The main features of The Bat!

Security of personal information. A distinctive feature of TheBat! - the widest support for authentication and encryption protocols when working with mail servers. The Bat! - one of the most secure email clients, "in service" of many companies for which the protection of private information is a matter of life and death. The latest versions of The Bat! Equipped with smart security buttons that help make user information truly personal. The Bat! reliably protects your mail from system failures due to the possibility of backing up and synchronizing mail, as well as from deliberate corruption of data and leakage of confidential information when sending letters over the Internet. Secure CRAM-MD5 authentication prevents unauthorized users from gaining access to your mail server account.

Moreover, The Bat! offers various means of protecting mail from virus attacks:
Offline address book. The Bat! uses its own address book that is not associated with the Microsoft Windows Address Book. The Microsoft Windows Address Book, used by Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and others, is the main target of all virus attacks, as viruses extract email addresses from the Microsoft address book for further distribution.

Internal HTML viewer. The internal HTML viewer built into The Bat !, does not depend on the system HTML display module and on Microsoft Internet Explorer, which is used by Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and others. Built-in The Bat! supports HTML 4.0 hypertext language and CSS v2.0 document formatting styles, ignores scripts and executable code, which is the main cause of viruses. The Bat! HTML Viewer prevents viruses that exploit known HTML vulnerabilities from Microsoft Internet Explorer (IFRAME, Automatic Execution of Embedded MIME type, etc.) from entering your computer.

Correct work with attached files. The Bat! warns the user about possible viruses before attempting to open files with suspicious extensions, allows you to prevent the launch of certain types of files. Besides, the main advantage of The Bat! is that the user sees the actual extension of the attached files. The program does not hide the type of attached files from the user. If the attached file has a "double extension", for example, photo.jpg.exe, The Bat! will give the user an additional warning.

Selective download. Selective download allows you to delete a message or leave it on your POP3 / IMAP4 server without waiting for the message to download. Selective download filters can be used to combat viruses and unwanted ads.

Antivirus scanner interface. The Bat! is able to scan attached files for viruses using an interface to known antivirus scanners. Supported by "Kaspersky Anti-Virus", Dr. Web, NOD32, Panda, Sophos, Bit Defender, "Ukrainian National Antivirus".

Virus protection. The second side of security is protection against malicious codes. Unlike other email programs, The Bat! does not run scripts automatically. The Bat! uses its own HTML viewer, its own image viewer, which protects you from viruses aimed at vulnerabilities in the operating system mechanisms. Among other things, The Bat! compatible with one of the leading antiviruses - Kaspersky Anti-Virus, the most powerful anti-malware tool. For Windows users, please be advised that, in addition to the above features, The Bat! leverages Windows features such as Address Space Random Allocation (ASLR) and Data Execution Prevention (DEP) to protect your computer from viruses and malicious code that are distributed via email. In The Bat! 4. 0 (and later) has a built-in URL manager for background HTML image extraction. This manager successfully fights against malicious codes inserted into images.

Filtration. The built-in Mail Sorter is used to process correspondence, which automatically distributes incoming, outgoing, read and processed mail to the appropriate folders. Setting sorting rules will take just a few minutes, after which you can forget about manually moving letters from folder to folder forever.

Automatic message processing. The aforementioned Letter Sorter allows you to automate message processing: set up an auto reply, launch an external application, add recipients to your address book, export or archive messages, extract attached files, and much more.

Templates. The Bat! not only can add a signature to the message, but also allows you to create letter templates using a great variety of special macros. Any mailbox, folder or addressee can have its own template for a new letter, reply or forward. The use of templates can significantly speed up the preparation of mail, especially when the letter includes standard or frequently repeated text.

Quick templates. Quick templates allow you to automate the process of creating letters and save work time by inserting pre-typed text into the letter. If you have to answer the same questions in emails every day, you will appreciate these templates. In quick templates, as well as in regular templates, a complete set of macros is available, allowing you to set any, even the most complex, sequence of actions.

Mailing lists. The mail filtering system is so powerful that it can be implemented using The Bat! a mailing list where members can add or remove themselves from the list on their own.

Unique parking function. With the help of parking, you can assign a letter to a specific folder and protect it from accidental deletion or movement. You will never lose an important letter if you park it in a suitable folder.

Backup. All program settings, address books and mail folders can be saved in a separate file and then restored from a backup copy in case of unwanted changes in information or data loss. The archive can be provided with a comment and password protected. Moreover, The Bat! allows you to create a separate backup for each mailbox.

Update and installation. The Bat! fully compatible with the new Windows Restart Manager (RM) - you can update Windows components required for The Bat! to work without restarting either The Bat! or Windows. The update process has never been so easy and invisible. When it comes to installation options, system administrators (and others) will appreciate the new "stealth" installation feature that allows you to install The Bat! without user intervention.

Effective encryption. Internal PGP implementation, based on the well-established OpenSSL mechanism, allows you to encrypt messages and digitally sign them. A handy digital key manager is included. Free add-ons for PGP v5.5, v6.0.2, 6.5, v7.x & v8.x GnuPG are also supported. Moreover, The Bat! works with S / MIME through Internal Implementation or Microsoft CryptoAPI. The Bat! - the first email client to support S / MIME data compression. The Bat! works with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) v3.1 / Transport Layer Security (TLS) v1.0 with AES algorithm.

Synchronization of mail. You can synchronize the contents of multiple The Bat! Instances. Mail synchronization allows you to maintain two copies of The Bat! in the same state. You can selectively save settings for mailboxes, folders, address books and attachments.

Compatible with Microsoft Exchange. The Bat! connects to Microsoft Exchange servers using the MAPI protocol to call or send messages. You just need to install Microsoft Office Outlook or Microsoft Exchange client to provide Exchange connectivity components that The Bat! Will use. (Only 32-bit versions of programs can be used to connect.)

National encodings. The Bat! works correctly with all encodings, including all Russian and Eastern European ones: KOI8-R, Windows-1251, DOS, ISO, etc. A flexible system of settings allows you to set your own encodings for each box and each addressee. In addition, starting with The Bat! 4.0, MicroEd - the program's internal text editor - supports Unicode encoding. All system fonts and character sets are also supported.

Dispatcher of letters. The dispatcher allows you to process mail on a POP3 or IMAP server without waiting for it to load. An excellent tool for exercising remote control over your correspondence. It is especially useful if you need to leave large letters on the server to read them later, or delete letters without receiving them.

The address book. The address book contains a list of your recipients. You can group them into groups for classification, or to use addresses as a mailing list, i.e. send a letter to all members of the group at once. You can attach a photo to each address record, specify personal information, information about the place of work, templates for letters to this addressee, a list of subscriber S / MIME certificates, as well as the default encoding. In The Bat! 4.0 and later versions there is a History of addresses option, which allows you to view and quickly find any message from any of the correspondents.

Interface in 12 languages. The Bat! allows you to change the interface language "on the fly" without restarting the program.
Image viewer module. The Bat! equipped with its own image viewer. This means that accessing embedded images is much faster than through an external application. Users can switch between all images attached to an email. The module supports rotation, algorithms for resizing and scaling, full screen mode.

Request forms. Forms are a tool for generating queries that are subject to automatic processing. The request form is designed for remote access to information and management of it offline, meeting security requirements.

Rich import options. The Bat! allows you to import messages from other email clients:
Google Contacts
Microsoft Outlook Express v4.xx
Microsoft Outlook Express v5.0
Microsoft Outlook Express v6.0
Netscape Communicator v4.xx
Netscape Mail v2.xx / 3.xx
Eudora Lite / Pro
Pegasus Mail v2.xx or 3.xx

Importing address books from files:
LDIF file
VCard Business Card
Comma Separated Text
Tab delimited text
INI file
The Bat! Address Book
Eudora Address Book
Pegasus Template File

Changes in version 9.4.4:
[+] "Always show the Download button" option for HTML viewer
[+] "Re-download images" command in the Image Download drop-down of the HTML viewer
[+] Quick rule creation for the Image Download Manager
Renamed options for external resource download so they sound clearer
Prevent entering invalid font names using font drop-down
Reduce flicker when downloading images explicitly
[-] Manual spell checking was checking words from quotation in the HTML editor
[-] Misspellings were not highlighted at the HTML editor startup
[-] Address Book command "View Message with ..." did not activate the main window
[-] Spell checker in the HTML editor was not immediately invoked
[-] Current selection was cleared upon right clicking in the HTML editor
[-] Paste HTML as quotation was adding extra text at the start
[-] Images dropped into HTML messages were embedded with a wrong content type ID
[-] Some HTML messages could cause AV errors when forwarded
[-] Manual spell checker could freeze at the last misspelled word

Features of the version:



Note! For several years now, developers have not wanted to notice a bug in which the program remains hanging in the processes after creating the first account. Therefore, after the initial setup and exiting the program, complete the process through the task manager.

OS: Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6a (SP6a) and Internet Explorer 5.0, Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4), Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10