The Bat! is a powerful, highly configurable, yet easy to use email client.

The Bat! was designed especially to help users deal with your growing volume of email as quickly and efficiently as possible, saving much of their precious time.

Use all its powerful features at home or at the office to handle your email naturally - the way you want and how you want, simply and directly.

The Bat! is a powerful, yet easy to use e-mail program created for professionals as well as beginners.

There are many automated e-mail handling features built in:
ï¿­ efficient processing for large numbers of messages
ï¿­ easy-to-use interface
ï¿­ supports multiple mail accounts
ï¿­ extensive use of Windows' multitasking capabilities
ï¿­ pre-process on the mail server - without actually downloading messages to the local hard drive
ï¿­ versatile and comfortable message editor
ï¿­ sophisticated templates and complex filtering
ï¿­ internal address book
ï¿­ safe from viruses and other malware
ï¿­ highly secure (Professional version adds security token support and mailbase encryption)

Here are some key features of "The Bat! Professional Edition":

· Support for an unlimited number of accounts and users
· Fully customizable message templates that save hours of typing
· Powerful filtering for automated message handling
· Support for S/MIME and PGP versions from 2.6x through 6.5
· Mail Dispatcher for managing email on remote servers
· Simultaneous mail processing in the background for all accounts
· Familiar Explorer-style folders for organizing messages
· Easily configurable user interface with message preview option
· Built-in HTML email viewer and message editor with spell-as-you-go
· Sophisticated address book for storing all personal information
· Unique Mail Ticker for email notification
· Multi-lingual interface supporting 15 languages on the fly
· Import message bases from all major email clients
· Many more features for managing email quickly and easily

Requirements:

· 800x600 screen resolution and 256 color display

Limitations:

· 30-day trial

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Fixed a bug in the "Tips of the day"
· (#0007620) Crash after setting master password
· Sorting by gender in "Pick e-mail addresses" dialog
· Some captions or controls didn't fit the windows
· Macros that accept date format as the first parameter now can also accept the language as the second parameter. If the language is specified, the Windows formatting is using.The language can be specified for the following date macros: ÚTE, %ODATE, %ORcvDate; the date is formatted according to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd317787(VS.85).aspx. Additionally, when formatting a date, you can use "L" format specifier to get DATE_LONGDATE. For specifying language in time formatting, you can use the following macros: %Time, %TimeLong, %OTime, %OTimeLong, %ORcvTime, %ORcvTimeLong, according to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd318130(VS.85).aspx
· The Bat! Didn't understand long Generic top-level domains like .info, .name, .aero, .asia, .coop, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, .travel, .arpa an...