{"id":3242,"date":"2007-10-29T14:15:54","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T12:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/top-5-portable-e-mail-clients\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:41:55","slug":"top-5-portable-e-mail-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/top-5-portable-e-mail-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 portable e-mail clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" title=\"Portable e-mail logo\" id=\"image3243\" alt=\"Portable e-mail logo\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2007\/10\/portable-email_logo.png\" \/>For those on the move, the advent of webmail &#8211; such as Gmail and Hotmail &#8211; has meant that standalone desktop clients have become increasingly unnecessary. However, if you&#8217;re a professional on the move, using a webmail account is not ideal particularly when it comes to questions of security. Fortunately, there are now several e-mail clients that can be taken anywhere on a USB stick. These usually require no installation &#8211; just plug-in and go. Here&#8217;s 5 of the best portable e-mail clients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reach-a-mail.en.softonic.com\">Reach-a-Mail<\/a> &#8211; Ultra streamlined and simple mail client<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/koma-mail.en.softonic.com\">Koma-Mail<\/a> &#8211; Simple client with an emphasis on security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/koomail.en.softonic.com\">KooMail<\/a> &#8211; Comprehensive client which even features virtual folders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/surfulater.en.softonic.com\">Surfulater<\/a> &#8211; Designed to store web pages for later viewing but includes e-mail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/portable-office-exec.en.softonic.com\">Portable Office Exec<\/a> &#8211; A set of office tools in one including e-mail client<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those on the move, the advent of webmail &#8211; such as Gmail and Hotmail &#8211; has meant that standalone desktop clients have become increasingly unnecessary. However, if you&#8217;re a professional on the move, using a webmail account is not ideal particularly when it comes to questions of security. Fortunately, there are now several e-mail &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/top-5-portable-e-mail-clients\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Top 5 portable e-mail clients&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2009,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-3242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336833,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242\/revisions\/336833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3242"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=3242"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=3242"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=3242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}