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Best Mail Client (Windows)?

  • 14-11-2004 7:48pm
    #1
    RE*AC*TOR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭


    So I've been using Mozilla Thunderbird for the last while. And I'm mostly very happy with it. I'm especially happy with the junk mail filters. I despise Outlook Express. Outlook is fine, but I find it a bit heavy on resources. I quite like Kmail and Evolution on linux.
    I've recently done a clean install of WinXP on my windows box. I haven't installed a mail client yet. It needs to support IMAP.

    Suggestions?


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,562 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    RE*AC*TOR wrote:
    . Outlook is fine, but I find it a bit heavy on resources. ... It needs to support IMAP
    Outlook needs a license and it's IMAP support is pathetic, which is understandable when you realise it's intended to be the client for Microsoft Exchange servers. So in this case I'd have to agree with the magic 8 ball , Outlook not good.


  • #3
    OfflerCrocGod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,334 ✭✭✭OfflerCrocGod


    What's wrong with Thunderbird? I use it and I'm happy with it and you used it with the same results so why not get it again?


  • #4
    RE*AC*TOR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭RE*AC*TOR


    OfflerCrocGod wrote:
    What's wrong with Thunderbird? I use it and I'm happy with it and you used it with the same results so why not get it again?
    Its about the journey, not the destination....


  • #5
    jessy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭jessy


    You should find what you want here
    http://email.about.com/cs/winclientreviews/gr/


  • #6
    tribble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,478 ✭✭✭tribble


    Pegasus - It does everything.


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  • #7
    mneylon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,740 ✭✭✭mneylon


    Eudora isn't bad.

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  • #8
    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    I'm thinking this is a related question, so I'm posting here. Hope thats ok.

    Currently I use multiple email accounts in pop3 and hotmail. I use OE which supports both of these. Iwas thinking of moving to Oulook so I can use PST and move mail archives more easily between machines. Hotmail support isn't as good in Outlook I've been told. However, Email client support of Hotmail is probably going to dropped or charged for my MS soon, so I'll probably end up dropping those accounts anyway. I hardly use them these days. However I do want to move my pop3 archives to a format that is compatible with Outlook and other formats.

    What do other email clients offer in functionality for archiving and storing emails like PSTs?


  • #9
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    thunderbird does me grand


  • #10
    Slutmonkey57b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭Slutmonkey57b


    Pegasus is good, and supports everything, but god help you if you want to change some of the options. Pegasus will show you 100 checkboxes and options where most clients will show you one. Farcically over-the top levels of customisation. You can ignore it all and just set up the basics, and it's dead easy though.

    The Bat! is supposed to be good.

    I liked Pocomail - lovely simple interface, intuitive, but I wasn't prepared to pay for it. Give the trial a lash though, you can't lose.

    DON'T use Eudora it's spyware. Was great when originally on the mac, it's trash now.


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