Secure & Simple Mail Client?

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May 5th, 2004, 06:19 AM
netspyder

Secure & Simple Mail Client?

Hello all...

I was wondering if any of you could suggest a free yet secure text-based e-mail client for Windows (98 SE and XP)?

Basically something that would allow me to easily connect to any web-based e-mail account (such as Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.), and then from there, read and send messages in text-only form.

I'm 'paranoid' when it comes to messages sent to me, as any of these messages could contain dangerous content, therefore I presume a text-based alternative would be the best option for me?

Thanks!
May 5th, 2004, 06:19 AM
netspyder

Secure & Simple Mail Client?

Hello all...

I was wondering if any of you could suggest a free yet secure text-based e-mail client for Windows (98 SE and XP)?

Basically something that would allow me to easily connect to any web-based e-mail account (such as Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.), and then from there, read and send messages in text-only form.

I'm 'paranoid' when it comes to messages sent to me, as any of these messages could contain dangerous content, therefore I presume a text-based alternative would be the best option for me?

Thanks!
May 5th, 2004, 06:48 AM
Soda_Popinsky

Quote:

Basically something that would allow me to easily connect to any web-based e-mail account (such as Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.), and then from there, read and send messages in text-only form.

Dont think you can connect to web mail with a third party client. Only pop3, smpt, imap, I believe.

It sounds like you need to learn a lil' bit about how email can exploit a user. Webmail is pretty damn safe, IMO as long as you don't download crap sent to you. Usually its the clients, like outlook that get exploited. Or active X and scripts being enabled in the emails.

As for email on a server... Telnet?
May 5th, 2004, 06:48 AM
Soda_Popinsky

Quote:

Basically something that would allow me to easily connect to any web-based e-mail account (such as Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.), and then from there, read and send messages in text-only form.

Dont think you can connect to web mail with a third party client. Only pop3, smpt, imap, I believe.

It sounds like you need to learn a lil' bit about how email can exploit a user. Webmail is pretty damn safe, IMO as long as you don't download crap sent to you. Usually its the clients, like outlook that get exploited. Or active X and scripts being enabled in the emails.

As for email on a server... Telnet?
May 5th, 2004, 07:08 AM
gore

Mutt. Look into it and read up on it. You can download it, and I think there is a version that runs on Windows.
May 5th, 2004, 07:08 AM
gore

Mutt. Look into it and read up on it. You can download it, and I think there is a version that runs on Windows.
May 5th, 2004, 07:17 AM
netspyder

Hi Soda...

A fairly recent exploit that comes to mind is the HTML+TIME exploit. I know that Yahoo and Hotmail have already rectified this problem months ago, but similar undiscovered exploits are always a concern of mine. :)

http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm005-mc

Thanks!
May 5th, 2004, 07:17 AM
netspyder

Hi Soda...

A fairly recent exploit that comes to mind is the HTML+TIME exploit. I know that Yahoo and Hotmail have already rectified this problem months ago, but similar undiscovered exploits are always a concern of mine. :)

http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm005-mc

Thanks!
May 5th, 2004, 07:19 AM
netspyder

Thanks Gore! I will definitely look into that.
May 5th, 2004, 07:19 AM
netspyder

Thanks Gore! I will definitely look into that.
May 5th, 2004, 07:55 AM
instronics

Just a little side note here specifically for yahoo mail. In order to use pop3 on yahoo, you need another 'type' of mail account there. The free mail account will not work with pop3 or any other kind other than yahoo web, or other yahoo software (not sure, maybe something like yahoo messenger etc...)

Cheers.
May 5th, 2004, 07:55 AM
instronics

Just a little side note here specifically for yahoo mail. In order to use pop3 on yahoo, you need another 'type' of mail account there. The free mail account will not work with pop3 or any other kind other than yahoo web, or other yahoo software (not sure, maybe something like yahoo messenger etc...)

Cheers.
May 8th, 2004, 11:42 PM
andersonvom

Let me ask this then, what would be the "best" email client for WinXP? Since Outlook (Microsoft and Express) are the most exploited ones...
May 9th, 2004, 12:23 AM
D0pp139an93r

Mozilla has a nice email client built in, I would also reccommend Eudora.
May 9th, 2004, 02:33 AM
The Grunt

Mozilla Thunderbird is even better than the one built in with the regular mozilla. You can get both of them and decide for yourself at mozilla.org.

It's not as popular as the microsoft products, and it's open source, so there aren't as many exploits that are widely used if there even are any. I have yet to see a security patch for thunderbird or firefox.
May 9th, 2004, 05:10 PM
andersonvom

I'm still trying out Eudora but I'm not enjoying it that much... things are a bit prolix there. I'm having a little trouble to configure all my accounts and mailboxes are quite annoying to manage. But as I said, I'm still giving it a try.
May 9th, 2004, 07:28 PM
KissCool

You could look a glance at YahooPops, a program which emulate a pop3/smtp server in order to let the email client of your choice access and use Yahoo Mail.
May 9th, 2004, 09:16 PM
foxyloxley

Here's a Neat website for checking any mail via web browser. All you need to know is your e-mail address and password. No complex setings required or funny checkboxes to set up....Nice!

www.mail2web.com