Denshin 8 go (Japanese: 電信八号, [denɕĩ hatɕiŋoː]) is an e-mail client used on the Microsoft Windows. Its fully quarified name is インターネットメーラー電信八号 (an the Internet Mailer named Telecommunicator Number Eight). It is also called Den8 (電八, [dempatɕi̥]) for short. Denshin 8 go was developed by Ishioka Takamitsu in 1995 (prior to Windows 95).
Denshin 8 go supports the POP3 and SMTP protocols.
Some helper applications of Denshin 8 go support the IMAP protocol.
Alias file - backward compatible with MH
Regular expression - for search, auto template selection, auto mail distribution among folders
Your favorite editor/viewer - able to use any editor/viewer with it
No binary mailbox - e-mail are saved as plain text files, 1 by 1
Optional pre-receiving confirmation - able to delete spams, able to get only selected e-mail you need now.
Free from the Registry - safe against PC virus/worm/trojan horse
Easy to install - No installer; Get the archive, melt the archive
Easy to back up or to move - Copy the whole folder
Easy to uninstall - Delete the whole folder
Many helper applications.
Many files eat HDD volume
Insufficient for multilinguals
Need to customize
The change of the share in Japan (See ja)
By corporate research
4.9 % - 1998/3/27-4/5 - the estimate users: ca 0.51 million (the Internet users in Japan at the end of 1997: 11.55 million)
1.75% - 2003/6/3-6/8 - the estimate users: ca 0.98 million (the Internet users in Japan(PC) at the end of 2002: 57.22 million, the same 2003: 61.64 million)
1.4 % - 2005/3/19-25 - the estimate users: ca 0.86 million (the Internet users in Japan(PC) at the end of 2004: 64.16 million)
By personal research
(considered to be Beginner's ML basis)
1.5 ％ - 1997/2/8 -announcement day-
(considered to be ML about Windows NT basis)
4.79％ - 1997/3/19-1998/3/18
1.53％ - 1998/8/25 -announcement day- (5 months)
