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Secure desktop email client app for Windows

You can download for free (no registration required) and use unregistered copy of The Bat! mail software app for evaluation purposes for one period of 30 days. During this period you should either purchase a registered license or stop using The Bat! program, according to the EULA.

Ritlabs, SRL releases version 2.0 of The Bat!

 01 September 2003

Ritlabs, SRL releases The Bat! v8.8.9 with Improvements to MailTicker™

 13 June 2019

Hacking Lesson of 2016: It's Time to Secure Your Business

 18 January 2017

Ritlabs, SRL obtained a grant within the framework of the World Bank Competitiveness Enhancement Project (PAC II)

 15 April 2016

Ritlabs, SRL became a member of the The American Chamber of Commerce in Moldova (AmCham Moldova)

 06 April 2016

The Bat! Email Client is Сertified for Windows 10

 31 March 2016

Ritlabs, SRL Achieves Microsoft Gold Application Development Competency

 28 March 2016

The Bat! Email Client with Further Improvements for Efficient Email Management

 03 March 2016

Secure Email Client Software The Bat! Now Allows Users to Access MS Exchange Servers Directly

 05 August 2015

Security and Speed Boost in the 64-bit Version of The Bat!

 05 February 2015

The Bat! New Features Continue Application’s Evolution as a Premium Email Client

 22 October 2014

The Bat! Secure Email Client Announces New Version for Windows Touch Screen Devices

 29 August 2014

The Bat! v6.4 Email Client Adds Advanced Tools for Managing RSS-Feeds

 24 April 2014

New Security Standards: The Bat! 6.1

 20 December 2013

The Email Client by Ritlabs, SRL Comes Back with New Features!

 14 November 2013

The Bat! 5.1 - Handier Than Ever

 20 April 2012

The Bat! 5 – 5/5 Stars Program!

06 April 2011

BatPost 3.0: Ideal Mail Server – at Your Service!

 15 February 2010

The Bat! 4.2.16 Christmas Edition – one more gift

 29 December 2009

Ritlabs, SRL launches The Bat! 4.2.12

 17 November 2009
Archived versions of The Bat!
The Bat! v12.2 (18 May 2026)

New features

  • Internal PGP engine (gpmInternal): full OpenPGP without GnuPG — Ed25519, ECDSA, ECDH, RSA, AES-256
  • PGP key server support: HKP/HKPS and WKD (Web Key Directory) with auto-fetch on encrypt/verify
  • PGP Subject protection (ProtectSubject) — encrypts Subject inside PGP/MIME and S/MIME messages
  • Theme switching added to Options → Preferences (light/dark/auto/by time)
  • Color groups: configurable background opacity and corner mark indicator
  • Message Subject is now shown in the taskbar while composing
  • Draft crypto state (sign/encrypt/engine/PGP-MIME) now persists via X-Bat-Draft-Security header; reopening a draft restores the user's intent
  • Sending a draft with pending crypto from the "Outbox" now prompts: perform crypto now, send as-is, or cancel
  • PGP key properties dialog redesigned: HTML/CSS rendering, resizable form with size persistence, dark-theme aware
  • Added backup file integrity verification to ensure created backup files are fully restorable

Improvements

  • Improved Microsoft Word-like sticky font/size persistence when navigating adjacent to formatted text in the HTML editor
  • 0002296: Added mouse wheel scrolling in the emoji picker
  • Added full interface translation updates for Bulgarian, Finnish, Italian, and Serbian, fixing many missing translations across various menus

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with an invisible caret while typing in the HTML editor
  • Fixed quote splitting in the HTML editor
  • Fixed Ctrl+A not working in header fields
  • Fixed an issue with mouse-based field selection in message headers
  • Fixed an issue where adding spaces in Quick Reply (Conversation View) was not possible
  • Fixed importing of MIME From headers and folder names with national characters from Outlook
  • Fixed an issue with the Description field when importing calendar events

Revision History
The Bat! upgrade policy
  • The Bat! v5 license purchased December 23, 2010 - September 25, 2013 is valid for a The Bat! v6.0 update only. For The Bat! v6.1 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v6 license purchased September 26, 2013 - November 25, 2013 is valid for a The Bat! v7.0 update only. For The Bat! v7.1 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v6 license purchased November 26, 2013 - May 8, 2015 is valid for all The Bat! versions 6. For The Bat! v7.0 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v7 license purchased May 9, 2015 – August 21, 2017 is valid for version 6.8 and all The Bat! versions 7. For The Bat! v8.0 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v8 license purchased August 22, 2017 – June 2, 2019 is valid for all The Bat! versions 7 and all The Bat! versions 8. For The Bat! v9.0 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v9 license purchased from June 3, 2019 - May 31, 2021 is valid for all The Bat! versions 8 and all The Bat! versions 9. For The Bat! v10.0 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v9 license purchased from June 1, 2021 - April 28, 2022 is valid for all The Bat! versions 9 and all The Bat! versions 10. For The Bat! v11.0 and higher these licenses will not be valid.
  • The Bat! v10 license purchased from April 28, 2022 - May 31, 2023 is valid for all The Bat! versions 10. For The Bat! v11.0 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v10 license purchased from June 1, 2023 - December 20, 2023 is valid for all The Bat! versions 10 and all The Bat! versions 11. For The Bat! v12.0 and higher these licenses will not be valid.
  • The Bat! v11 license purchased from December 21, 2023 - May 31, 2025 is valid for all The Bat! versions 11. For The Bat! v12.0 and higher these licenses will not be valid.
  • The Bat! v11 license purchased from June 1, 2025 - December 30, 2025 is valid for all The Bat! versions 11 and all The Bat! versions 12. For The Bat! v13.0 and higher these licenses will not be valid
  • The Bat! v12 license purchased from December 30, 2025 is valid for all The Bat! versions 12. For The Bat! v13.0 and higher these licenses will not be valid

Users who have a license for any version of The Bat! can update their license to The Bat! v12 by purchasing an upgrade.

Please note: We reserve the right to adjust our upgrade policy without notification.

The Bat! mail software supports the following versions of Windows Operating System:

Client versions
Server versions
  • Windows Server 2016 & R2
  • Windows Server 2019

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The Bat! has the MailTicker™ included, that adds a visual indicator to your desktop similar to those stock exchange banners you may know from certain TV news channels.