What is Pegasus Mail client?

Pegasus Mail is one of the secure email clients available for Windows that supports multiple users and works with POP3, SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, and other standard protocols. Earlier, Pegasus was freeware but now it is donationware. It is available for single or multiple users on a single machine or LAN. Pegasus Mail client is developed by David Harris and was originally released in the year 1990.

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Technical Information

• File name: w32-472.exe
• Latest version: Pegasus Mail 5.0
• File size: 11.54 MB
• Requirements: Windows all versions
• License: Donationware
• File location: C:\pmail\MAIL\ but under c:\pmail\MAIL\username\
• File extensions: pm, .pm$ , pmr, .pnd, .pmn, .pmc, .pm!, .pmm, and others
• Languages: Support multiple languages
• Author: David Harris

Features of Pegasus Mail

• Supports protocols like SMTP, LDAP, POP3, etc.
• Supports multiple users on the same PC and on networks
• Dynamic Data Exchange Interface
• Wrapping option in the message preview pane
• Simply drag and drop of attachments to Pegasus Mail client from the desktop
• Spell check feature availability
• East view of attachments
• Easily manage huge database with distribution lists
• Multiple languages Support other than English such as French, Italian, German, etc.
• Hyperlink in URLs and email addresses are automatically generated
• You can highlight your important messages with color schemes
• Easy creation of customized form letters to multiple recipients with Mail merge option
• Easily read and compose emails when not connected with the internet
• Set automatic replies and forwarding of incoming mails with Mercury Mail Server
• Easy sorting of emails by date, size, subject, color, etc. in increasing or decreasing order

Pros of Pegasus email client

• It is supportive to multiple users
• The installation is very easy
• Easy navigation
• Secure and stable application
• Minimal system requirements compared with others
• Available in multiple languages
• Full-fledged Bayesian spam filter

Cons of Pegasus Mail client

• The message editor is not powerful
• It does not include virtual folders or labels
• It relies on older HTML rendering technology
• Search work wells but slow on large mailboxes

Mercury Mail Transport System

Mercury Mail Transport System (MMTS) is a full-features server solution that works with Pegasus Mail client. MMTS is not required to use Pegasus Mail, the DOS edition of the mail program requires the server to run, provided that MS-DOS did not support Internet technologies for mail transport.

General Questions Asked by Users

Q – All my folders, address books, and distribution lists appear twice in WinPMail. What to do?

A – Maybe you are running a copy of Pegasus Mail that has been installed in the same directory as your home mailbox. Either you move your home mailbox to a different location or uninstall Pegasus Mail and reinstall it in another location.

Q – How to copy Pegasus Mail files from old machine to new machine?

A – Go through the steps to move Pegasus mailboxes from one machine to another –

1. Install Pegasus Mail client on the new machine. Create a new mailbox folder.
2. Run Pegasus Mail client. Select Help and then go to About Pegasus Mail. Click on Info. button and find “Home Mailbox location” in the entry list.
3. Now, Run Pegasus Mail on old machine and follow the above step 2.
4. Copy all files from the directory found in step 3 into the directory found in step 2.

In this way, when you open Pegasus Mail on new machine, you will find the same mail files and settings as you used in the old machine.

Conclusion

After reading this article, I hope you have collected much information about Pegasus Mail client including its technical information, features, pros & cons, and the problems faced by users with their solutions.