may be moved to a received folder automatically by many options (after reading, replying, forwarding a mail or if it is some days old) |
| setup wizard | helps first time users to setup XCmail |