Which Mail-Client are u using folks?

[Tommy]

I would like to know which e-mail client u are using.
Do you choose your's because of security issues or more becuase of features and GUI?

P.S
As you see in my signature i am personal interestet what members of Wilders are using, as they look at the security of aplications, etc.

[ErikAlbert]

I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird
- it's faster than MS Outlook
- it's safer than MS Outlook, because I can read emails in text-mode, instead of the 'dangerous' HTML-mode.
- it has an anti-spam function.
- it allows me to store my emails and address-books on another harddisk or partition.
I configured Thunderbird in such way, that opening and closing Thunderbird is enough to get rid of all my spam-emails, which makes me happy as a spam-hater.
Thunderbird was for me the 99%-solution for scams & infections via email without doing anything than installing and configuring it, a one time job.

[crofttk]

Outlook 2003
It's what I use at work, it does what I need, and I have no problems keeping things secure. I just operate it with the same precautions and measures as my employer does.

[bigc73542]

Thunderbird :thumb:

[TonyW]

Outlook Express.

It's simple enough to use, and I have preview pane turned off.

[Peter2150]

Outlook 2003. I use it because of the integration into other office and other programs.

[TonyW]

I'd probably do the same if I used Office programs, but I don't. I mainly use Microsoft Works for all my word processing, database and spreadsheet needs.

[gerardwil]

Thunderbird, all messages forwarded to a gmail account.
Also a yahoo account and a hotmail account (don't use them often)
Finally a webmail account for my admin messages.
;D



Gerard

[MikeBCda]

Eudora (sponsored mode). While I first got into it years ago for GUI and ease of use, it does have a number of good security features like warning if there's any attempt to auto-send multiple copies. For several versions back, it's included the ability to "hide" its address book(s) from viruses (encryption?).

And some features are just to help reinforce good habits, like warning if you're about to open a possibly dangerous attachment (most commonly exe's and doc's, although there's quite a few others covered). It even has a "hook" so that if you try to open these via Explorer, with Eudora closed, it'll still warn provided they're in your normal (not necessarily default) attachment folder.

[Bob D]

I've Tried: Pine, Eudora, Mulberry, Sylpheed, i.scribe, Pegasus, Courier, OE, and others I've forgotten about.
Keep coming back to Thunderbird.
There was always something lacking in the other programs. IMAP handling, identity management, lack of spellcheck, etc.

[ellison64]

Im using becky..best email client ive ever used , never once crashed or lost data.
ellison

[Tommy]

-{ Quote: "Im using becky..best email client ive ever used , never once crashed or lost data.
ellison" }-
Yes Becky is very good. Nobody ever testet 'TheBat!?

[ellison64]

-{ Quote: "Yes Becky is very good. Nobody ever testet 'TheBat!?" }-

Yes i have,but I found that it took a lot more resources opening multiple gui windows , like new email ,and address book than becky does.Of course i am using 98se and this may not happen on other users pcs.
ellison

[snowbound]

I'm a sucker for punishment....

Outlook Express. :ouch: ;D



snowbound

[Detox]

Pegasus.

Simple enough to use, tried and true, secure, still more options/settings than I have ever taken the time to look over to be honest.

[Mrkvonic]

Hello,
Just back from a vacation...
I'm using none.
Mrk

[bellgamin]

I use Pop Peeper (http://www.poppeeper.com/). I have numerous email accounts (~15 at the moment) related to my 12 websites. Also, because of the nature of my websites, I get quite a lot of malware in email. Further, because of the purpose of my websites, I solicit email and cannot tolerate false positives.

In the past 10 years I have used Outlook Exp, Calypso, Courier, Popcorn, JBMail, Pegasus, Eureka, Thunderbird, Scribe, Phoenix, Sylpheed, Foxmail, Poco, Bat, PMMail, Vivian, Marlin, MailWarrior, Mulberry, MailCopa, and several others. None of them did the job for me as well as Pop Peeper.

Pop Peeper handles the huge traffic slick & fast. VERY secure. Easy to spot & kill spam.

As to recommendations --
*If you have several email accounts & get lots of mail, I recommend Pop Peeper
**If you have just one or a very few accounts with low mail volume, I recommend Pegasus. However, if you find Pegasus a bit too complex (it is VERY powerful) then I suggest Sylpheed (http://www.nonags.com/nonags/emc.html).

NOTE: All my recommendations here are Freeware, but that is NOT why I recommend them. I recommend them because they are superb programs.

[crofttk]

-{ Quote: "..... However, if you find Pegasus a bit too complex (it is VERY powerful)...." }-Oooooh, a challenge ! Intriguing....

Hehe, JK, thanks bellgamin

[Bubba]

-{ Quote: "Pegasus.

Simple enough to use, tried and true, secure, still more options/settings than I have ever taken the time to look over to be honest." }-Ditto on all points especially the part about "Simple enough to use" for my needs.

[Detox]

I find that it (Pegasus) really works in a pretty simple fashion - if you don't mess with the extras. Mine's run "out of the box" with just a few settings such as making read mail transfer to an "old mail" folder. I have 2 email accounts going through it and it came with helpful little notes all over when you first install. I actually read them all :P

[sukarof]

I have Mozilla Thunderbird installed but I dont use it much lately since I use Gmail mainly. Gmail notifier in Firefox to tell me if I have new mail.

[WSFuser]

same here except i dont have thunderbird installed.

i did try outlook express and outlook once with gmail (long time ago), but after a particular incident i decided to just use gmail as webmail.

[Slovak]

Pegasus here.

[betauser2]

moved to popcorn (http://www.ultrafunk.com/products/popcorn/) (simple, light, fast) from i.scribe (http://www.memecode.com/scribe.php)

Use pegasus (www.pmail.com/) @ work a bit too feature packed for me, it's very robust.

[JimIT]

Thunderbird.

[Notok]

I use PocoMail. Lots of great features, but still very easy to use. After you get used to all the features it offers (security and usability), it's hard to go back. It's not free, but it's very much worth the price.

[Tommy]

Seams that i am only one in Wilders World who is using TheBat!.
It's so far the only MUI that can handle my e-mail database of 350 MB - arround 120.000 e-mails - without problems, and manage well arround 200 (lots of mailing list ) emails arriving each day. Sorting, spam check. etc. The features are endless, but i think TB! is only for power emailer as there are very good freeware MUI out there like Thunderbird.

Don't talk to me about OE and OE Express :)

[huntnyc]

Not quite. I am using TheBat! I have tried many clients but this one seems to just do its job very well for me.

Gary

[Tommy]

-{ Quote: "Not quite. I am using TheBat! I have tried many clients but this one seems to just do its job very well for me." }-

Puh, swetting...i am not alone 8)

[Legendkiller]

i generally don't use e-mail clients,but can anyone suggest how can we check hotmail accounts from either of thunderbird/sylpheed?

[TOMxEU]

POP Peeper (http://www.poppeeper.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=901&sid=e84c8fba45af76d2b864d694783a9c6e) [freeware] - simple, takes about 5 MB, I set it to check for Gmail every 5 min.

[Legendkiller]

-{ Quote: "POP Peeper (http://www.poppeeper.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=901&sid=e84c8fba45af76d2b864d694783a9c6e) [freeware] - simple, takes about 5 MB, I set it to check for Gmail every 5 min." }-
but i am trying to use it with slypheed,but isn't working..

[^Ale]

-{ Quote: "Seams that i am only one in Wilders World who is using TheBat!.
It's so far the only MUI that can handle my e-mail database of 350 MB - arround 120.000 e-mails - without problems, and manage well arround 200 (lots of mailing list ) emails arriving each day. Sorting, spam check. etc. The features are endless, but i think TB! is only for power emailer as there are very good freeware MUI out there like Thunderbird.

Don't talk to me about OE and OE Express :)" }-

I also use The Bat!

^Ale

[Nick Rhodes]

Outlook 2003 (I use the calender and task manager and can sync it to my nokia phone).

For pure mail I would choose thunderbird.

[dog [away]]

I've migrated strictly to Thunderbird (having ditched M$ completely and using only Unix OSs now - I prefer Thunderbird over sylpheed/Kmail/evolution) ... I had used Pegasus and then moved to Courier in Windows - both are outstanding programs. 8)

[dallen]

I agree with dog [away in some far fetched land probably having fun].

However, I would like to hear people's opinion on my method. Since USB flash drives are increasing in size and declining in price at such a rapid rate, I've given the U3 software platform a try. I actually like it. I use a version of Thunderbird specifically designed for U3 and so far it seems to work very well. The advantages are that I can take it with me virtually everywhere I go. I've found that it even works at school where users are not allowed to install software on client PCs because everything runs off of the USB flash drive.

The only potential downside that I've seen is the size limitation. However, I current own a 1 gig drive and I see that it's possible to get a 4 gig drive for a reasonable amount of money. Not many people are likely to have more than 4 gig worth of email, although just as I say that I'm sure someone will chime in that has more.

Even for those people, I saw that TigerDirect has a 64 gig USB drive, but I'm not sure if it is U3 compatible. Oh, it does cost over $7,000 US.

[Legendkiller]

i think you still can't view html mails in bat,you still have to use your browser for it..isn't it?
meanwhile has anyone tried bat's new anti-spam plugin?
http://www.antispamservant.com/bat_plugin.shtml

[Tommy]

You can view HTML Mail with TheBat!, but not the embedded files like images etc. Matter of security. Ritlabs will implement a feature to switch this on and off.

AntiSpamServant is a good Shareware plugin which works basicly on the Bayesian method. There are better plugins (freeware) plugins out there.

[Capp]

As mentioned a few times above...

I use Thunderbird. It is just a great product all around :)

[Tommy]

-{ Quote: "I use Thunderbird. It is just a great product all around :)" }-
Yes without doubt, but is has his limitations in features i need and found in TheBat!

[Hezakiah]

T-Bird

[hilbillygreek]

Eudora Paid. Address book is hidden from viruses & exe's aren't allowed to run in HTML content.

[screamer]

I used to use Pegasus, great program. Then for some reason, don't recall (must be a 70's thing) I switched to Outlook, now Outlook 2003. I use it w/ auto-preview. I feel that w/ OutPost FW Attachment Plug-in and NOD32's EMON & Qurb anti-spam, I'm relatively(sp?) safe. I also use Gmail & Yahoo for non-business mail.

[Legendkiller]

-{ Quote: "You can view HTML Mail with TheBat!, but not the embedded files like images etc. Matter of security. Ritlabs will implement a feature to switch this on and off.

AntiSpamServant is a good Shareware plugin which works basicly on the Bayesian method. There are better plugins (freeware) plugins out there." }-
well i am a subscriber of download.com newsletter and stuff and last time i used bat,i had to view the images and the e-mail in FF.
Well does anyone know of a good anti-spam for T-Bird?

[hilbillygreek]

-{ Quote: "
Well does anyone know of a good anti-spam for T-Bird?" }-

Have you ever looked into Mailwasher (http://www.mailwasher.net/) ? It' a simple but effective program.

[Eldar]

Using Barca Pro & The Bat Pro. 8)
Two email clients I really like, although TB offers lots of features, which I simply never use. ::)

Have tried lots of email clients before finding the ones I really like working with. Free or paid didn't matter in my case.
Finally ended my search after gotting rid of IncrediMail. ;D

[Tommy]

By the way Mulberry (http://www.mulberrymail.com/download.shtml) E-Mail/calender client is freeware again.

[the Tester]

Outlook Express.

[VikingStorm]

-{ Quote: "

Even for those people, I saw that TigerDirect has a 64 gig USB drive, but I'm not sure if it is U3 compatible. Oh, it does cost over $7,000 US." }-
You don't actually need U3 to run portable applications off USB flash drives. If you have a regular flash drive, you can just get it directly from the source at http://www.portableapps.com

[Rui]

PocoMail here, too.
But I have already thought of trying The Bat!
@ Tommy or Eldar: Is there any way of migrating easily from PocoMail to The Bat!?
I mean concerning message importing, without having all your PocoMail messages archived as eml files.
Regards
Rui

[Tommy]

-{ Quote: "PocoMail here, too.
Is there any way of migrating easily from PocoMail to The Bat!?
I mean concerning message importing, without having all your PocoMail messages archived as eml files" }-
Export _all_ your messages from POCO into one standard 'unix mail format' file (mbox). Those you can import with TheBat!

[Eldar]

-{ Quote: "Is there any way of migrating easily from PocoMail to The Bat!?
I mean concerning message importing, without having all your PocoMail messages archived as eml files." }-Don't think there's another way other then exporting as EML. ::)
PocoMail stores its messages in an MBX-file, so unless The Bat offers importing that format, there's no other way I know of. :-\

Mailbag Assistant or Aid4Mail (http://www.fookes.com/) can assist you better with it, although it's not free. It converts your messages to EML.
Maybe Ritlabs forum (http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forum/) can assist you better with that migration, so good luck with it. :)

[Eldar]

-{ Quote: "Export _all_ your messages from POCO into one standard 'unix mail format' file (mbox). Those you can import with TheBat!" }-Yep, that works too, although you'll have to do it folder by folder. :-\

[Tommy]

-{ Quote: "Yep, that works too, although you'll have to do it folder by folder. :-\" }-
Yep, but there is no faster possibility than this one in the moment. Hopefully POCO can export to mbox.

[Eldar]

-{ Quote: "Yep, but there is no faster possibility than this one in the moment. Hopefully POCO can export to mbox." }-You don't have to export to mbox. Change the mbx extension to mbox, that's all. 8)

[Tommy]

-{ Quote: "You don't have to export to mbox. Change the mbx extension to mbox, that's all. 8)" }-
nice :)

[Rui]

Tommy and Eldar

Thank you very much for your fast and kind answers.
Maybe I will give The Bat! a try.
@ Eldar: how do you compare PocoMail and The Bat! and why do you work with both?
Thanks again.
Best regards
Rui

[Eldar]

-{ Quote: "Thank you very much for your fast and kind answers." }-You're welcome Rui. ;) -{ Quote: "Maybe I will give The Bat! a try.
@ Eldar: how do you compare PocoMail and The Bat! and why do you work with both?" }-The Bat does offer a trial period, so it should give you an insight how it works.
I love Poco/Barca, but bought The Bat some time ago during my search for an email client and upgraded afterwards. I only use it for my work, because I need intact HTML when replying, which Poco can't at present and perhaps it never will. :P

The Bat does offer lots of features, some I'll never use, and isn't so easy to start with. It's a powerful email client, but I'm hooked to Barca.
Both have their strong points and their weaknesses, but the most important for me is that these are really secure. :D

[Rui]

Eldar

Thank you very much again!
Best regards
Rui

[Eldar]

My pleasure Rui.
Hope you'll find the one you like. ;)

[Tommy]

-{ Quote: "Tommy and Eldar
Thank you very much for your fast and kind answers." }-
You are welcome. If you need help with TheBat! don't hesitate to ask me. If you can read 'German' give this Page (http://www.thebatworld.de) a try.

[Rui]

-{ Quote: "My pleasure Rui.
Hope you'll find the one you like. ;)" }-

I have been using PocoMail since 2003 and I like it a lot. Even if I am sticking with version 3.4, because of the problem version 4 has concerning the sorting of the address book (not showing in the first place all VIPs). It is a pity this question was not solved, at least to the best of my knowledge.



-{ Quote: "You are welcome. If you need help with TheBat! don't hesitate to ask me. If you can read 'German' give this Page (http://www.thebatworld.de) a try." }-

Thank you very much for your offer, Tommy. I have already visited the site and it has a very nice presentation, as well as plenty of valuable information. Congratulations!
I began giving The Bat! a try, but I doubt it very much that its nice eatures will convince me to switch to it and ditch PocoMail. Anyway, it is a terrific mail client, too.

Best regards

Rui

[Tommy]

-{ Quote: "Thank you very much for your offer, Tommy. I have already visited the site and it has a very nice presentation, as well as plenty of valuable information. Congratulations!" }-
Thanks, makes a lot of work this page, but for luck i have 2 Co-Webmaster.

-{ Quote: "I began giving The Bat! a try, but I doubt it very much that its nice eatures will convince me to switch to it and ditch PocoMail. Anyway, it is a terrific mail client, too." }-

Let's say it this way. If you don't have to manage at least 5 diferent e-mail accounts, are not a power e-mailer with a lots of e-mails a day, don't need for each adress a different sheat, your database has only about some hunderd emails, etc. you won't have to switch to TheBat! There are several very good mail clients out there which fit common needs.

[rdsu]

The free and excellent, Thunderbird... ;)

You can take a look at this review: BEST E-MAIL CLIENT (http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/EmailClient/index.html)

[Eldar]

-{ Quote: "I have been using PocoMail since 2003 and I like it a lot. Even if I am sticking with version 3.4, because of the problem version 4 has concerning the sorting of the address book (not showing in the first place all VIPs). It is a pity this question was not solved, at least to the best of my knowledge." }-I guess you're talking about accessing the address books when clicking on To:/CC:/BCC:.
It still needs some work, but it's getting better with every build.

You can also rightclick in To:/CC:/BCC:, select 'Insert VIP Contact' to show all your VIP's, from where you can select the one you want. 8)
If you need more help/information with Poco, visit our Forum and I'll be happy to help you with your questions.

I also agree with Tommy about The Bat. If you're not a power user, you certainly don't need it. ;)

[SourMilk]

Yahoo mail

[Tommy]

-{ Quote: "I also agree with Tommy about The Bat. If you're not a power user, you certainly don't need it. ;)" }-
Good marketing ;D
Do you work for POCO?

[Eldar]

-{ Quote: "Good marketing ;D
Do you work for POCO?" }-Close, I'm a Poco Forums moderator. ;D ;)

[Tommy]

-{ Quote: "Close, I'm a Poco Forums moderator. ;D ;)" }-
HaH ;D
Is Dieter Hummel still doing the German distribution?

[Eldar]

-{ Quote: "HaH ;D
Is Dieter Hummel still doing the German distribution?" }-Don't know him, I also I don't have access to PSI distribution lists or plans. :-\

To take the topic back on track, there's also another free one named DreamMail (http://dreammail.europe.free.fr/index.php?page=home&lang=en). :)

[tristantzara]

I'm using The Bat!
because of security and features..

[ellison64]

Im trying out pegasus mail.Tried it ages ago and found it a bit difficult to setup.However i thought id try again as it has a spam filter now.Ive set it up ,but theres some quirks that i cant seem to find an answer too.For example it keeps saying i have new mail and downloading the same email.How do i stop it doing that without deleting from the server.Also if anyone knows for a decent tutorial id be grateful.I looked everywhere for a start with windows option but i gess there isnt one other than manually placing a shortcut in startup menu?
ellison

[diginsight]

I've been using Becky for the last six years. At work I recently started using Outlook 2003. At home I'm preparing to migrate from Becky to Outlook, because Outlook can be integrated with my PDA. I don't want to use two seperate programs for Contacts and E-mail. Using Outlook for Contacts and E-mail also offers nice integration with Agenda and Tasks.
I'm still considering keeping Becky for reading mailing lists, because it supports threading.

[WSFuser]

i recently started using thunderbird for getting my yahoo email. honestly tho, i mostly use it to report spam to knujon. my yahoo address is a spam supermagnet ;D

i like thunderbird because of its extensions and themes. its builtin junk filter is neat too.

[betauser2]

-{ Quote: "...there's also another free one named DreamMail (http://dreammail.europe.free.fr/index.php?page=home&lang=en). :)" }-

Gave this a try (non installer version) and liked it until I found out that it doesn't suppory IMAP, shame.

Cheers El

[Durad]

I use Opera email client as well as Opera browser.

Before I used to use Foxmail, very good software!!

[Alphalutra1]

sylpheed, fast, awesome, lightweight, full featured, built in encryption if gnupg is installed, i'm loving it. It seems that everything I am using nowadays is coming from unix apps ported to windows, but I'm not complaining ;D

Alphalutra1

[chrisretusn]

I use PocoMail along with FreePOPs and YPOPs! For notification I use ePrompter.