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   Review - hMailServer

   4.2 Build 190 Beta (Nov 24, 2006)

   I'm on XP, and I tried several free IMAP servers. hMailServer is the only one that completely worked; and not only does it work, but it works very well indeed. It is serving IMAP folders to Thunderbird via localhost faster than Thunderbird is delivering its own native-stored data.

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   Review - IconLab

   1.0 (Oct 4, 2006)

   A really good piece of work. Does everything I need, and even runs well on WinME.

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   Review - FileZilla v3 for Windows

   2.2.19a (Apr 2, 2006)

   This is the only FTP software I keep around. Every once in a very long while I'll run into an incompatible FTP server -- usually some old NT server -- and for that, I have to use the command-line and do every step manually. Apart from those rare instances, I have tried others, but have always returned to FileZilla. Its UI is a bit odd, but it definitely works. I would give this one a 4.8, if I could.

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   Review - Nvu for Windows

   1.0 (Apr 2, 2006)

   For a person new to web development, or for a person who wants a frames-based web site, NVU is frankly not good. But if a person has experience, does understand the power of CSS, and wants to build a low-bandwidth web site using all the benefits CSS can give, NVU can be quite useful. I am not convinced that it deserves 1.0 status -- there are bits of it that I think should be called "late beta", and its project management is simply inadequate -- but it is the only free web development software out there which does half of what it does, and since MicroVision ceased development of its WebExpress quite a few years ago, I have found nothing costing less than $100 which will do the things NVU will do.

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   Review - The Bat! Home

   3.71.03 (Apr 2, 2006)

   I used and recommended The Bat! consistently until the end of the 2.x series. There was a large and popular international community using The Bat! at this time. For some reason, at the end of the 2.x series, a large number of identical feature requests began to be not only ignored, but deleted from forums; and although badly needed features were not added, expensive upgrades were requested. So, I do not use or recommend The Bat! anymore; primarily I use Mozilla Thunderbird. The Bat! doesn't deserve less than a 2 of 5 rating, though; it is definitely useful.