The Bat! is an email client packed with features. Even so, it is easy to use. Two things that drew us to The Bat! are its immunity from most email-propagated viruses, worms, etc. and the protection it offers from web bugs (a method that spammers can use to validate your email address).

Although The Bat! offers inherent protection against most email-propagated viruses, many organisations (including ourselves) want to scan incoming email for viruses. Here are instructions on how to configure Norton Antivirus 2001 to work with The Bat!.