eM Client Email Client

[britechguy]

Just my own little shout out for this piece of software. After seeing all the recommendations for it at various times on this site I finally decided to download and install it to play with it.

I am absolutely blown away! It does everything I've thought any modern e-mail client that's working with server side protocols (IMAP, Exchange) should do: Synchronizes everything, from the get go, without any additional gyrations during setup.

I set up one of my Gmail accounts and as its set up out of the box it syncs email, calendar, contacts, and tasks. I haven't had any other client handle all of those, and automatically, ever. It also has a unified inbox (which I hate, but many adore) configured automatically as well.

It's a shame that the free version will only support 2 email accounts, but for a very great many home users that's more than enough. The $49.95 for Pro would be very well worth it for anyone seeking a serious, full service email client for more than two accounts (and has other features, too).

Even more pleasantly surprising, given one of the things that I do for a living, is that it appears to be almost entirely screen reader accessible. The only thing that isn't very easy to do that I've found is rearranging columns, which is handled by drag and drop only, and that's a PITA to even attempt with a screen reader. So little software is this accessible to blind and low-vision individuals.

eM Client Home Page (in English, which can be changed via dropdown at the upper right)

 

[SAFCasper]

If you haven't noticed yet their pricing scales VERY well with volume. Look at current UK pricing I'm seeing:

1x £29.95 each
2x £20.48 each
5x £14.79 each
10x £12.80 each
25x £11.08 each
50x £10.02 each

They also do a reseller program. Standard 35% margin but you get more for larger orders.

 

[britechguy]

I'm not in the business of reselling and probably never will be.

Also, I was incorrect about columns only being able to be rearranged via drag and drop. There is a View option from the main menu, and if you're in a view where columns are involved there is a Columns option that brings up their add/delete/rearrange dialog, which is completely accessible by screen reader, too.

 

[Philippe]

Do you know if it has good export capabilities for contacts & mail (pop)?

 

[SAFCasper]

Do you know if it has good export capabilities for contacts & mail (pop)?

Exports mail to .eml and contacts to. vcf which are both fairly standard formats supported by any decent mail client.

Or you can backup to .zip if planning to restore back into eM Client on another device. This will transfer pretty much everything including mail, contacts, calendar, tasks, rules etc.

 

[River Valley Computer]

We evaluated eM Client a few months ago and felt it was a pretty good option however it said the free version was a 30 day trial. Does it prompt the user after 30 days for something? End users would probably not understand that (not sure we do) and couldn't find an explanation.

 

[britechguy]

What it says is that the free version for 30 days is a trial of Pro, after which it will revert to the free license that places the restrictions shown that differentiate the free version from the Pro version.

Not an unusual thing, these days. Malwarebytes has done something similar for years now.

When I go to the eM Client main menu, Help, License, the dialog comes up showing Demo mode with three buttons: Activate, Get a License, Close. When I activate Get a License, my browser opens up the following page: https://www.emclient.com/purchase, which gives the option of choosing a free license. If one chooses the Free License option, you're taken to a page where you enter your name, email address, have a dropdown for your country, and a checkbox for having read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. At the bottom there is a Get Free License button. Once activated the license key is presented and e-mailed, and instructions for inserting it are presented as well. Any tech who wanted a non-commercial client to have a free license for home use could do this in less than 5 minutes from request to activation.

 

[Sky-Knight]

I was thinking about this pretty hard for offices that want to control costs, the cloud O365 suite at $5 / month works very well, but when you toss in eM Client with its own cloud controls you wind up with a local desktop mail experience that's really strong for a TON less money than the on prem apps.

The only real downside is that if the organization scales up out of M365 Business Essentials at all, they lose this investment because Outlook is just easier to support at that point.

Another thing, if you like eM Client you should also check out Nine Folders for email on your Android devices. Best $10 I've ever spent that one... kicks the ever loving piss out of every other mobile mail app I've ever used.

 

[Porthos]

Or you can backup to .zip if planning to restore back into eM Client on another device.

Fab's backs it up as well.

 

[Philippe]

Exports mail to .eml and contacts to. vcf which are both fairly standard formats supported by any decent mail client. [...]

Thanks!
Good to know, as I've read it can also import mail from Incredimail & others. (Incredimail is dead, so work to come from residential).

 

[britechguy]

It's interesting to me that in all my years in this business I never heard of Incredimail until the recent discussions here. I have never had a single client that used it. Perhaps I should count my blessings!

 

[Joep]

Just my own little shout out for this piece of software. After seeing all the recommendations for it at various times on this site I finally decided to download and install it to play with it.

I am absolutely blown away! It does everything I've thought any modern e-mail client that's working with server side protocols (IMAP, Exchange) should do: Synchronizes everything, from the get go, without any additional gyrations during setup.

I set up one of my Gmail accounts and as its set up out of the box it syncs email, calendar, contacts, and tasks. I haven't had any other client handle all of those, and automatically, ever. It also has a unified inbox (which I hate, but many adore) configured automatically as well.

It's a shame that the free version will only support 2 email accounts, but for a very great many home users that's more than enough. The $49.95 for Pro would be very well worth it for anyone seeking a serious, full service email client for more than two accounts (and has other features, too).

Even more pleasantly surprising, given one of the things that I do for a living, is that it appears to be almost entirely screen reader accessible. The only thing that isn't very easy to do that I've found is rearranging columns, which is handled by drag and drop only, and that's a PITA to even attempt with a screen reader. So little software is this accessible to blind and low-vision individuals.

eM Client Home Page (in English, which can be changed via dropdown at the upper right)

Using it myself, like it very much.

 

[Sky-Knight]

It's interesting to me that in all my years in this business I never heard of Incredimail until the recent discussions here. I have never had a single client that used it. Perhaps I should count my blessings!

Yes you should... it's like Juno, but oh so much worse!

 

[britechguy]

I actually had a Juno account way, way, way, way back when. I didn't keep it long, though.

 

[Porthos]

Incredimail for those that have never had the misfortune to have to deal with it.

 

[britechguy]

Based on just what I could watch of that video, it seems that Incredimail gave end users maximum ease in making email messages maximally crappy!

Whether they actually did so is another issue, but I know that there are plenty of people who can't resist piling on every possible gee-gaw that they can (regardless of context).

 

[Sky-Knight]

And they did... trust me... they did. The more garish the embellishment, the more times it made it into a message.

Which would cause other email clients to puke at regular intervals.

 

[Porthos]

Bling and that dam butler.

 

[callthatgirl]

Be warned...this product while it seems like magic, has many issues once you start using it. Many errors and logs and things not synching. I thought it was magic myself, the unified inbox sold 2 clients instantly, but....then came the errors.

 

[britechguy]

Be warned...this product while it seems like magic, has many issues once you start using it.

I'd say that is a bit of an overstatement. I've encountered the occasional burp here and there, but nothing that's a show stopper.

But, my main purpose in posting is to let folks know that a major version release is coming up and the Beta for eM Client 8 is available for download and testing. See: https://www.emclient.com/blog/em-client-8-beta-is-finally-here-340

I contacted support at eM Client about accessibility issues in eM Client 7 for screen reader users, and got a response back that they were aware of some of these and were trying to iron out those they were aware of in Version 8. Several people I know who use screen readers full time are now doing some beta testing and providing feedback, which is great.

Anyway, if anyone here is interested in playing with the beta and providing feedback you can snag it from the page given above.