Wikipedia's definition of E-mail Client - An e-mail client, also called a mail user agent (MUA), is a computer program that is used to read and send e-mail.
The term e-mail client is also used to refer to any agent acting as a client toward an e-mail server, independently of it being a real MUA, a relaying server, or a human typing directly on a telnet terminal. In addition, a web application providing the relevant functionality is sometimes considered an e-mail client. MAPI is a more sophisticated protocol used by Microsoft Exchange to communicate with email clients.
Protocols currently in use for transmitting mail between client applications and servers are POP3 and IMAP4 for incoming mail and SMTP for outgoing mail. Transmission over HTTP is also used for certain webmail applications.
The public has spoken, and here are the top 4 for the 2008 Member Choice awards. (These represent over 70% of the total responses.)
Click here to view the full list of contenders for this year's poll.
The most notable change to this year's poll was Mozilla's Thunderbird overtaking Microsoft's Outlook at the top of the most popular email client list. Microsoft still has a strong presence, as their various email clients (Outlook, Windows Mail, and Live Mail) make up over 40% of the total email client market. The poll also reveals that other third-party clients have been losing ground against Mozilla and Microsoft for the past year, making up barely 30% of the overall market now.
Thank you to all 225 members that participated in this year's poll. See you in 2010.
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