What do you consider the best email client?

2006-04-29 02:41:58

#1

EvilMonkeySlayer: Member; +82|6943

I've been playing about with the idea of trying a few different email clients.

I currently use Outlook 2002, with a few addons like google desktop, spambayes and pocket knife peek it's extremely good.

However, i've used Outlook 2003 and Outlook 12. (i'm in the beta program) And quite frankly I don't like them, I could probably change things in 2003 to be similar to Outlook 2000/2002 but I feel it's just too much hassle.

What are peoples favourite email clients? (ideally ones with calendaring abilities etc)

The email client MUST have the ability to import Outlook PST files (and quite possibly export to PST too if I want to go back to Outlook). I currently have a 796MB PST file that contains years of emails etc.

2006-04-29 04:25:35

#2

wayneakagod: Member; +17|7038

Well you could try this for starters.

For importing your files read this.

Here are some reviews.

2006-04-29 04:28:08

#3

THA: im a fucking .....well not now; +609|7062|AUS, Canberra

mozilla is pretty good.

2006-04-29 07:00:16

#4

Janus67: Tech God; +86|6886|Ohio, USA

I tried thunderbird, but I never got it to do what I wanted it to in Outlook without a ton of work. So I am now back to Outlook 2003

2006-04-29 07:17:43

#5

EvilMonkeySlayer: Member; +82|6943

Yeah, i've been playing with the idea of trying Thunderbird.

I'm wanting to know of other clients too, does google desktop index the emails from Thunderbird?

2006-04-29 10:18:41

#6

slo5oh: Member; +28|6952

Evil,
Sorry, not an answer to your question, but a good link to read: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830336
outlook 2003 stores PSTs in a new format, so if you go 2k3 you'll have to "convert" it back to ansi if you ever want to swap to something else.
slo5oh.

2006-04-29 10:41:29

#7

BellusEndus: Make love not war; +59|6914|Edinburg

I've used Thunderbird pretty much since it was released. It was difficult at first and I nearly switched back to Outlook but you get used to it after a while. Depends what you want to do with it though, I literally only read and send emails, any other fancy shit that you can do in Outlook I don't know about (like calendar, but their working on that one!).
One annoyance of Thunderbird is the way it puts messages into replies or forwards, Outlook has a nice header saying who sent it and when etc., all you get in Thunderbird is "someone said,". You can change it in some config files, but its impossible to get the same as Outlook (atleast as far as I know). One of the great things people say about Thunderbird is its CSS interface, if you want to customize the look and feel its easy (well.....as long as you CSS lol).

2006-04-29 10:42:36

#8

lord_tyler_486: Member; +54|7043|Upper Franconia

Thunderbird FTW!
Its 0wnz outlook if sending large emails.

Last edited by lord_tyler_486 (2006-04-29 10:43:57)

2006-04-29 11:25:50

#9

sixshot: Decepticon Geek; +50|6966|Planet Seibertron ;)

I've tried... Eudora, Pocomail, and Thunderbird... at least those I can remember off the top of my head. I have pretty much dumped all 3 in favor of checking my mail over the web, since my ISP offers such solution. My primary email addy is now Gmail so there's little need for me to use another email client. It may be limited in features compared to the real deal but for the simple things, it'll suffice. Blocks virtually all of the spams I would've gotten. And I don't have to worry about deleting mails at any time... they all sit around.

2006-04-29 11:27:39

#10

washow: Get out of MY JET!!!; +23|7003

i don't really get you guys.. what's the point of having outlook at stuff ? (not being sarcastic.. i never used them)

since i don't use those programs, i just use gmail.. 2.5 gig space and i never have to worry about deleting things to keep the empty space up

2006-04-29 11:51:35

#11

sixshot: Decepticon Geek; +50|6966|Planet Seibertron ;)

washow wrote:
i don't really get you guys.. what's the point of having outlook at stuff ? (not being sarcastic.. i never used them)

since i don't use those programs, i just use gmail.. 2.5 gig space and i never have to worry about deleting things to keep the empty space up

I can think up of a few reasons why a stand-alone apps has an advantage over Gmail and other web-based email services out there..

1) Encryption, Outlook and T-bird have ways to add message encryption support as well as digital signing.
2) Extension, stand-alone software has the ability to add features by using plugins and the sort to their client.
3) Offline access, stand-alone software, by most nature, enables those with POP3 access to download their email and be able to view that offline. In some cases, this saves money for people with bandwidth/download restrictions.

People bother with them for a varying degree of reasons... some don't like the Gmail UI, others prefer using the software instead. But of the 3 reasons I mentioned, it's probably the most common ones.

2006-04-29 18:18:37

#12

THA: im a fucking .....well not now; +609|7062|AUS, Canberra

plus its much easier to drag and drop a pic into outlook than to have to upload it to a web based email client.

2006-04-29 18:22:03

#13

Gladiator08: Russell Crowe's Loin Cloth; +49|7004|Philadelphia, PA

thunderbird

2006-04-29 19:17:54

#14

sixshot: Decepticon Geek; +50|6966|Planet Seibertron ;)

the_heart_attack wrote:
plus its much easier to drag and drop a pic into outlook than to have to upload it to a web based email client.

Good point. Drag-n-drop can be a key factor for some users. However, depending on the design of the web-based services, attaching files onto emails can be simple or be a boon to the users. I know that in Gmail, we simply browse to the file that we want to attach and let it upload when I hit Send. Other places probably have theirs set up to upload first before sending it off, which I find to be time consuming (despite that it takes the same amount of time overall).

I suppose that with stand-alone apps, the advantage also comes when we are able to scan the files that we intend to attach to the email for any possible virus. Yet it has that minor drawback that, in case a virus slips by, the web-base services may catch it instead.

2006-04-29 19:33:29

#15

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,057|7063|PNW

If you have the time, try both outlook and thunderbird. Then choose your preference.

2006-04-29 21:05:42

#16

BlackLegion42: Damn Command and Conquer Generals...; +62|7021|Rochester, NY

I would stick with Thunderbird, because Microsoft Outlook has so many bugs and security threats, it is not funny to use at all.

2006-04-30 01:13:04

#17

Defiance: Member; +438|6962

Thunderbird

2006-04-30 17:13:26

#18

Viper007Bond: Moderator Emeritus; +236|7096|Portland, OR, USA

Thunderbird fucking pwns you. I have all 9 of my e-mail addresses in there and it works like a charm!

Oh, and don't forget that if you use Hotmail/Gmail/whatever to get this extension: http://webmail.mozdev.org/

https://bf3s.com/sigs/044900892044e7fc95e599e832a086ae9bcd7efb.png

2006-04-30 17:51:29

#19

grazer2006: Banned; +3|6863

Definitely Thunderbird 1.5. Far superior to the crap MS churns out

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