Foxmail
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Stable release
| Windows | 7.2.25 / September 15, 2022 |
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| macOS | 1.5.6 / December 13, 2021 |
Windows7.2.25 / September 15, 2022
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| Original author(s) | Allen Zhang (张小龙)[1] | ||||
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| Developer(s) | Tencent | ||||
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| Operating system | Microsoft Windows and macOS | ||||
| Available in | English and Chinese | ||||
| Type | E-mail client | ||||
| License | Proprietary software with Terms of Use | ||||
| Website | https://www.foxmail.com/ | ||||
Foxmail is a freeware e-mail client developed by Tencent.
Foxmail was originally written by Allen Zhang (张小龙), an alumnus of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan. Foxmail was acquired in 2005 by Tencent Holdings.[1]
Usage
According to a 2001 Sina.com survey, Foxmail had a 32.92% market share in China.[2] In 2003, in a joint press-release with Verisign promoting Internationalized domain names, the authors' reported over 3 million daily Foxmail users in China.[3] (For perspective, the CNNIC reported a total number of 35 million Internet users in China in January 2002.[4]) Foxmail tutorials are found in several Internet literacy books for the Chinese market.[5][6][7][8]
