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The Bat is claimed to be a solution for users who have to manage impressive amounts of emails in a fast and effective manner. The program is adapted to the latest trends and provides a wide variety of facilities, but mostly in corporative environments. The program is available in two versions – home edition for $30 and professional edition for $45. Once payment is made, the software can be downloaded from the official website. There are not too many major differences between the two versions. The professional one comes with more security measures, such as biometric logins or deeper encryptions.

Installing the software is simple and implies clicking next for a few times. However, it is not entirely careless, since some of the dialog boxes ask for specific settings. For example, you must choose between a full installation and a personalized one, wherein you can select the components to be installed. There are no third party applications coming with the installation either.

Once inside the program, it is impossible to become familiar with the interface without customizing the program and adding an account. You have to pick a directory for all the emails to be stored, not to mention about configuring the email protocols. Message encryption is not automatically selected. Enabling it is a onetime operation and it cannot be undone without reinstalling the program. Next, you have to set up your first account. It is simple, as long as you know the right protocol for the respective server – MAPI, IMAP4 or POP3.

The interface is not too surprising, but similar to what other clients have. There are not too many differences from the previous versions either. As for a newbie, the layout is excellent to cover all the essential parts over the screen. The left side covers all the folders in a treelike design. Once you click on a folder, the right part displays all the messages in it. Clicking on a message will display the text in the bottom part of the screen. The second part is also split into two columns – the left one is narrowed and displays the attachments and the right one comes with the actual message. There are no major innovations in the layout. It is identical to what you can find in Microsoft Outlook or other clients. It can be resized according to your needs, but the buttons will not follow your requirements and will not rearrange, so it might become complicated to find what you are looking for.

The options are obviously the parts that can make the difference. They differ from one version to another. The professional version asks for more experience when setting up the program. It might be a good idea to keep your nose out of the menu if you have no clue what you are doing. The home edition obviously has less features and they are more intuitive.

Message perking is one of the helpful options for newbies. It is not unusual to accidentally delete a message. When it is perked and marked as an important one, the user has to confirm the operation. The option seems useful at a first glance, but the respective message will reach to the trash folder anyway. It is more appropriate for those who browse through their trash messages though. Some other options that seem decent include the filtering ones, sounds, flags, memos, export and so on. Most of them can be performed in any email client, including the web ones. You are free to design multiple templates and even add formatting features. The address book can be reached to by pressing F8, while a customized text editor will store your notes and even work like a calendar.
In addition to built-in features and functionalities, you can have more by use of plugins readily available on developer’s site. Also, the help documents and pretty useful tips and tricks really enhance the productivity and utility offered by this tiny product.

Unlike other email clients, The Bat can encrypt messages and information when sent, so server administrators cannot follow your correspondence or read your notes. You can encrypt particular paragraphs or the entire message. You may set up a specific date and time for a message to be sent, even if you are not in front of the computer. As for the incoming mails, the tick function seems to be worthless. Newly reported email messages do not trigger it, so it is pointless.

Positive Points:
  -   Nice Security features with powerful filters and encryption.
  -   Useful Text Editor and other tools.
  -   Once acquainted, its interface and be quite easy to use for both newbies and professionals.

Negative Points:
  -   Steep learning curve.
  -   People new to email clients would find it rather overwhelming and difficult to get adjusted with.
  -   Some needless features make the program a tad confusing.

Conclusion:
That Bat is an email client similar to Mozilla’s Thunderbird with more features and a price tag. It offers plenty of features, added security with nice encryption options. It clearly aims to combine the pros in most other email clients on the market, but its interface is such that newbies won’t enjoy using it at first. However, due to its professional degree of security features, it is a great tool for security conscious users and if security and some other advanced features are not your major requirements, Mozilla Thunderbird or Microsoft Outlook would do fine as well.

Rating: 4.5/5







The Bat! Publisher's Description

The Bat! is a secure email client software, built to protect your correspondence against third-parties. The Bat! protects your information through multiple encryption streams with the options to encrypt your emails on disk and during communication through an SSL/TLS connection. Free of global email providers that keep your messages in the cloud, and free of Web clients, The Bat! ensures your data stays private. The Bat! Windows mail client is able to process and store an unlimited number of messages and has no restriction on the number of email accounts you can use. Runs on any Windows PC and Windows 8 tablets The Bat! is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP and later versions of Windows operating system. There are no minimum requirements for memory size or CPU speed. It runs on any Windows PC platform with at least 1024x768 screen resolution and Windows 8 tablets.

Free download from Shareware Connection - The Bat! protects your information through multiple encryption streams with the options to encrypt your emails on disk and during communication through an SSL/TLS connection.

Publisher: Ritlabs, SRL | License: Shareware | Price: 59.99
Version: 7.4.16 | Size: 36084 KB | Platform: WinOther,Win7 x32,Win7 x64,WinServer,WinVista,WinVista x64,WinXP,Windows 8
Released Date: 06-03-2017 | Rating: 5 | Title: The Bat!

Author Url: https://www.ritlabs.com/
Program Info Url: https://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/thebat/
Download Url: https://www.ritlabs.com/download/files3/the_bat/thebat_64_7-4-16.msi
Screenshot Url: https://www.ritlabs.com/images/products/thebat/screenshot/v_4/main_win_en.jpg

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