Editing Comparison of email clients (section)

==Release history==
A brief digest of the release histories.

{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header"
|-
!  Client
!  First public Date
!  First public Version
!  First stable Date
!  First stable Version
!  data-sort-type="text" | Latest stable release
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Alpine (email client)|Alpine]]
| 2006-11
| 0.8
| 2007 December 
| 1.00
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1819542|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1819542|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Apple Mail]]
| 2001-03-24
| ?
| ?
| ?
| {{wikidata|property|Q212211|P348}} ({{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|Q212211|P348|P577}}}})
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Becky!|Becky! Internet Mail]]
| 1996
| 1
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q837949|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q837949|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Canary Mail]]
| 2017-06-15
| 1.0
| 2017-06-15
| 1.0
| 4.01 (5th  June, 2023)
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Citadel/UX|Citadel]]
| 1987
| {{dunno}}
| 1988
| 1.00
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1093291|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1093291|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Claws Mail]]
| 2001-05
| 0.4.67
| 2005-01
| 1.0.0
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1099163|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1099163|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Courier (email client)|Courier]]
| 2004-06
| 3.5
| discontinued
| discontinued
| {{Latest stable software release/Courier}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Elm (email client)|Elm]]
| 1986
| {{dunno}}
| 1987-03
| 2
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1332651|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1332651|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[eM Client]]
| 2007-11
| 1.0
| 2007-11
| 1.0
| {{Latest stable software release/eM Client}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[EmailTray]]
| 2010-10
| 2.0
| 2011-03
| 3.11
| {{Latest stable software release/EmailTray}}
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Eudora (email client)|Eudora]]
| 1988<ref name="eudorabirth">{{cite web |url=http://www.eudora.com/presskit/backgrounder.html |title=The Birth of Eudora |accessdate=2007-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021108211012/http://www.eudora.com/presskit/backgrounder.html |archive-date=2002-11-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| 1988<ref name="eudorabirth" />
| {{dunno}}
| {{Latest stable software release/Eudora}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Evolution (software)|Evolution]]
| 2000-05-11
| 0.0
| 2001-12-03
| 1.0
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q336251|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q336251|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Forté Agent]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Latest stable software release/Forté Agent}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Geary (software)|Geary]]
| 2012
| 0.1
| 2012
| 0.1
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q20715678|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q20715678|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Gnus]]
| 1987<ref name="gnusrelease">{{cite web|url=http://gnus.org/2.0/gnus.1|title=GNUS: a NNTP based news reader for GNU Emacs (1 of 2)|accessdate=2008-08-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190300/http://gnus.org/2.0/gnus.1|archivedate=2016-03-03}}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| 1988-02-01<ref name="gnusrelease"/>
| 2.0
| 2015-04-06 {{Latest stable software release/Gnus}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[GroupWise]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| 1986
| 1.0
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q128926|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q128926|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Hiri (email client)|Hiri]]
| 2014-02
| 0.4
| 2016-06
| 1.0
| {{Latest stable software release/Hiri}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Scribe Mail|i.Scribe / InScribe]]
| 1999
| 1.00
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Latest stable software release/Scribe Mail}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[HCL Notes]] (formerly IBM Lotus Notes)
| [[Lotus Notes#Version history|1989]]
| [[Lotus Notes#Version history|1.0]]
| [[Lotus Notes#Version history|1989]]
| [[Lotus Notes#Version history|1.0]]
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q60198|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q60198|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Internet Messaging Program|IMP]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| 1998
| 1.0
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q477979|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q477979|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[K-9 Mail]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q14565723|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q14565723|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[KMail]]
| 1998-10
| Alpha
| 1999-02
| 1.0.17
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q260852|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q260852|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Mailbird]]
| 2013-04-01
| Public Beta
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Latest stable software release/Mailbird}} 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Mailpile]]
| 2011-11
| <ref>[https://github.com/mailpile/Mailpile/wiki/Release-Notes-201401-Alpha Alpha]</ref>
| <ref>[https://www.mailpile.is/blog/2017-01-30_A_Plan_for_2017.html tbd 2017]</ref>
| <ref>[https://www.mailpile.is/blog/2017-08-13_SHA2017.html 1.00 RC]</ref>
| {{Latest stable software release/Mailpile}}
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Microsoft Entourage]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Latest stable software release/Microsoft Entourage}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Microsoft Office Outlook]]
| 1997
| 97
| 1997
| 97
| {{Latest stable software release/Microsoft Office}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Mozilla Thunderbird]]
| 2003-07-28
| 0.1
| 2004-12-07
| 1.0
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q483604|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q483604|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Mulberry (email client)|Mulberry]]
| 1996-09-20
| 1.0
| 1996-09-20
| 1.0
| {{Latest stable software release/Mulberry}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Mutt (email client)|Mutt]]
| 1995
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1457398|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1457398|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Netscape Messenger]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Latest stable software release/Netscape Mail & Newsgroups}} 
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Netscape Messenger 9]]
| 2007-11-15
| 9.0a1
| discontinued
| discontinued
| 2007-11-15
|-
! {{rh}} | [[MH Message Handling System|nmh / MH]]
| 1979
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Latest stable software release/MH Message Handling System}}
|-
! {{rh}} | Opera Mail
| 1996-09
| 2.1b1
| 1996-12
| 2.1
| {{Latest stable software release/Opera Mail}}
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Outlook Express]]
| 1996
| 3.0
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q850109|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q850109|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Pegasus Mail]]
| 1990
| {{dunno}}
| 1990
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1639942|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1639942|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Pine (email client)|Pine]]
| 1992-01-15
| 2.00
| 1992-01-15
| 2.00
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q598868|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q598868|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Pocomail]]
| 1999
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Latest stable software release/Pocomail}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[RoundCube]]
| 2006
| 0.1-rc1
| 2014-04-07
| 1.0.0
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1769269|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1769269|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[SeaMonkey]] Mail & Newsgroups
| 2005-09-15
| 1.0a
| 2006-01-30
| 1.0
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q156197|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q156197|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[SquirrelMail]]
| 1999-12
| 0.1
| 2001-01
| 1.0
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1752969|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1752969|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Sylpheed]]
| 2000-01
| 0.1.0
| 2004-12
| 1.0.0
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2141006|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2141006|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[The Bat!]]
| 1997-03
| 1.0 Beta
| 1998-03
| 1.00 Build 1310
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1634279|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1634279|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Trojitá]]
| 2009-08
| 0.1
| 2012-12
| 0.3.90
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7845142|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q7845142|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Turnpike (software)|Turnpike]]
| 1996 (circa)
| 1.0
| 1996 (circa)
| 1.0
| {{Latest stable software release/Turnpike}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Vivaldi_(web_browser)|Vivaldi]]
| 2015-11-03
| Beta 1
| 2022-06-09
| 1.0
|
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Windows Live Mail]]
| 2007-11-06
| 12
| 2007-11-06
| 12
| {{Latest stable software release/Windows Live Mail}}
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Windows Mail]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| 2007-01-01
|-
! {{rh}} | [[YAM (Yet Another Mailer)|YAM]]
| 1995
| 1.0
| 1995
| 1.0
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2600208|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2600208|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Zimbra]]
| 2005-11
| Beta
| 2006-03
| 3.5
| {{Latest stable software release/Zimbra}}
|-
|}