Reviews of G-Lock EasyMail

1. 
   abel

   Reviewing 4.0 Beta 5 (Jul 11, 2002)

   Maybe if this program was adware, so then the spammers would have those incredibly annoying little pop-ups all the time... That would be poetic. I'm sure some people might have a legitimate use for this program, but I sure don't. If I need it, XP Pro already offers built-in SMTP service.
2. 
   geekboy2000

   Reviewing 4.0 Beta 5 (Jul 9, 2002)

   While the ability to send e-mail direct with no ISP SMTP server is a good feature, the fact that it's in an app that only *sends* mail to multiple recipients, makes it nothing more than a SPAM generator as far as I'm concerned.
3. 
   wonko

   Reviewing 4.0 Beta 3 (Jun 25, 2002)

   Wonderful. An email client specifically designed with the goal of sending spam to lots of people. That's just what we need.
4. 
   DigitalSin

   Reviewing 3.49 Beta Build 213 (May 17, 2002)

   For those of you defending a product like this, you deserve every spam you get. Any product can have some justifications - a virus is great to see how our security is working and if our definitions are up to date! Uh, no. This program is for lame spammers wanting a quick and easy way to bog down the mail servers out there. Plain and simple.
5. 
   chanskat

   Reviewing 3.49 Beta Build 213 (May 17, 2002)

   Why throw out the baby with the bath water. Yes, someone could use EasyMail for spamming, but there are plenty of valid reasons to use a program like EasyMail that don't involve spamming.
   
   For example, I am a member of several technical committees that have from 50 to 100 members, Sending out ballots via email to individual members was a nightmare because one of my ISP's limited email on their SMTP sever to 15 outgoing addresses at once. That meant splitting up (and maintaining) my mailing list for the committees in groups of 15 or less. What a pain!
   
   With EasyMail I can send directly to the recipient's email server, get verification that it was accepted by their server (or an error message on why it wasn't) and as an extra personalize the email going to each member.
   
   EasyMail is the best program I found to handle this type of emailing problem. The address book maintenance is a little weak, (especially on imports) but it does the job. Another benefit is that I don't have to remember to select the correct SMTP server depending on which network I may be on at the time (home, travel, clients, ...).
   
   To use the direct delivery service you do need to be sure your ISP doesn't block port 25. Some of the big ISPs (ie Earthlink on dial-up) block port 25 and only let you access their SMTP server on that port. This is supposedly to block spammers, but it is a major aggravation for those of us who send to a medium size group of individuals. The real spammers easily find their way around the port blocking anyway.

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