Sylpheed is a fast email and news client, with support for SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 and NNTP. It handles multiple mail accounts, threaded display, junk mail filtering, security (SSL/TLS), search, etc. Automatically displays mail in threaded (organized by subject) format and integrates easily with Gmail.
Alternatively, X-Sylpheed and Sylpheed Portable are also available.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPL/LGPL |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Mozilla Thunderbird, i.Scribe, Pegasus Mail |
What's new? |
See: http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/news.html |
@lux Maybe this was an earlier version? Now it stores all the data within the app folder, so portable.
v3.4.2
I recently moved away from Thundebird after 10 years use because everytime they update it, it breaks something or it runs slower. Slypheed is excellent. Its fast and reliable and doesn`t render html, which is exactly what I need.
v3.4.2
@robertcollier4
Thank you for the suggestion. I tested Foxmail 7, but didn't like the GUI, for me Foxmail 6 was better. More, many features that were available in Foxmail 6 have been removed in Foxmail 7. I can't find a mail client that I really like so I installed Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 again.
v3.3.1
Try FoxMail Portable if looking for something that can handle HTML
v3.3.1
Last time I used Sylpheed it didn't read HTML messages. Does anyone know whether this has changed or whether the developer of Sylpheed is planning HTML support?
v3.3.1
Sylpheed stores all your data in C:\Users\*nameuser*\AppData\Roaming\Sylpheed.
Is there any difference between Sylpheed and Claws Mail?
v3.3
@tproli - FileZilla also suffers from this plain-text issue. On the bright side, if you forget your password, it will be easy to recover ;)
v3.3
The password is indeed stored as plain text. As a workaround, remove password from the account settings and type when the application starts. Not too convenient if you have multiple accounts set up but it works.
v3.3
I use Sylpheed at home, with six accounts, and it works perfect. But I wouldn't dare to put it on my USB memory and use it away from home, since the passwords for all my accounts are in the ini-file without any encryption!
v3.3
@Kea: Thanks for the warning re. non-encrypted password storage. It's the same reason I ditched filezilla.
Not encrypting one's account info is lame for otherwise well thought out software.
Bye bye Sylpheed >.
v3.4.3