Columba (email client)

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Columba
ColumbaScreen.png
Columba, showing the inbox
Developer(s) Columba Team
Initial releaseSeptember 18, 2005;13 years ago (2005-09-18) [1]
Stable release 1.4 (April 16, 2007) [±]
Preview release Non [±]
Repository sourceforge.net/projects/columba/
Written in Java
Platform Java SE
Available inEnglish
Type Email client
License Mozilla Public License
Website sourceforge.net/projects/columba/

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Features

Columba has many features, including:

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