theKompany.com Releases Version 1.0 of Aethera IM/Email/Communication suite for Linux and Windows.

theKompany.com is pleased to announce the 1.0 release of Aethera, a PIM, Email and optional communication suite for Linux and Windows (Mac OS X coming soon). Aethera breaks with tradition in conventional PIMs and brings a new level of modularity and vision to a paradigm that has been all too stagnant for years now. With Aethera you arent tied to a particular operating system or desktop technology. In addition to email, calendar, contact list, sticky notes you optionally have plugs for Jabber instant messaging and Whiteboarding with new modules for VoIP, PDA synchronization, CRM and groupware capability via Kolab and Exchange coming in the next couple months.

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (PRWEB) August 10, 2003 -- theKompany.com is pleased to announce the 1.0 release of Aethera, a PIM, Email and optional communication suite for Linux and Windows (Mac OS X coming soon). Aethera breaks with tradition in conventional PIMs and brings a new level of modularity and vision to a paradigm that has been all too stagnant for years now.

With Aethera you aren't tied to a particular operating system or desktop technology. In addition to email, calendar, contact list, sticky notes you optionally have plugs for Jabber instant messaging and Whiteboarding with new modules for VoIP, PDA synchronization, CRM and groupware capability via Kolab and Exchange coming in the next couple months.

Through our multi-platform component technology we are providing our calendaring support on both Linux and Windows using the popular KOrganizer application from KDE. This new release has a completely new look. Here are some highlights of the features available in Aethera:

Email:
POP3 account (any type of POP3 server)
SMTP account (any type of SMTP server)
IMAP account

IMAP folder support you can now create and remove the files locally and remotely.

Folder support is using the subscribe/unsubscribe IMAP4 features

Create new IMAP accounts using the configuration browser. Aethera can handle multiple POP3 and IMAP4 accounts

MBOX file format
HTML is fully supported for writing and viewing
Cut & Paste of text via selection
Create/Send/Receive attachments
Full interface to the Addressbook when sending mail including custom Groups
Standard mailer functions such as Reply, Reply All, Forward, etc.
Folders, create, rename, delete
Drag 'n Drop between mail folders
Mail Filters

Contacts:
Create and view Contacts in a variety of flexible formats
Create custom groups easily by selecting address entries
Drag n Drop between Contacts folders
Map lookup of address

Sticky Notes:
Free form notes that you can organize into your folders - great for saving your ideas quickly
Drag n Drop between Notes folders

Calendar:
Multiple calendars
All features of KOrganizer

Home:
Weather plug in, select as many cities as you want to display weather for
ICAO weather code browser
RSS feed interface
Hide or show either the RSS or Weather reports

Aethera is a free GPL application, you can download it and distribute it to your hearts content. The plug ins are available for prices as low as $9.95 per module.

Aethera can be downloaded from http://www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera. The commercial plug ins are available at http://www.thekompany.com/products/aethera/.

About theKompany.com

theKompany.com is a California-based company with developer teams in North America and Europe. theKompany.com fills a need in the Linux community for mass-marketed, quality Linux software by producing developer tools and desktop applications. theKompany.com's products are marketed both online and through B&M channels such as Microcenter and Fry's Electronics.

Visit www.thekompany.com for more information.