Barca

Being extremely comfortable in a single position for sometime makes us averse to any kind of change; especially when the change requires us to make some efforts and needs a shift. In this reluctance we often reject better prospects coming our way. Most of us have an official e-mail client to work with professional and which contains some vital and useful controls and features that enable effective communication and even to an extent of data storage. Such e-mail clients also serve as a platform for sending collective announcements and meeting reminders to particular recipients. However, password protected these e-mail clients do not have much in store when it comes to managing work and hence Barca 2.1 has been launched that works as a powerful e-mail program as well as a task planner.

Barca sports a neatly organized interface with colorful hues to display different components. The top panel contains the main controls and the left pane shows the categories and folders through which content and e-mails are accessed. The right pane shows the contact list assorted clearly as work and personal contacts. The program provides a single platform to manage and integrate multiple functions that includes planning and scheduling tasks and appointments and managing the project activities. The notes and diaries feature makes it easy to store information in a convenient fashion and the e-mail engine offers flexible and fresh approach to navigate through with new possibilities for accessing new e-mails and managing multiple e-mail accounts as well. The search feature of the program runs scripts to process messages and collects and stores links and also offers varied HTML support.

To conclude, Barca 2.1 most definitely comes across as a program to reckon with for its elaborate and multifaceted working and hence gets a rating of four points for its impressive performance.

Barca is a seamless integration of a powerful email program, personal information manager, planner and RSS reader. Aimed at the professional and small business market, Barca provides a single interface to manage all your information in a safe environment. This includes planning and scheduling tasks and appointments, communicating with others, and collaborate on team projects. It includes Notes and Diaries to make information recording quick and convenient, and interface Sections to make sure your valuable data is at your fingertips. Barca's email capability features built-in Bayesian spam filters, protecting users from viruses and spam, and is not susceptible to the virus vulnerabilities of Outlook and Outlook Express. Barca is fast, easy to use, scriptable, and flexible. Barca's email engine offers a fresh look with an easy-to-use interface and a flexible application Toolbar; optional vertical Index Pane with a full-page preview pane; POP, APOP, IMAP and SSL support; Email Console provides direct access to newly received email without the need to open the main application window; linked message support; mailbox-specific display options; comprehensive Templates support; multiple email accounts with many per-account options; Events that allow triggering of actions based on certain message conditions like replying to a message; powerful Search feature that collects and stores links to found items; running scripts to process messages; Filters that support many conditions and actions with unique message processors like Sanitize HTML that retains HTML formatting while rendering the message harmless from tracking and spying HTML bugs; ability to toggle Sanitize HTML and Strip HTML right from the preview pane to ensure that messages you view are always safe. Apart from those powerful features, Barca also supports more basic email functionality including mailing list support, HTML support, multiple address books, multiple signatures, nested mailboxes and many more.