- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: March 03, 2005
- Total Downloads: 13,137,610
- Downloads last week: 3,011
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 701 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
With its straightforward interface and whimsical attitude, IncrediMail appeals to the casual e-mailer, but actually offers enough features--like Exchange server support--to be functional for more serious endeavors. You can personalize your messages with background stationery from a variety of categories, including animals, art, technology, and moods. The program installs with about 50 backgrounds, most with a cartoony feel, and you can download more online or create your own with Letter Creator (a 10-use trial comes with this download). It supports recorded voice attachments, and the premium version supports skins.
There are a few drawbacks. The overall interface lacks pizazz and looks like it was last overhauled back when emoticons were new. There's a questionnaire that must be filled out when installing the program, annoying even at three questions long. More significantly, IncrediMail turns into quite the resource pig when playing around with graphics-heavy backgrounds.
The features are solid, though. The program offers basic e-mail client functions, including sending, receiving, and organizing messages; managing your address book; and creating rules for how to handle certain messages. Among its other included features are an integrated JunkFilter that lets you assign permission for senders or domains, IMAP support via a POP3 emulator, and Message Rules functions that work in concert with JunkFilter. IncrediMail makes standard e-mail a bit more fun for home users, especially for kids and kids at heart.
Publisher's description
From IncrediMail :IncrediMail Xe is an advanced e-mail client that offers you an interactive experience. You can personalize your e-mail according to your mood and personality. Choose from an assortment of e-mail backgrounds, animations, sounds, 3D effects, and e-cards. This new release includes minor bug fixes.
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User reviews of IncrediMail Xe build 1856
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 701 votes
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8 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Version: IncrediMail Xe build 1856
"same thing, different version"
Pros: lots of cute e-mail features for outlook, just like all the other versions. and works seperate from outlook
Cons: and like the other versions em-beds itself like a tick on your system, even the best reg scanner can't pluck it out. has only 2 skins ugly and uglier, must upgrade to get the good ones. luckily it works seperate from outlook.
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19 out of 24 people found this review helpful
Version: IncrediMail Xe build 1856
Pros: Vast amount of smileys, easy to use (when it works). Letters are beautiful. Adding background animations is fun, as well as the greetings feature, that lets you send greeting cards from within the program. More email customization features than most others. Nice interface. Ability to download additional content is nice.
Cons: You have to pay for all of the good features. This version is far less stable than previous versions. I hate it. It has bugs left and right. Also, there is no way to do a clean install, since this program does NOT erase all traces of itself on uninstall. That is a very underhanded thing to do. In fact, I wonder if any part of this actually will uninstall. I tried to contact "support" about the problems that I was having with this software, and they have made it near impossible to contact them now. All the website does is tell you that only paying customers receive personal technical support. That means that you are up a creek without a paddle. It did not used to be this bad. I am disappointed that software that used to be good has become so diffucult to use and troubleshoot. Big step backwards with product. I will look for another favorite email program.
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: IncrediMail Xe build 1856
"The most expensive email client on earth and beyond"
Pros: Cute graphical mails
Cons: Slow, very expensive, resource consuming...
The latest is that when you upgrade to version 2077 the spam filter is changed with a new one that is disactivated by default and you have to pay a yearly suscription to activate it.
That means that to buy Incredimail, not see their publicity banners and avoid spam, you have to pay around $ 90 the first time and $ 40 each year to be protected against spam plus at least $ 25 a year if you want to be a Gold Member which gives you more backgrounds and other graphics to use.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: IncrediMail Xe build 1856
Pros: When I first started using this program, everything was free. All you had to do was go to their website and download whatever you liked and use it.
Cons: Then they got greedy and wanted people to pay for the good content before you could download it. If you were lucky and downloaded everything when it was free, then you are OK. Once you change computers or have a glitch in your existing computer, then when transferring information you lose everything you had before. I used to be able to send e-mails using their fancy letterhead and now, if I don't turn off all the 3D effects, I can't send anything properly it gets stuck in my outbox. Nice to look at but a pain in the butt when something goes wrong with the program
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: IncrediMail Xe build 1856
Pros: INCREDABLE CUSTOMIZATION
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