Popcorn was (its homepage is only available via Internet Archive) a text-only email client with SMTP/POP3 support. It handles attachments, but does not render HTML emails or display inline images, which means it is immune to most HTML viruses/scripts/trojans. It supports multiple email accounts, SSL and APOP. It is useful for cleaning up POP accounts, removing spam, unwanted mail, large attachments etc.
Note: Developer has ended work on the project - linking to Archive.org entry (thanks Baas).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch popcorn.exe. |
What's new? |
1.99 update 3 - 21-August-2012 Bug-fixes:
1.99 update 2 - 06-July-2012 New features:
1.99 update 1 - 29-June-2012 New features:
Bug-fixes:
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Here's an update:
http://eriedel.info/en/files/pcorn/popcorn.html
(German: http://eriedel.info/files/pcorn/popcorn.html)
v1.99 update 3
Couldn't get this to work with Hotmail (Sept 2016)
Hotmail needs SSL for upload and download. The program doesn't come will the SSL libraries but you can download and install them on the local computer from OpenSSL.
Got upload working with OpenSSL (32bit light ver) even though I'm on 64 Win7. POP3 wouldn't connect....using port 995 pop3.live.com. Popcorn listed SSL support as available from the about menu too. Could be that OpenSSL was complaining about missing C++ libraries at install (you can download that too) but that kind of misses the point for me. If you've got to install a load of software on the local computer to get the mail client to work then it's not really portable.
Anyone get this working with Hotmail?
v1.99 update 3
@Hawk
Get it at http://web.archive.org/web/20130116201517/http://ultrafunk.com/popcorn/
v1.99 update 3
The download link doesn't work.
v1.99 update 3
Try copying the ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll that OpenSSL installs to the folder that contains the popcorn.exe file. It should not be necessary, but it will probably solve your problem. Good luck!
I used Popcorn years ago when I was in college and loved it. Great to see that it's still going.
Have downloaded it again and am having some problems, have downloaded and installed OpenSSL, but it popcorn doesn't recognise it and it means I can't use it to connect to my gmail account ;(
Anyone any advice (I'm using Vista if that helps)
With the exception of the 1.5 and 1.6 versions, this program has been "no longer actively developed" since I first knew it at version 1.2! I think the author works on it when it pleases him, and leaves it alone when he chooses to do something else. And the "no longer actively developed" helps to ward off the pressure from those who think that freeware developers should dance at their command. I for one am grateful that the author makes this program available. Of course it will be updated, just don't know when.
Just drag your popcorn.ini and your adressbook.ini from the folder where popcorn is located to the newly unzipped one and try it. All your settings will remain in your old version as well. It has a few bug fixes. The main cosmetic change is the all profile window is now docked to the lower right corner of the main window and not free floating. I prefer to have it free floating on my second monitor so I've stuck with the 1.78 release.
Highly recommended no-frills program, been using it for years. Lack of active development and no support isn't an issue, what with its bare-bones simplicity. Here goes my question: Does anyone one what has changed in V1.84? I'm reluctant to transfer my settings for just some cosmetic changes.
@killingtime:
Because Popcorn is a 32bit application, you need the 32bit DLLs.
OpenSSL doesn't provide binary files but has some respective links. There's a portable version as well that is simply to be unzipped.
v1.99 update 3