Filed under: Internet, E-mail, Productivity, Web services
Consolidate your email with Jump2Mail
A few weeks ago I wrote about ePrompter, a standalone (Windows-only) email notification app with a UI reminiscent of Windows 3.1. Responses in the comments ranged from nonplussed to downright offended (including speculations about malware). Now, I'm no ePrompter cheerleader; I just report on what I find. And today I've found a much better - and much more Web 2.0! - solution for managing multiple email accounts.Jump2Mail bills itself as a "free web-based email retrieval application" that lets you check all your email accounts from one central location. Its web-based approach to email management makes a lot more sense than the desktop-centered approach offered by ePrompter, since these days most of us move around and use more than one computer.
In addition to allowing users to send, receive, delete, and reply to emails, Jump2Mail also includes:
- Planning and reminders
- Spam filtering
- Personal rules
- Contact management
- Ajax-based RSS reader
- Support for 7 different languages
Oh, and did I mention the delicious-looking strawberry icon?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CapeCodder said 3:37PM on 10-11-2006
I've used eprompter for years and it works great. I don't think it has malware, spyware, adware or any other little buggers. As for Jump2Mail - why would you want to look at your personal email through someone elses website? For anyone concerned about privacy and keeping their passwords and email to themselves, it doesn't look like a very good solution. Personally, I think eprompter is a much better and much safer solution.
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mdg said 8:36PM on 10-11-2006
yahoo allows pop doesnt it?
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earle said 9:44PM on 10-11-2006
Eprompter is NOT spyware. it does have it's limitations in that no attachments are downloaded at all.it DOES download Yahoo e-mail ! as with most other e-mail accounts.
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Amber Rhea said 7:01AM on 10-12-2006
Yahoo allows POP, but only if you have a Premium Account (that is to say, not free).
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Thomas said 9:16PM on 10-11-2006
I signed up with jump2mail and my interface wasn't in English. :(
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Amber Rhea said 9:44PM on 10-11-2006
Thomas,
You have to select the appropriate flag on the site that represents what language you want. The link I provided was in English, btw.
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Francis said 7:00AM on 10-12-2006
hi,
i'm one of the developpers of jump2Mail
want to say a few words about
thanks for your support !
yahoo account are ok with jump2Mail, you just have to authorize pop access in yahoo settings and it works fine :o)
if you want, tell us what are the improvements you need and we'll try to code it
Francis
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Francis said 9:32PM on 10-12-2006
good news, now we have :
- 128bit SSL connection
- traduction of our privacy engagement
- official registration in the french data protection authority, according to the french law
- encrypted storage
i hope it will help
> Amber : i have a standart yahoo account and it does allow pop freely
thanks (all) for your reactions and advices which make us try to be better (is that correct?)
Francis
jump2Mail Team
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Thomas said 7:42PM on 10-12-2006
Flags at the bottom. Sweet. I signed up as English, you'd think it'd remember that. ;)
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damston said 9:01PM on 10-13-2006
It doesn't work with fireforx on my computer, but works fine in IE. Is there some trick with the settings?
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D Griffin said 11:37PM on 10-15-2006
@AmberRhea
Yahoo! does allow free POP access. If you're under the new Beta, go take a look at your forwarding options. You might be surprised at what you find.
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