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16 E-mail and Instant Messaging Boosters

To help you communicate more easily using e-mail and instant messaging, we've rounded up 16 great downloads. They'll help you get more out of the way you use e-mail, whether Web-based or on your desktop, and will power up IM as well. So if you want to be known as the Great Communicator, download these.

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License: Free

Skype Limited Skype

Use the Internet as a telephone; talk for free with other Skype users, and make inexpensive calls to phones all over the world.

License: Free

Snerf IceChat

Use the venerable--and still popular--IRC protocol to chat with others.

License: Free

PalTalk PaltalkScene

Participate in chat rooms with others via audio and your keyboard.

License: Free

Pidgin

Open-source IM client lets you chat with friends on different networks.

License: Free

Mozilla Thunderbird

Manage your e-mail with this great free client from Mozilla.

License: Free

Tiburon Technology EPrompter

Check your inboxes on multiple Web-based mail sites.

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License: Free

Microsoft Windows Live Mail

Manage your e-mail with this successor to Outlook Express and Windows Mail.

Full Review - Rated: November 04, 2010
License: Free

Google Labs Gmail Notifier Beta

Be alerted when you get new mail in your Gmail account.

License: Free

Mortal Universe Software Entertainment POP Peeper

Keep track of all your POP and Web-based e-mail accounts with this tracking utility.

License: Free

Chris Wood gAttach

Integrate Gmail with Windows so that you can attach files from within Windows Explorer.

License: Free

deepinvent Software GmbH MailStore Home

Archive and search e-mail from multiple clients and systems.

License: Free

Camfrog

Type at, talk with, and look at people around the world with this easy-to-use video chat program.

License: Free

SyncMyCal

SyncMyCal synchronizes your Outlook and Google calendars to prevent confusion.

Prices from $40.00 License: Trial

MailWasher.net MailWasher Pro

Filter spam on an e-mail server, not on your own PC.

Prices from $40.00 License: Trial

Wisco SynchPst for Outlook

The easy way to synchronize your Outlook among two personal folders.

License: Free

Cerulean Studios Trillian Basic

Instant message with your pals, with no worries about which service they use.

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