Unique to the Professional version, this feature encrypts your entire local message base, address books, and configuration files, making them unreadable even if your physical hardware is stolen.
The Professional Edition includes a unique feature called While Thunderbird requires the third-party plugin Enigmail (now defunct in modern versions), The Bat! has PGP baked directly into the core. You can encrypt, sign, decrypt, and verify signatures without leaving the compose window.
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The Bat! Professional Edition has native, seamless support for OpenPGP and S/MIME. While plugins exist for other clients, The Bat! integrates encryption directly into the workflow. You can manage keys, sign messages, and decrypt incoming traffic without leaving the interface. The software also handles "Internal PGP," which allows for encryption within the local database, ensuring that even if someone gains access to your computer, they cannot read your archived emails without the passphrase. Unique to the Professional version, this feature encrypts
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: Supports secure login using biometric data or hardware tokens (like iKey or eToken Pro) for mail server authentication The Bat! Voyager Included : Pro licenses include a free copy of The Bat! Voyager You can encrypt, sign, decrypt, and verify signatures
The built-in backup tool compresses your entire identity (folders, accounts, filters, templates) into a single ZIP file. Restoring takes three clicks.
Ritlabs has slowly modernized the client (adding OAuth2 for Gmail, improving Unicode support), but the core philosophy remains: Your email is your property. In an age of surveillance capitalism, that philosophy feels more radical and necessary than ever.