Useful E-Mail Clients

 E-MAIL / IM CLIENTS

Hey it's kidguru now IM'ing and email clients are very useful social networking tool and very popular clients such as MSN,Yahoo,AIM, G-Mail are great but there other e-mail clients some totally new some old and some all clients mashed into one!

So let me get started here and give you my recommended list

First of heres a list and details on great IM Clients that replaces your msn,yahoo etc.

-Pidgin= http://www.pidgin.im/

Pidgin formerly known as Gaim is a great im client that has multiple im'ing clients in one program

it has

• AIM
• Bonjour
• Gadu-Gadu
• Google Talk
• Groupwise
• ICQ

• IRC
• MSN
• MySpaceIM
• QQ
• SILC

• SIMPLE
• Sametime
• XMPP
• Yahoo!

• Zephyr  

The program is 10.8 MB and works on all Windows and Unix Platforms it has a user freindly interface plus widgets to add on to your interface etc. Though Pidgin dosen't  yet support webcam/mic audio and video but only updates can tell when it does. You can input your email info and then pidgin automatically saves your login info and can be used to log in to your other im accounts with all your same info, display pics etc.

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Meebo= www.meebo.com

Meebo the 5-client online messenging program, Meebo let's users connect to either MSN,Yahoo,AIM,Google Talk

and if you have a Meebo account you can log onto that as well.

This client lets you log on to your messenger account ONLINE so no need for the program or nothing to download and it has a sleek and friendly user interface along with some add-ons etc.

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 Miranda= http://www.miranda-im.org/

Similar to Pidgin a multi protocol im client smaller file and fast client. 

It supports-

• AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
• Gadu-Gadu
• IAX (Inter-Asterisk Exchange)
• ICQ
• IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
• Jabber
• MSN
• Netsend
• Tlen
• Yahoo
• And more...

For more info check out their home wiki page = http://wiki.miranda-im.org/Main_Page

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Trillian= http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/

From Cerulean Studios a more heavy-based multi im client that with the pro version supports webcams/audio etc and has more add-ons and tools for iming feature than most though there is a free and pro version (cost money) so if your looking for a more heavier based im client from cerulean studio Trillian is your thing

It supports- 

• MSN
• ICQ
• AIM
• Yahoo

•  IRC

If you heavily rely on messenging the pro is the way to go and is supported by non other than Cnet and also has a pro sleek interface thats easy to use.

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Eudora=http://www.eudora.com/

Now this isn't a IM client it's a windows/Mac E-mail  Client similar toOutlook/Windows Mail but a  free download and has filtering for spam it uses something called Spam Watch and has much more friendly feature than Outlook it uses text files instead of database like Outlook. Its based off Mozilla's Thunderbird and is open sourced. It's much easier to use and has many features and backup etc and a great replacement than outlook.

For more and better info check out their Wiki=  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudora_(e-mail_client)

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Well that sums it up for now check out the links and use wikipedia to find much more info and even to find more types of e-mail/im clients anyways hope you enjoyed the blog and hope it brings much more ease to your emailing = )

KidGuru