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Good mail clients
Posted: 2004-01-20 05:33pm
by Howedar
I need a mail client. It has to be good, and it has to be free (preferably legally
). What do you all recommend?
Posted: 2004-01-20 05:52pm
by phongn
Well, there's Mozilla Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird (be warned, the latter is still pre-release). Eudora has an adware free edition though some universities have a site license.
On the Linux side, there's KMail and Evolution (I use the latter).
Posted: 2004-01-20 05:52pm
by Faram
Mozilla Thunderbird Small fast and free
Posted: 2004-01-20 06:10pm
by Howedar
So this Eudora you speak of, it does not have spyware?
Posted: 2004-01-20 06:16pm
by Faram
Depends:
Choose the Eudora that's best for you...
Paid mode:
* Award winning, feature-rich version (includes SpamWatch)
* Access to person-to-person technical support
* 12 months of upgrades, Check out a screenshot, Price Plan
Sponsored mode:
* The same software features as Paid mode (except for SpamWatch)
* Ad window and up to 3 sponsored toolbar links
* No person-to-person technical support
Light mode:
* Fewer features, but it is still free
* No ad window
* No person-to-person technical support
www.eudora.com
Posted: 2004-01-20 06:59pm
by Dahak
Outlook, easily
Posted: 2004-01-20 07:07pm
by Shinova
There's Pegasus.
Posted: 2004-01-20 07:47pm
by Vertigo1
Dahak wrote:Outlook, easily
Yeah, only if you're ignorant of the massive security issues it has....
Mozilla Mail is for you.
Posted: 2004-01-20 07:52pm
by Dahak
Vertigo1 wrote:Dahak wrote:Outlook, easily
Yeah, only if you're ignorant of the massive security issues it has....
Mozilla Mail is for you.
I never had any problems with Outlook, security- or otherwise.
If you know how to work with Outlook, it's quite secure to use...
Posted: 2004-01-20 08:13pm
by The Kernel
Been using Mozilla Thunderbird for a while now. It's small, fast and has all the features you need in a mail client. Highly recommended.
Posted: 2004-01-20 08:28pm
by phongn
Outlook XP and Outlook 2003 can be properly secured and they are powerful e-mail clients. That said, they aren't free, either.
Posted: 2004-01-20 08:29pm
by The Kernel
phongn wrote:Outlook XP and Outlook 2003 can be properly secured and they are powerful e-mail clients. That said, they aren't free, either.
They are also somewhat bloated as pure email clients. If you are looking for an email client with a built in calender/scheduler, then sure, they are great solutions. But as pure email they are overkill.
Posted: 2004-01-20 08:40pm
by phongn
The Kernel wrote:They are also somewhat bloated as pure email clients. If you are looking for an email client with a built in calender/scheduler, then sure, they are great solutions. But as pure email they are overkill.
You're looking at the person who uses Ximian Evolution as an email client only here
Posted: 2004-01-21 01:07am
by Howedar
I ended up going with Pegasus, recalling the good luck my family has had with it in the past.
Posted: 2004-01-21 03:40am
by Shinova
I just installed Mozilla Thunderbird.
I think I'm liking it better than Pegasus, which is what I've been using for a while.
Posted: 2004-01-21 04:38am
by EmperorMing
Why don't you use a copy of Netscape, say 4.7?
Posted: 2004-01-21 06:11am
by Spyder
Thunderbird under windows, evolution under linux. All good.
Posted: 2004-01-21 09:11am
by Daltonator
Outlook is an annoying piece of shit. I say go with Mozilla Mail, which I only switched to last year (used to use Netscape 4.7).
Posted: 2004-01-21 02:42pm
by Drooling Iguana
Fetchmail, yo!
Posted: 2004-01-21 03:25pm
by phongn
Drooling Iguana wrote:Fetchmail, yo!
Fetchmail isn't a client
Posted: 2004-01-21 07:59pm
by Pu-239
Well he could cat his mbox files...
Anyway, using Evolution 1.4, w/ Evolution 1.5(very unstable) for testing (used to use Kmail)
Posted: 2004-01-21 08:26pm
by phongn
Pu-239 wrote:Well he could cat his mbox files...
Yes, and he could telnet into his mailserver, but neither are actually good ideas.
Posted: 2004-01-21 08:55pm
by Ligier
Pine! How come nobody mentioned Pine for Windows?!
Pine for Windows
(I'm assuming it's for Windows, anyway.)