I just saw this: “eM Client requires at least once per 14 days to connect to the update server so we can validate a license”
WHAAAT!?
This seems way invasive to me.
Coupled with the number of problems I have had with this program so far (ranging from ‘Minor’ to ‘Show Stopper’), I’m going to uninstall eM Client and write the money off as a loss.
I don’t believe the 2 software licenses I knowingly purchased with online activation, Windows and Photoshop, call home on a regular basis the way eM Client does.
I was very excited when I found eM Client. The bugs cooled my enthusiasm a bit, but … ok.
This calling home to keep working is the last drop for me, however.
Thunderbird is free and wonderfully stable!
Sorry to hear, though I also think eM’s counter piracy to enforce every 14 days is a bit steep as well. But yeah, Thunderbird is definitely not my taste, as I would prefer Outlook Express over Thunderbird any day. There’s not much credit I can give for the flexibility and functionality by the cost of over complex setting and UI.
As for Windows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_…
Adobe is not any better. The failure to make better and more innovative software because of market dominance - there’re no better than Microsoft. Photoshop is definitely not the best graphic editing software in terms of functionality or ease of usage, but yeah, much like Windows - you don’t have a choice. Since it is the market de factor standard, you bond to use it. One way or the other software giant these days tend to have some form of opt-in service that majority of user aren’t aware of unless you read the T&C very carefully. Some don’t even state they do at all, till some user break the day light. At least eM is being upfront when the problem arise.