[chip651]

Three cheers for Thunderbird! It is also cross-platform, and is my Linux email client of choice.

[seirarg]

Hmm.. I've been trying this Mailbird.. Its for windows.. Its new. But I like it. It's completely intuitive, no manual needed. Pretty much one stop for what I need with my emails. And I think I'm in love with it's modern, sleek, and uncluttered design:)

[Dosday]

I've been using the historic Eudora for many many years and am currently using Eudora 8.0b6.

First thing I like about Eudora is that it's very light. I always open it in Safe Mode so make it even faster. It's also easy to make manual backup or transfer between my PC and laptop when I travel away from home more than one night. I can just copy the whole data folder from one computer to the other and when open Eudora on the destination computer all emails will be there.

The catch is that I can't use both computer at the same time. It must be one or the other and I have to copy the folder back to the other computer before I can use that one. This can be annoying for many people, but I'm used to it and don't find it too much to bare.

[OStrich]

Zimbra Desktop is HORRRRRRIBLE!

I installed it to transition our office out of Zimbra Open Source (which was awesome btw) to GoogleApps and its a waste of effort!

Overall, the normal single user won't see much of a reason why this software is terrible, but after 6 months and WAY too much energy spent on Zimbra forums and elsewhere, I have concluded that Zimbra Desktop has unrecoverable flaws!

[brainout]

I stay on XP for these reasons: 1) Outlook Express rather than Outlook, 2) XP better handles DOS and the other programs I use, 3) XP's Windows Explorer, 4) Xp's interface in general.

Vista et seq. remove Outlook Express. Outlook prior to 2003 is far better than 2003 et seq., but it takes too many keystrokes or clicks to do anything, and it's just annoying. However, I can install the pre-2003 Outlook on Win7, then in XP import my Outlook Express into Outlook, then export the pst.

Thunderbird is an alternative, apes some major features in Outlook Express, but it is annoying, and makes bad use of space. If Mozilla isn't continuing to support it, then I won't use it. This means not using Linux as much, too.

Email is too important to use it online. I download the mail, don't keep addresses online, don't keep email online. Besides, Google programmers have gone insane. They keep changing the interfaces in all Google products at least once every several months, and I'm tired of their nonsense.

This post has been edited by brainout: 15 April 2013 - 07:07 PM

[Littlethunder727]

Everyone has his or her favorite email program and I am no better than any one. HOWEVER, over time and getting a new system I lost my favorite program and i do not even remember its name. However, I can give you an idea what it was like:

Did you ever see the movie Contact? In the movie Jodie Foster uses the very same email program that I enjoy.
So, here is the question, what is the name of the program she was using in the movie? And is it still available?

I hope someone can answer this one for me.

[bttlkorqn]

brainout said:

I stay on XP for these reasons: 1) Outlook Express rather than Outlook, 2) XP better handles DOS and the other programs I use, 3) XP's Windows Explorer, 4) Xp's interface in general. Vista et seq. remove Outlook Express. Outlook prior to 2003 is far better than 2003 et seq., but it takes too many keystrokes or clicks to do anything, and it's just annoying. However, I can install the pre-2003 Outlook on Win7, then in XP import my Outlook Express into Outlook, then export the pst. Thunderbird is an alternative, apes some major features in Outlook Express, but it is annoying, and makes bad use of space. If Mozilla isn't continuing to support it, then I won't use it. This means not using Linux as much, too. Email is too important to use it online. I download the mail, don't keep addresses online, don't keep email online. Besides, Google programmers have gone insane. They keep changing the interfaces in all Google products at least once every several months, and I'm tired of their nonsense.

[garyoa1]

Interesting no one mentions Pegasus. An oldie but a goodie. For basic email it's a no brainer. But you need to know what you're doing for the advanced features. Pretty much nothing it can't do. More power than outlook ever dreamed of and it's free.

[RobertRex]

Littlethunder727 said:

Everyone has his or her favorite email program and I am no better than any one. HOWEVER, over time and getting a new system I lost my favorite program and i do not even remember its name. However, I can give you an idea what it was like: Did you ever see the movie Contact? In the movie Jodie Foster uses the very same email program that I enjoy. So, here is the question, what is the name of the program she was using in the movie? And is it still available? I hope someone can answer this one for me.

AOL and Netscape 6 the base program is Navigator. Look at SeaMonkey by Mozilla that is what it is now http://en.wikipedia....scape_Navigator

You can still get the old programs but there is no support for them and import / export not compatible.

There are even DOS version still available. Suggest reading a pdf owner's manual on how to use them however. Some switches are not set via setup program. You will need to set the compatibility settings too.

[locustthorn]

I agree on Incredamail. Don't know why everyone will shy on commenting on this program. You can shut all of the bells and whistles off if you like. The only add's I can see are in a small box and unnoticed. Come on PCWorld lets look into some of this free software that isn't one of the big boys! Mel

[Bumbleball]

drmsucks said:

What I like about Incredimail is that it's possible to insert images inline with an email, rather than being forced to send them as file attachments. TBird has done that for years...

Incredimail has also done that for years...

[Bumbleball]

I too, find Gmail's online format (as well as Hotmail's online format) to be difficult to use. For home use,I have been using Incredimail for more years than I can count. From the free version a long time ago to eventually a paid version (a birthday gift, also a long time ago) and have not found anything close to it. Outlook Express also wasn't too bad to use, but MS has long since replaced it. For business use, I never cared for Outlook (from the 2000 version to 2010 version) itself, instead I prefer their web mail (MS Exchange)version, but I will admit to using it to do email searches, since you cannot do that with the web version. I looked into both Pegasus and Eudora (years ago) and decided they weren't a good way to go.

[JimH443]

locustthorn, on 31 May 2013 - 07:53 AM, said:

I agree on Incredamail. Don't know why everyone will shy on commenting on this program. You can shut all of the bells and whistles off if you like. The only add's I can see are in a small box and unnoticed. Come on PCWorld lets look into some of this free software that isn't one of the big boys! Mel

Incredimail has been my favorite email client for possibly a decade now. I do understand why people have been shy about admitting it, though - Incredimail's unduly aggressive marketing strategy combined with the "child-like" web page designs. There was even a time when people misread the license terms and believed that Incredimail was claiming ownership of any artwork created with it - this happened right as it was gaining popularity, and it hurt.

Like Bumbleball, I liked it so much that I paid for it.

[drstove2]

My favorite email client is one that saves all of my messages and formatting to a single sub-directory that I can easily move to another computer or new installation without having to jump through hoops. In other words, I don't have a favorite email client. I don't know of a single email client that enables me to save a sub-directory of messages to say a USB drive and then upload it to a different computer.