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<div align=justify><center>'''What is an email client?'''</center> 

Email client is an application that runs on a personal computer or workstation and allows you to send, receive and organize e-mail. It's called a client because the basis for e-mail systems is client-server architecture. In other words your mailbox is located at some remote host (server) and your mail application (client) connects to the remote server when you want to send or retrieve emails using the mail application.

An email client lets you compose, send, receive and manage email messages. Nowadays there are numerous email clients available: ''Outlook, Thunderbird, Entourage, Eudora'' and others. 


<center>'''Why do I need an email client?'''</center>

You don't need an email client when accessing a webmail account using a web browser. But if you want to download emails from the mail server to your PC, then an email program will be useful. 

Using an email client you can send, receive, forward messages from specific users into separate folders, delete mails, etc. 


<center>'''How do email clients work?'''</center>

The only thing an email program requires in order to send and receive messages is to have your email accounts configured in the program. For example, you can setup Outlook or web site email accounts in a couple of minutes - detailed step by step instructions can be found '''[http://myidealhost.com/tutorials/Mail here]'''.

Once you have configured your email accounts, you can start composing, sending and receiving email messages. 


<center>'''How do I get an email program?'''</center>

There are a lot of email clients available on the net. All you have to do is to download them to your PC and configure properly. Different operating systems may already have an email program that came pre-installed with the OS. (e.g. '''Outlook Express'' for Windows).</div>
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