PRAGUE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 14, 2026--
eM Client, the developer of an email and productivity application used by millions worldwide, today announced eM Client 11, its most significant release to date. Combining powerful AI capabilities, extensive productivity improvements, and broad email compatibility, the new version offers a modern, independent alternative to Microsoft Outlook.
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AI-Powered Productivity Without Vendor Lock-In
eM Client 11 introduces an integrated AI Assistant that helps users search, summarize, organize, and manage emails using natural language. Additional capabilities include personalized AI writing that adapts to individual communication styles, context-aware quick replies, automatic task and event detection, and AI-powered email rules.
Unlike solutions tied to a single AI ecosystem, eM Client 11 supports Bring Your Own Key (BYOK), allowing businesses and individuals to connect compatible AI providers and models of their choice.
The release also introduces Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, enabling external AI assistants and agents to securely access relevant email content and perform supported actions. This allows email to become part of broader AI-powered workflows connecting multiple applications and services.
A Flexible Alternative to Microsoft Outlook
eM Client 11 offers businesses greater flexibility without requiring changes to their existing email infrastructure.
Supporting open standards including IMAP, CalDAV, and CardDAV, as well as Microsoft Exchange (via EWS or Microsoft Graph) and Google accounts, eM Client lets organizations choose their email infrastructure independently of their email client.
This interoperability enables businesses to adopt eM Client while continuing to use Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, avoiding unnecessary infrastructure migrations and reducing vendor lock-in.
"With eM Client 11, we're rethinking what a modern email client should be," said Michal Bürger, CEO and Co-founder of eM Client. "AI should make people more productive without locking them into a particular provider or ecosystem. We believe users deserve powerful tools, freedom of choice, and full control over their email experience."
More Productivity, Less Time Managing Email
Beyond AI, eM Client 11 introduces a powerful Command Palette, message pinning, advanced email automation, redesigned interfaces, and improved calendar functionality.
Major technical enhancements include native ARM support and eM Sync, enabling secure synchronization of application settings across devices with end-to-end encryption.
Together, these improvements make eM Client a compelling solution for professionals, power users, and organizations seeking a comprehensive productivity platform.
Availability
eM Client 11 is available now for Windows and Mac, with companion applications for Android and iOS. Free and paid licensing options are available for individuals and businesses.
Learn more at https://www.emclient.com.
About eM Client
eM Client is a software company developing email and productivity solutions used by millions worldwide. Its applications bring together email, calendars, contacts, tasks, notes, and chat, with a focus on productivity, interoperability, privacy, and user choice.
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LONDON (AP) — The building that houses London's oldest restaurant has been donated to Europe's biggest conservation charity, a move that will, it is hoped, secure one of the U.K. capital's go-to eateries for centuries to come.
Established in 1798 by Thomas Rule as an oyster bar when Europe was in turmoil in the aftermath of the French Revolution, Rules has survived the British Empire, the Blitz and even plans for a new road layout that would have seen it demolished.
Its menu expanded to traditional British fare and the restaurant welcomed generations of high profile figures from Charles Dickens to Charlie Chaplin, David Bowie to Madonna. King Edward VII would even rendezvous with his lovers there.
Now, the four-decade owner of the building that houses Rules, J-P Mayhew, has made the selfless decision to donate 34-35 Maiden Lane in bustling Covent Garden in central London to the National Trust, itself a British institution hailing back to 1895.
“There are few restaurants in the world that have endured the test of time like Rules,” Mayhew said Wednesday. “The Trust will protect this place in a way that no one else could, safeguarding its bricks and mortar, its famous interior and its invisible atmosphere, too.”
The charity, which seeks to save important sites while opening them up for everyone to enjoy, said that the 11 million-pound ($14 million) donation would secure the future of a building where “kings dined and writers and politicians plotted.”
Along with the building, the donation includes items such as visitor books, menus, caricatures, photographs, stained glass and signs. The gift also includes the annual rent from the ongoing restaurant business, which will go into conservation work each year.
The trust described it as a “rare example of living heritage” where both the historic structure and the original use of the building — a restaurant — remain intact.
“This place is an outstanding piece of living history, with its corners where kings dined and writers and politicians plotted, and the traditions it kept alive through wars and upheaval,” said Hilary McGrady, director-general of the National Trust. “It has defied the odds to be standing here today, doors still open and treacle sponge still on the menu.”
Going into the restaurant is like stepping back into a London that's long gone, with the interiors plush and colorful. The menu is rich and in many cases old-school English — fans of steak and kidney pies and guinea fowl and of course the desserts, such as sticky toffee pudding and apple crumble are unlikely to be disappointed.
There are rooms named after poet John Betjeman, who gave an impassioned speech in defense of the restaurant's “invisible atmosphere” when London's then governing authority planned to expand the nearby Strand thoroughfare in 1971 that would have led to the demolition of Rules.
There's also a room named after one of the restaurant's most loyal customers, writer Graham Greene, who had birthday meals there and featured it in his novel “The End Of The Affair.”
The restaurant’s proprietor Ricky McMenemy, who has worked there for 35 years, will become a commercial tenant of the National Trust.
“As an independent business, it gives us both the security and peace of mind that our home will be in very good hands and be protected and secure going forward,” he said. “Having already established a very amicable working relationship with the Trust, we look forward to another two centuries in this, our home.”
View of a board inside London's oldest Restaurant ' Rules' which has been donated to Europe's biggest conservation charity in London, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
A board explaining the history stands outside London's oldest Restaurant ' Rules' which has been donated to Europe's biggest conservation charity in London, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
View at the window of London's oldest Restaurant ' Rules' which has been donated to Europe's biggest conservation charity in London, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
View at the window of Britain's oldest Restaurant ' Rules' which has been donated to Europe's biggest conservation charity in London, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
A man walks past London's oldest Restaurant ' Rules' which has been donated to Europe's biggest conservation charity in London, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
