This is a quick little taste of i.Scribe and InScribe. The screenshots are from the linux port but apply equally to the windows version.

These are the main 2 windows, the main window on the left displays the folders and items in a list with an optional preview pane. The mail window on the right allows you to view or compose email. There are several plugins loaded in the mail window that appear as extra toolbars.

Scribe comes with a contact database built in. The contact window shown on the left gives you access to all the fields for storing information about a person. The window on the right is used to add a contact as a recipient to an email. The LDAP plugin shows up here as an extra tab.

There are 2 different ways of finding things in Scribe. Firstly there is the find window on the left which allows you to look for text in items. Then you can filter the items in a list by field, which is shown on the right.

These are the dialogs that allow the user to configure all the settings and options for Scribe.

There are a number of plugins for optional functionality like LDAP, SSL and Encryption. These can be downloaded and installed to expand what you can do with Scribe. The API is open for others to write plugins for Scribe.

Apart from the great security of a safe HTML control and blocking executable attachments, Scribe allows per folder security so that folders containing sensitive information are not accessable to anyone who wanders by. Account settings can also be password protected.

A bayesian filtering system is include in Scribe that keeps the spam problem under control. With filtering accuracy around 98% it makes email useful again. On top of that the commercial version, InScribe, has a user configurable filtering system with a powerful set of conditions and actions.

Scribe tries to be as user friendly as possible, but even then it's not always obvious how something works. So there is extensive help on all features of the software available as HTML files. All the options, settings and functions are described in enough detail for new users to understand and use.

Included in this small email client is a nice calendar to keep things organized. It has 3 different view modes, reminders and easy to use interface. Shared calendaring is possible with the groupware server from MemeCode.

Email is only as good as the connections it makes to the outside world. Scribe comes with a neat status display that folds out into the main window. This allows you to clearly see whats going on and diagnose connection problems quickly. On top of that Scribe allows to you preview the mail on the server and apply actions before downloading the message. Really handy if you stuck on a slow connection and someone sent you an 11mb attachment.