Mortal Universe Software has updated its free email preview tool, POP Peeper, to version 3.8. The latest version, the first update for almost a year, includes a number of major new features as well as the expected slew of minor tweaks and bug fixes.
POP Peeper is designed to allow users to safely preview mail while it’s still on the mail server, allowing them to cut download time and improve security by deleting unwanted messages, including spam and virus-laden emails, before they’re downloaded to the user’s computer.
POP Peeper makes it possible to read and reply to email from within the tool without having to open the default email package. Version 3.8 adds a new feature that makes it possible to forward any selected messages to another user as a mail attachment.
Other highlights include the program’s Notification area icon, which now can be customized to show unread messages as opposed to just new messages. There’s a View Source option available when right-clicking a message in the list; the default SMTP port has been changed to 587 from 25 to reflect the growing number of services that use this port; and the program promises “significant improvements” in UTF-8 support.
Although POP Peeper is freeware, it comes with an optional Premium Add-on Pack that extends the program’s capabilities, including Voice Notification, backup/restore, support for reading RSS news feeds through the program and a Sent Mail Viewer utility.
Version 3.8 includes a number of updates that affect Add-on Pack users only. First, the pack now requires both a license key and online activation before it will work.
Feature changes include new capability allowing the user to access remote folders for supported protocols (including IMAP and some web-based protocols). The Voice Notifier has been extended so it reads both headers and entire messages in addition to the message sender and subject. Second the Sent Mail Viewer is now capable of viewing archived messages as well as sent mail, and version 3.8 also makes it possible to archived selected messages to a preselected local folder.
POP Peeper 3.8 is available now as a freeware download for PCs running Windows 2000 or later. The Premium Add-On Pack costs $10, and can be ordered directly from Mortal Universe.