Mozilla Mail (1.4) - I am finally a convert. The new junk mail filtering system is superb. I notice a few glitches in the app, like when scrolling in a folder with 1000+ messages, but it seems pretty solid overall. It's also very easy to keep my mail sorted. I have 3 POP accounts and imported 3 years worth of emails from my OE backups to it's own folder.
Here's my experience with other clients:
I've done the Outlook Express thing - filtering is powerful, but mozilla does all the work for me now. I just select anything it doesn't catch and press the junk button and from then on, it will catch that type of email on it's own. Now I don't have to worry about email viruses by using OE.
I tried Eudora several times, I didn't like it. Personal thing, the header viewing shouldn't have such a stupid name.
I also tried The Bat, but the user interface was lacking IMO.
I went on to Pegasus mail, which I have concluded is a total piece of crap. Why? If you install to a directory other than C:\PMAIL\, the program does not work. I have yet to find out how to create a user account, though half of the time on a fresh install on first run it asks for a user account, and no matter what I enter, it just gives an error and exits...since an opportunity to create one was never given. Even when a valid user exists, it still doesn't work. Now I have a few months of email stuck in Pegasus' format and I can't do anything about it. No exporting that I can see. It's a shame as if it wasn't for those problems, I would deem it a good client. I don't want to pay for documentation, I want to pay for fixes.
Here's my experience with other clients:
I've done the Outlook Express thing - filtering is powerful, but mozilla does all the work for me now. I just select anything it doesn't catch and press the junk button and from then on, it will catch that type of email on it's own. Now I don't have to worry about email viruses by using OE.
I tried Eudora several times, I didn't like it. Personal thing, the header viewing shouldn't have such a stupid name.
I also tried The Bat, but the user interface was lacking IMO.
I went on to Pegasus mail, which I have concluded is a total piece of crap. Why? If you install to a directory other than C:\PMAIL\, the program does not work. I have yet to find out how to create a user account, though half of the time on a fresh install on first run it asks for a user account, and no matter what I enter, it just gives an error and exits...since an opportunity to create one was never given. Even when a valid user exists, it still doesn't work. Now I have a few months of email stuck in Pegasus' format and I can't do anything about it. No exporting that I can see. It's a shame as if it wasn't for those problems, I would deem it a good client. I don't want to pay for documentation, I want to pay for fixes.
