WebIS Mail

By , posted Wednesday, Jan. 12th, 2005
Reader Comments: 3

IMAP Support!

Professional users with a corporate network will truly enjoy being able to access their IMAP Accounts via Microsoft's Exchange Server. Unfortunately, I do not have access to any Exchange Servers to test out the functionality of this feature. However, after numerous conversations with the author, I was very impressed by the amount of time and code that they had dedicated to this single function. I am certain that this function alone will make this product worthwhile to our professional/corporate readers.

Screenshot courtesy of the folks at WebIS.

CONCLUSION:

PROs

· Support for IMAP services!
· Auto-expand for Folders with new Mail!
· Support for External Storage (SD cards or MicroDrives!)
· Multiple "connection" options
(if "Work" fails, it will automatically try to access "The Internet").

CONs

· No Rules or Filtering that could be used to sort my incoming mail. NOTE: The folks at WebIS did advise me that this option is not only past the planning stages, but is also currently being worked on for a future release).
· The "installer" does not offer to automatically adjust ActiveSync to allow the user to enable synchronizing of Sent Items folder in POP3 accounts. Having said that, I have noticed that MAIL 2 sometimes utilizes the ActiveSync choices already in use for the default Inbox client.

THE INFO:

Author Company: WebIS
Current Version: Version 2.06 (although a "beta" of 2.1 is widely available)
Website: WebIS (http://www.webis.net)
URL for Mail 2: Mail 2 (http://www.webis.net/p_webismail.php)

Cost: $24.95

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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Yeah, plus, I use 4 different email servers and can send/receive all at once.

You can "hack" the registry to change the location. They don't recommend, but it works great.

Posted by Compusmurf, Wednesday, Jan. 12th, 2005

Yes, the inability to move the File storage locations, coupled with the fact that you are only allowed the initial opportunity to configure external storage in the first place, struck me as the only real weakness the application has.

Unfortunately, I only have an h5555, so I couldn't see what graphic issues would be apparent on a VGA screen.

On the CON side, my biggest problem (No Filters or Rules) is at least being actively worked on, so I feel very good about the high probability of this product earning an even higher score on subsequent releases.

Overall, it's a tremendously useful product that runs circles around the regular Inbox client...

Posted by , Wednesday, Jan. 12th, 2005

Other CONS (for now)

Once you put your mail in a location, you can't easily move it to another. IE filestore to SD, etc. Plan ahead before configuring.

Also, looks very, very pixellated on VGA. V2.1 is in the works to fix, but no release date yet. Just a beta.

Pros: It was free about 2-3 weeks ago on Handango's giveaway! :) For those of us lucky enough to get it then, congrats.

Posted by Compusmurf, Wednesday, Jan. 12th, 2005

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