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| Author | Application | Attachments | Incoming | Maximum mail size | Mulitple accounts | Other | Periodic checks | Price | SMTP AUTH | SSL | Stable | Treo support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2bAnywhere | 2bAnywhere (URL) | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, PDF, and TIFF (huh??) attachments converted to plain text on 2bAnywhere server for viewing in Memo Pad and need to be manually downloaded in 1K chunks; can forward to others in original format off server | POP3 / IMAP4 / Exchange / Lotus Notes / Hotmail / Yahoo! (via 2bAnywhere proxy server only?) | ? | yes, up to 10 | filters; can set Delete preference to "Delete from Device", "Delete from Device and Server", or "Prompt" | yes | free while in beta | no? (if not, it's not needed because 2bAnywhere proxy server acts as outgoing server) | yes, for IMAP and POP3 between 2bAnywhere proxy server and mail server, but only supports Thawte and Verisign (?) root certs.; not sure if any encryption used between handheld and proxy server | ? | good |
| Actual Software | MultiMail Discovery 1.4 (URL) | no | POP3 / IMAP4 | 32K? | no | no longer developed -- last version from 1998 | no? | free | no | no | ? | no doubt poor or average |
| Actual Software | MultiMail PRO 3.1 (URL -- but the demo download is a link to the Actual website, and they no longer exist since Palm bought them) | supported text and PDB / PRC out of the box; plugins were available for CSV, HTML, Quicksheet, vCard, WAV, Word, and Zip; only app besides SnapperMail allowing opening attachments without conversion service or memory card | POP3 (with APOP) / IMAP4 | configurable, up to 60K for body and 2M including attachments | yes, up to 8 | no longer developed -- last version from 2000; Palm based its VersaMail on it, but that's only available for Palm hardware running Palm OS 4.1+; characterized by a Treo Central poster in early 2003 as the most RFC compliant IMAP client despite its age; supports IMAP's disconnected mode; read-only NNTP newsgroup support; filtering | no | not available for sale any more, but prices were: $39.95 for normal version and $69.95 (though only in bulk?) for version with Certicom SSL support | yes (LOGIN / PLAIN only?), but password has to be same as POP / IMAP one | yes (not sure for which protocols, but original author Will Lau thinks at least IMAP and SMTP), in special version that was apparently available to corporate customers only | no, and is unusable on Palm OS 4+ | poor - average: ListType key works in Subject and Body but usually crashes when used in To; need AutoShift Hack or equivalent |
| Author | Application | Attachments | Incoming | Maximum mail size | Mulitple accounts | Other | Periodic checks | Price | SMTP AUTH | SSL | Stable | Treo support |
| Basejet | Basejet 1.0 build 31 (?) (URL) | DOC, HTML, PDF, TXT, and VCF < 60K (built-in), plus GIF / JPG / TIF / BMP / PNG / PCX per TreoCentral post | POP3 / IMAP4 / Exchange / Lotus Notes (via Basejet proxy server only) | 60K | no, only if Outlook merges into one | "only system folders", SMS-based push (doesn't work on Treo 300) | yes; if check time comes while actively using another app, will yank you away to Basejet | free time-limited betas only, right now | yes | no, but syncing with desktop s/w uses DES | one guy had fatal alert when doing wireless sync | good |
| chitianzi (Ikeda Shigeru) | e*Mail 1.5.9 (URL) | no | HotSync | 8000 characters | no | improvement of the Mail application built in to many Palm OS devices | no | free | no | no | ? | ? |
| Corsoft | Aileron 4.0 (URL) | "Excel, Word, Text, Image, Zip, Palm files and more." With Quickoffice, WordSmith, or Documents To Go Lite, can open converted DOC, TXT, WRI, RTF, MCW, WPD, WPS word processor docs or XLS, CSV, MDB, DBF, WK?, WQ1, WKS, SLK, and DIF spreadsheet docs. | POP3 / IMAP4 (via Corsoft proxy server only) | 32K | yes, up to 6 | tech support attentive, but not the developer; need to ask for update to stop insistence on closing network when done | yes | $50 / year ($70 / year with desktop component) | no (not needed because Corsoft proxy server acts as outgoing server) | no; communications between handheld and Corsoft server are AES-encrypted, but no encryption between Corsoft server and POP3 / IMAP server (communications between Corsoft server and optional desktop component are 3DES and SSL encrypted, though) | hangs when interrupted by SMS or going out of coverage | ? |
| Author | Application | Attachments | Incoming | Maximum mail size | Mulitple accounts | Other | Periodic checks | Price | SMTP AUTH | SSL | Stable | Treo support |
| Dana Software, Inc. | Danamail (URL) | "preview MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint files, Adobe Acrobat files (PDF), Postscript files, any picture" | POP3 (with APOP and KPOP) / IMAP4 / AOL / Exchange / Hotmail / MSN Web Mail (all via Danamail proxy server) | unlimited | yes, unlimited | web mail account that consolidates mail from other accounts; accessed via handheld web browser or PQA; spam filtering; Danamail Gold adds POP + IMAP access to Danamail account, more server storage space, etc. | yes, proxy will send notification via pager or SMS when new mail available | Danamail: $69.99 / year; Danamail Gold: $119.99 / year | yes, with "GSSI / SASL / CRAM-MD5" | yes, for POP and IMAP, when retrieved by the proxy, and for HTTP when you access your mail | using web browser: depends on program used; using PQA: yes | using web browser: depends on program used; using PQA: average |
| DataViz | Inbox To Go (URL) | Word, Excel, and picture with Documents To Go | POP3 / IMAP4 / Exchange (via DataViz proxy server only) | ? | no | requires Windows PC using Outlook as mail client and always-on Internet connection | ? | $70 usu., on sale for $50; possible unknown subscription fees after 1 year; $100 w/ Documents To Go Std., $120 w/ Documents To Go Premium | ? | no, nor any other kind of encryption | ? | ? |
| Electric Pocket | Mailer 1.4 (URL) | no | POP3 | ? | yes | only canned folders? | ? | $30 | ? | no, nor any other kind of encryption (?) | ? | good - excellent |
| Author | Application | Attachments | Incoming | Maximum mail size | Mulitple accounts | Other | Periodic checks | Price | SMTP AUTH | SSL | Stable | Treo support |
| Good Technology | GoodLink 2.0 (URL) | ? | Exchange (via Good proxy server) | ? | ? | ? | "continuous two-way synchronization" | ? (no published price: only sold to corporations) | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Gopher King | Gopher King (URL) | "preview MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint files, Adobe Acrobat files (PDF), Postscript files, any picture" | POP3 (with APOP and KPOP) / IMAP4 / AOL / Exchange / Hotmail / MSN Web Mail (all via Gopher King proxy server) | ? | yes | web mail account that consolidates mail from other accounts; accessed via handheld web browser or PQA | ? | $25 / year | yes, with "GSSI / SASL / CRAM-MD5" | yes, for POP and IMAP (when retrieved by the proxy, but is communication with the proxy/website SSL or otherwise encrypted?) | ? | ? |
| Handspring | Mail (URLs: Treo 600 GSM manual at FCC, TreoCentral Treo 600 SDK story) | JPEG, PDB / PRC, ringtone / sound, vCalendar / vCard (all but PRCs for outgoing as well as incoming), with more to be available using 3rd party apps. | POP3 | ? | yes, up to 5 | yes, at configurable times and days | not for sale: built-in to Treo 600 SMS and a free download for Sprint Treo 600 CDMA | yes | yes, 128-bit, for POP and SMTP | (presumably) | excellent | |
| Author | Application | Attachments | Incoming | Maximum mail size | Mulitple accounts | Other | Periodic checks | Price | SMTP AUTH | SSL | Stable | Treo support |
| Handspring | Treo Mail 1.5 (URL) | ? | Internet Edition: POP3 (via Handspring proxy server only); Corporate Desktop Edition: also Exchange and Lotus Notes | unlimited | no | SMS notification of number of messages waiting (only?); marks all server mail as read always; in talks as of 2003-07 to change hands to co-developer Visto | yes, max. once every 15 minutes, with alert | $100 / year or $50 / year, depending on "system requirements" ($100 for the version w/ desktop s/w?) | ? | yes, 128-bit, for POP and SMTP; also Blowfish encryption of dormant mail spool on Handspring server | ? | excellent |
| iambic | Mail 3.01 (URL) | "full support", but only on devices with memory cards | POP3 / IMAP4 | unlimited | yes | can send SMS (GSM devices only?); lots of connection problems and all mails assigned a date of December 8, according to one Treo 300 / Novell GroupWise IMAP user | no? | $20 | no? (undocumented "Send authentication required" option did nothing for me) | no | ? | good? |
| JP Mobile | One-Touch Mail 4.0 (URL) | vCard / vCalendar / vMemoPad / vToDo | POP3 / IMAP4 | 60K | yes, up to 6 | 4.0 insists on closing network when done; don't sell to consumers | ? | ? | yes (not in 2.3) | ? | ? | ? |
| Author | Application | Attachments | Incoming | Maximum mail size | Mulitple accounts | Other | Periodic checks | Price | SMTP AUTH | SSL | Stable | Treo support |
| Mark/Space | Mail 1.0.3 (URL; 1.0.4 in beta testing) | vCard / vMemoPad / vToDo | POP3 (with APOP) | 62K | yes, unlimited | two-step send; tech support reportedly unresponsive (though people I've dealt with at the company have been very responsive); can "Delete mail on the Palm, on the server, or both"; filtering; can define preset groups of recipients | yes, with alarm; on versions prior to 1.0.2 periodic check will disconnect an in-progress phone call; a Treo NetLib bug causes versions prior to 1.0.3 to drain battery completely if communication error encountered when you're not looking | $20 | yes, CRAM-MD5 / LOGIN / PLAIN | no | 1.0.3 reportedly stable (though earlier versions have some serious problems) | good - excellent: 1-key commands?; rocker switch support (main developer is reportedly a Treo user) |
| Palm | VersaMail 2.0 (URL) | HTML and Word as plain text; send and receive Palm OS addresses (vCard), appointments and tasks (vCalendar), Memo Pad documents (text), applications (prc) and databases (pdb); other attachments using external apps. (e.g. JPEGs with Arcsoft PhotoBase) | POP3 (with APOP) / IMAP4 | configurable, up to 60K for body and 2M including attachments | yes, up to 8 | based on Actual Software's no longer available MultiMail PRO; Palm OS 4.1+ required (and "certified" only with Palm brand units); supports Tungsten 320x320?; supports IMAP's disconnected mode; filtering | no | $35 | yes (LOGIN / PLAIN only?) | no mention made of SSL on Palm's site, but a TreoCentral.com story claimed that it had SSL support for both POP and SMTP under Palm OS 5.2 | ? | likely poor - average now, though this should improve now that Handspring and Palm will be merging |
| Parascript | riteMail (URL) | ? | POP3 / IMAP4 | ? | yes | only supports proprietary "handwritten" email? | ? | ? | ? | no? | ? | ? |
| Author | Application | Attachments | Incoming | Maximum mail size | Mulitple accounts | Other | Periodic checks | Price | SMTP AUTH | SSL | Stable | Treo support |
| Qtap | tapmail EE 2.2.1 (URL) | "send and receive PIM data (datebook, addresses, to-do lists and memos)" | POP3 (with APOP) / IMAP4rev1 | 32K | yes | have to create a separate "account" for each remote IMAP mailbox; as of 2.0.1, at least, unreasonably short name limit on IMAP box names (and error you get when one's too long doesn't say that that's the problem); "incredibly slow" at downloading messages, according to one Treo 300 / Novell GroupWise IMAP user | no | $19.50 | yes, CRAM-MD5 / LOGIN / PLAIN | no | ? (as of 2.0.1, at least, malformed messages (e.g. spam) can crash it) | average? |
| Qtap | tapmail SE 1.6.3 (URL) | ? | POP3? | some figure less than 32K? | yes | no | free | ? | no | ? | ? | |
| QUALCOMM | Eudora 2.1 (URL) | no, except for some buggy support for MIME attached mail messages (which you can partially work around using Raw mode) | POP3 (with APOP) | configurable, up to 999 lines | yes, up to 10 | password needs to be entered on every single connect (and there's no masking on entry) or remembered until manually forgotten; sometimes fails to automatically connect to the network (if needed) upon check / send; no longer developed?; I found "when fully retrieved" delete option to not work reliably -- "when emptied from trash" works reliably, but even deletes messages you didn't fully retrieve even if both options checked | no | free | yes, CRAM-MD5 / LOGIN / PLAIN | yes, both POP and SMTP; only Certicom, Thawte, and VeriSign root certs. supported, but can permanently override distrust for specified server certs. (EudoraWeb, and probably Eudora as well, doesn't seem to work with Comodo certificates); fails to connect if server sends acceptable CAs for client certificate | yes | poor: AutoShift Hack or equivalent needed, and ListType key doesn't work in message bodies -- need to type special characters in headers and cut & paste, or use onscreen Keyboard or RecoEcho+ |
| Author | Application | Attachments | Incoming | Maximum mail size | Mulitple accounts | Other | Periodic checks | Price | SMTP AUTH | SSL | Stable | Treo support |
| Rally Monkey (Chris Faherty) | GNUGotMail 0.74 (URL) | no; the author is in general opposed to email attachments but may add "download on request" support in the future | POP3 / HTTP (for this you must install the PHP3 class "POP3" on your web server; can optionally use gzip compression to shorten download times) | limited by Palm OS's maximum record size, usually 60K | no (characterized as a "battery sucking" "anti-goal") | GPL'd; email downloads can be triggered via SMS using a special version of NotifyMail available "somewhere"; versions prior to 0.68 can back up the Palm via email, but this is a tweaky option described by author as only meant for himself; two-program suite using modified version of Palm's Mail application | yes, every 10 minutes, but requires special UDP daemon to be compiled on UNIX mail server | free | yes, CRAM-MD5 / LOGIN / PLAIN | no | yes | excellent: 1-key commands; rocker switch support; wireless signal and battery indicators |
| Snapperfish | SnapperMail 1.8 (URL) | incoming and outgoing: BMP with AcidImage, CSV with Quicksheet, Excel with Quicksheet Premier, GIF with AcidImage, HTML with QuickWord, JPEG with several viewers, MIDI with Botzam Midi Player Pro, PDB / PQA / PRC, PowerPoint with Quicksheet Premier, PNG with Diddlebug or Tungsten Note Pad, text, vCalendar / vCard, WAV with Voice Memo on Tungsten, Word with Quickword, Zip; can use "Open with..." if more than one app. supports attachment type; only app besides MultiMail PRO allowing opening attachments without conversion service or memory card | POP3 (with APOP); IMAP4 in development | unlimited | yes, unlimited | active development (~0.1 revision per month) and responsive developer; support scheduled for filters in 1.9(?), IMAP in 2.0, and MAPI in 3.0; can delete selected messages from just handheld or just server or both; supports limited HTML rendering w/o external app. | yes, max. once every minute, at configurable times and days, with alerts | Standard: $34.95; Premier: $44.95 | yes, LOGIN / PLAIN; also explicit POP before SMTP support | Standard: no; Premier: yes, 128-bit, for POP and SMTP | yes, though doesn't work properly if certain apps are installed, including Jot, RecoEcho+ (even if disabled), TrafficStat, and WordComplete | excellent: 1-finger (on screen) and 1-key (on keyboard) navigation available; attachments without memory cards; rocker switch support; wireless signal indicator |
| Sprint | PCS Business Connection (URL) | no (supposedly in dev.) | Exchange / Lotus Notes / Novell GroupWise (?) (via connection to desktop component) | ? | ? | Exchange syncing sometimes flakey; push; powered by System SEVEN; mail built in to Sprint Treo 600s will be a version of this | ? | ? | ? | yes, for proprietary connection between handheld and desktop component | ? | average - good? |
| Author | Application | Attachments | Incoming | Maximum mail size | Mulitple accounts | Other | Periodic checks | Price | SMTP AUTH | SSL | Stable | Treo support |
| System Engineering Service | PaPi-Mail 2.0.3 (URL) | ? | POP3 (with APOP) / IMAP4 | ? | ? | only IMAP client allowing browsing of "non-system" remote folders? | ? | ? | yes, CRAM-MD5 / LOGIN / PLAIN | yes, but for IMAP only, and only in registered version | ? | ? |
| Visto | MessageXpress (URL) | ? | all via Visto proxy server only (?) -- Internet Email Access version: POP3; Corporate Email Access version: Domino, Exchange, POP3 | ? | no? | live email actions on Palm requires using a web mail interface rather than the offline client program?; Handspring's Treo Mail developed with and hosted by Visto | no? | Internet Email Access version: $49.99 / year; Corporate Email Access version: $99.99 / year | ? | ? | ? | ? (reportedly being optimized for use with Treo 600) |
| ZFrame | ZFrame Beta 1.3 Trial (URL) | "Web pages, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, text files and image files" | POP3 | ? | no | built-in component of ZFrame web browser; successfully tested outgoing mail, but when trying to test incoming mail, I just got an Internet Explorer "Show friendly HTTP error messages" style 404 error from their HTTP proxy; can only compose brand-new messages to a single recipient -- no replies or forwards?; no notification of failed deliveries? | no | free time-limited beta only, right now | no (must use ZFrame's SMTP server by proxy, so AUTH unneeded) | no | ? | good - excellent |
| Author | Application | Attachments | Incoming | Maximum mail size | Mulitple accounts | Other | Periodic checks | Price | SMTP AUTH | SSL | Stable | Treo support |
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