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===Database, folders and customization=== {{sort-under}} {| class="wikitable sortable sort-under sticky-header-multi" |- ! rowspan="2" | Client ! rowspan="2" | Message file format ! rowspan="2" | Encrypted database ! rowspan="2" | [[Virtual folder]]s ! rowspan="2" {{verth|va=middle|Scheduled backup}} ! colspan="4" | New mail notification ! rowspan="2" {{verth|va=middle|Customizable<br/>interface}} ! rowspan="2" {{verth|va=middle|Customizable<br/>keybindings}} ! rowspan="2" {{verth|va=middle|Fragmented messages<br/>{{r|group=Note|FragmentedMessages}}}} ! rowspan="2" {{verth|va=middle|Database search<br/>with [[regular expression]]s<br/>support}} ! rowspan="2" | [[Indexed search]] ! rowspan="2" | Search folders {{r|group=Note|Searchfolders}} ! colspan="4" | IMAP |- ! {{verth|va=middle|ticker}} ! {{verth|va=middle|tray icon}} ! {{verth|va=middle|tooltip}} ! {{verth|va=middle|sound}} ! {{verth|va=middle|Search}} ! {{verth|va=middle|IDLE}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Alpine (email client)|Alpine]] | [[mbox]], mbx, [[MIX (email)|MIX]], [[maildir]] (with patches), [[MMDF]], tenex, mtx, [[MH Message Handling System|MH]], mx, news, phile | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Becky!|Becky! Internet Mail]] | [[mbox]] | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Canary Mail]] | {{Proprietary}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Citadel/UX|Citadel]] | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Claws Mail]] | [[MH Message Handling System|MH]], [[mbox]] (plugin) | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Courier (email client)|Courier]] | [[Proprietary format|Proprietary]] | {{yes}} (weak) | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} (layout) | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Elm (email client)|Elm]] | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[eM Client]] | [[Proprietary format|Proprietary]] ([[sqlite]]) | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[EmailTray]] | [[Proprietary format|Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Eudora (email client)|Eudora]] | [[mbox#Modified mbox|modified mbox]] | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} {{Specify|date=January 2007}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Evolution (software)|Evolution]] | [[maildir]], [[mbox]], [[MH Message Handling System|MH]] | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|Keybindings}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Gnus]] | babyl, [[maildir]], [[mbox]], [[MMDF]], news, rnews, SOUP, outlook, oe-dbx | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}<br/>{{refn|group=Note|name=GnusNNIR|Via <code>nnir</code> backends such as Notmuch<ref name="notmuch">{{cite web |url=http://gnus.org/manual/gnus_108.html#nnir |title=The Gnus Newsreader |publisher=Free Software Foundation, Inc. |year=2015 |access-date=2016-11-21 |first=Lars Magne |last=Ingebrigtsen }}</ref>}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[GroupWise]] | [[Proprietary format|Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Hiri (email client)|Hiri]] | Proprietary | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[IBM Lotus Notes|IBM Notes]] | Proprietary | {{yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/ls-Notes_Encryption/#N10102|title = Find product documentation and support|website = [[IBM]]}}</ref> | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|Lotus_frag}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[KMail]] | [[mbox]], [[maildir]] | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Mailbird]] | Proprietary | {{no}} | {{Yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{Partial}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Mailpile]] | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Microsoft Entourage]] | Proprietary ([[Personal Storage Table]]) | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{Partial}} {{r|group=Note|eragebackups}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{Partial}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Partial}} {{r|group=Note|eragedbgrepsearch}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Microsoft Office Outlook]] | Proprietary ([[Personal Storage Table]]) | {{Yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|MSO}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups]] | [[mbox]] | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] | [[mbox]], [[maildir]] | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|TBThemes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} (as of 3.0) | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Mulberry (email client)|Mulberry]] | [[mbox]] {{r|group=Note|MulberryMBox}} | {{partial}} {{r|group=Note|MulberryDB}} | {{partial}} {{r|group=Note|MulberryDB}} | {{partial}} {{r|group=Note|MulberryDB}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} {{Specify|date=January 2007}} | {{partial}} {{r|group=Note|MulberryDB}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Mutt (email client)|Mutt]] | [[mbox]], [[MMDF]], [[MH Message Handling System|MH]], [[maildir]] | {{yes}} (with compressed folders patch<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spinnaker.de/mutt/compressed/|title=Compressed folders patch for Mutt}}</ref>) | {{dunno}} (has limit command) | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}<br/>{{refn|group=Note|name=muttindexers|Via Notmuch or other indexers.<ref>[https://notmuchmail.org/notmuch-mutt/ Using Notmuch with bare Mutt, the old fashioned way]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/UseCases/SearchingMail |title=MuttWiki: UserCases/SearchingMail |access-date=2013-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210072700/http://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/UseCases/SearchingMail |archive-date=2013-12-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} | {{yes}}<br/>{{r|group=Note|muttindexers}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Netscape Messenger]] | [[mbox]] | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Netscape Messenger 9]] | [[mbox]] | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[MH Message Handling System|nmh / MH]] | MH | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh}} | Opera Mail | [[mbox]], [[MH Message Handling System|MH]], Proprietary | {{no}} | {{yes}}<br />''(all folders are virtual)'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Outlook Express]] | Proprietary | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Pegasus Mail]] | Proprietary (mbox-like) | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://community.pmail.com/forums/post/17967.aspx |title=Pegasus Mail & Mercury - Re: IDLE |accessdate=2014-03-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311181717/http://community.pmail.com/forums/post/17967.aspx |archivedate=2014-03-11 }}</ref> |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Pine (email client)|Pine]] | [[mbox]], mbx, [[MIX (email)|MIX]], [[maildir]] (with patches), [[MMDF]], tenex, mtx, [[MH Message Handling System|MH]], mx, news, phile | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Pocomail]] | mbox | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[RoundCube]] | [IMAP Server] | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Scribe Mail|i.Scribe / InScribe]] | [[Proprietary format|Proprietary]] ([[sqlite]]) | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[SeaMonkey]] Mail & Newsgroups | [[mbox]] | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[SquirrelMail]] | [IMAP Server] | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Sylpheed]] | [[MH Message Handling System|MH]] | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} {{r|group=Note|GrepMH}} | {{no}} {{r|group=Note|GrepMH}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[The Bat!]] | Proprietary | style="background: #ddffdd;" | Yes ([[AES 128]] bit) (with Pro and Voyager version) {{r|group=Note|TBEncryptedDB}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} ([[PCRE]] 6.2) | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Trojitá]] | [[IMAP]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Turnpike (software)|Turnpike]] | Proprietary | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Windows Live Mail]] | File System (.eml) | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Windows Mail]] | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[YAM (Yet Another Mailer)|YAM]] | [[mbox]], [[maildir]], oe-dbx | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Zimbra]] | [[File system]] | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |-class="sortbottom" ! rowspan="2" | Client ! rowspan="2" | Message file format ! rowspan="2" | Encrypted database ! rowspan="2" | [[Virtual folder]]s ! rowspan="2" {{verth|va=middle|Scheduled backup}} ! colspan="4" | New mail notification ! rowspan="2" {{verth|va=middle|Customizable<br/>interface}} ! rowspan="2" {{verth|va=middle|Customizable<br/>keybindings}} ! rowspan="2" {{verth|va=middle|Fragmented messages<br/>{{r|group=Note|FragmentedMessages}}}} ! rowspan="2" {{verth|va=middle|Database search<br/>with [[regular expression]]s<br/>support}} ! rowspan="2" | [[Indexed search]] ! rowspan="2" | Search folders {{r|group=Note|Searchfolders}} ! colspan="4" | IMAP |- ! {{verth|va=middle|ticker}} ! {{verth|va=middle|tray icon}} ! {{verth|va=middle|tooltip}} ! {{verth|va=middle|sound}} ! {{verth|va=middle|Search}} ! {{verth|va=middle|IDLE}} |} {{reflist|group=Note|refs= <ref name=Lotus_frag>Fragmented messages are called ''truncated document'' in Lotus Notes.</ref> <ref name=MulberryDB>Mulberry is a dedicated IMAP client; If the IMAP server has these abilities, Mulberry can use them.</ref> <ref name=MulberryMBox>This is for Mulberry's 'offline browsing' capability, which is turned off by default. In the default configuration no local copy of the mail is created.</ref> <ref name=Searchfolders>Search Folders are virtual folders that contain views of all email items matching specific search criteria. Search Folders display the results of previously defined search queries.</ref> <ref name=Keybindings>Editable keybindings is part of GNOME, provided "Editable menu accelerators" is enabled in GNOME's "Menus & Toolbars" control applet.</ref> <ref name=FragmentedMessages>Fragmented messages make it possible, for example, to send a large audio message as several partial messages, and still have it appear to the recipient as a simple audio message rather than as an encapsulated message containing an audio message. {{IETF RFC|2046}}</ref> <ref name=GrepMH>Because MH stores each letter in a separate file, it is trivially easy to (externally) search them with grep. This ease is shattered when non-raw encodings are used, such as base64.</ref> <ref name=TBEncryptedDB>The Bat! Pro support two methods access to program when database is encrypted: password authorization and token authorization; Voyager support only password authorization and encrypted database is default and only available storage method.</ref> <ref name=TBThemes>Thunderbird's interface can be user customized via the use of themes (which can reposition and skin controls)</ref> <ref name=MSO>supported since [[Microsoft Office 2007|Office 2007]].</ref> <ref name=eragebackups>With Entourage 2008, you can use AppleScript and various internal/external scheduling mechanisms to create timed backups of Entourage Data.</ref> <ref name=eragedbgrepsearch>With Entourage 2008 and later versions of 2004, you can use the Spotlight data to search what's in the Entourage database via regular expression in the file system in Terminal or via Spotlight's ...interesting...version of "regular expressions".</ref> <!---Unused notes <ref name=MSO_enc> when best encryption is used, .pst file cannot be read by a [[hex editor]].</ref> <ref name=Mail_search>with Spotlight macOS v. 10.4</ref> <ref name=Mail_search2>Search folders is called ''Smart Folders'' in Mail on macOS v. 10.4.</ref> ---> }}
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