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There are many ways to share documents, files and data over the Internet. Among them, emails are often used to do so, because whoever has an email address can send and receive emails freely. People from one mail server to another can communicate without any difficulty. Why is it working so simply? Because emails are designed to use a set of open standards, based on the Internet protocols.

"I'm pleased to announce the release of Sup 0.10. This version is frickin' awesome because not only do we have Ruby 1.9 support, the Xapian backend is now the default! The next version will discard Ferret like a used rag. Sup is a console-based email client for people with a lot of email. It supports tagging, very fast full-text search, automatic contact-list management, and more.

KMail, KDE’s email client, is a robust and still very popular choice for those who still prefer to have their emails on their desktop, even when they are offline. It is part of the Kontact PIM (Personal Information Management) suite and offers many useful and unique features. Among those features is the ability to create advanced email templates.

I still use the command-line mail client mutt to handle my mail. One of mutt's advantages is the wide range of keyboard commands you can use to do various useful tasks. Here's a selection of the ones I use regularly.

After far too long in development, Thunderbird 3.0 seems to be nearing the home stretch. We take a look at the latest test builds for Thunderbird 3.0 beta 4. Is it worth the wait?

Windows renders E-mail chaotic and the U.S. electrical grid gets cracked. Nothing beats a brand-new explanation from Microsoft itself about the impact of its poor security skills, which continue to this date.