What is an e-mail 'client'?

What is an e-mail 'client'?

Tim Burress (E-mail Etiquette and Organization Specialist) gives expert video advice on: What is a 'hyperlink'? and more...

Your e-mail client is whatever application you use. So, for me, my e-mail client is Outlook. Outlook occupies about 65, 70 percent of the market share; Lotus Notes, another maybe 20 percent of the market share; Entourage, GroupWise. Those are your e-mail clients. So, if someone asks you "Who's your e-mail client?" it's who do you e-mail through- AOL, Outlook, Lotus Notes, that sort of thing.