The Programs I use Pegasus for email. I like it's open source, no charge, and it handles multiple email accounts well. It supports PGP encryption too. LView for graphics work. I keep the shareware LView in my FTP site.
Many personal configurations are available as well as search and replace across groups of files.
You can set file permissions and move files between directories on both the local and remote hosts. Webdrive is the best FTP program I've ever used. It maps your cyberspace exactly as if it were another drive on your personal computer. The remote account appears as a drive in Windows Explorer. You can open and save files on the remote account too.