Eudora Light

~terry Wed, Jul 24, 1996 (12:15) seed

Eudora Light -- The de facto standard for mail clients by sheer popularity. The postcard-ware version lacks mail filtering but retains many of the same features as Pegasus Mail. Eudora lacks support for UUencode (although this feature is found in the commercial version). The 'light' version does include rudimentary mailing list capabilities (by utilizing its nested nicknaming feature), but they are not on the same level as Pegasus Mail. Eudora Light also has the ability to queue mail and poll outgoing (but not incoming) mail in the background. The latest releases have added many important features including a 32-bit native version, offline capability, improved appearance (especially for initially setting up Eudora Light), a revised toolbar, and capabilities for launching attachments and URLs from within messages. The strength of Eudora Light lies in its ease of use, but, unfortunately, its postcard-ware version still lacks a few of the features necessary. - Forrest Stroud Review

~pthompso Tue, Dec 10, 1996 (18:38) #1

BEWARE! BEWARE! BEWARE! I am really upset with both Stroud's and Qualcomm for their lack of explicit notification about this release moving from a freeware offering to a 30-day trial period one. If that weren't bad enough, since I had been using the freeware version (V1.5.4) for several months, the new version automatically expired my trial period, leaving me to spend a significant amount of time restoring the old version. This was a highly unprofessional way to attempt to force a user from what was reviously a freeware offering to a trial version. Needless to say I will no longer download any other versions nor will I ever consider migrating to the Pro-version. I will now begin to migrate, albiet slowly, to the mailer that comes free with Netscape. SHAME ON YOU!

~siggy Fri, Dec 27, 1996 (01:53) #2

Hi, I recently had my provider install Eudora Lightbon my hard drive because I couldn't get results with Netscape mail. It was free so I don't have any booklet on what it does. There are alot of features that I donn't understand. Where can I get info about the Eudora Light program? Thanks, Dick Sigston (Siggy)

~edy Mon, Apr 14, 1997 (10:10) #3

Thanks pthompson for letting me know that this newer version of Eudora Lite is deadware. I wonder when these people are going to figure out that deadware is what they are supposed to use on their commercial produts. Anyway thanks again - saved me the trouble of the 4Meg download of so-called Eudora LITE 32 bit.

~mhrosen Thu, Aug 14, 1997 (20:49) #4

I have used both Pegasus and Eudora Light for years. Eudora has been insidiously adding features throughout that time, leaving it far ahead of Pegasus. In addition to the filters the programs share, Eudora has PureVoice allowing convenient voice attachment, inernal HTML reader, and now an easy PGP encryption plug-in. Pegasus has been standing pat the entire time. Do you ever update your reviews?