POLL: What E-Mail Program/Client do you use?

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: MotionMan
What prompted this poll in the first place was that I recently switched from Eudora (which I had used since 1993, including a switch from Mac to Windows in 1996) for home and Outlook Express at work (6+ years) to TB. The main reason was that TB handles IMAP so much better than Eudora. The biggest thing I miss is the ability to filter OUTGOING messages. That is first on my wish list for TB. Otherwise, I am most pleased.

MotionMan

Add to the wish list the ability to change the status of e-mails from unread to read. Eudora has that option. I have not found it in TB.

MotionMan

Right click folder, and select mark folder read in the context box.

Doh!!! Sorry, I meant read to unread. (I will edit above)

MotionMan

 

[lxskllr]

Highlight message you want marked, Select menu "Message" at top, expand "Mark", deselect "As Read" tag.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Highlight message you want marked, Select menu "Message" at top, expand "Mark", deselect "As Read" tag.

Beautiful!

Thank you!!!

MotionMan

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: MotionMan


For example, if I have project XYZ, all the e-mail subjects begin with "XYZ:" I want to filter all my outgoing messages regarding project XYZ to the XYZ folder. It is also very handy for mailing lists and the like.

MotionMan

I'm not sure I completely understand what you're trying to do, but you may be able to do what you want with inbound filters. You could CC a copy of the mail to yourself, then have an inbound filter route the mail to the correct folder on the way back to you.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: MotionMan


For example, if I have project XYZ, all the e-mail subjects begin with "XYZ:" I want to filter all my outgoing messages regarding project XYZ to the XYZ folder. It is also very handy for mailing lists and the like.

MotionMan

I'm not sure I completely understand what you're trying to do, but you may be able to do what you want with inbound filters. You could CC a copy of the mail to yourself, then have an inbound filter route the mail to the correct folder on the way back to you.

I think you got what I am trying to do.

That is one idea. It is just that Eudora was able to do the outbound filters, so I figured it should not be all that hard to add to TB.

For now, I am moving the sent e-mails out of the sent folder to the appropriate project folder by hand. If I get tired of that, I may just do the cc: workaround.

MotionMan

 

[Shmalls]

outlook 07 running on exchange 03 at work, and at home outlook 07 pulling SMTP and pop3 accounts.
the reason I use outlook for work is, I have no choice.
and for at home I figure since i already have office 07, and it comes with a nice email client I'll use that. plus I am familiar with outlook.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

I think you got what I am trying to do.

That is one idea. It is just that Eudora was able to do the outbound filters, so I figured it should not be all that hard to add to TB.

For now, I am moving the sent e-mails out of the sent folder to the appropriate project folder by hand. If I get tired of that, I may just do the cc: workaround.

MotionMan

I was looking through the Tbird extensions when I ran across This It's not exactly what you want, but it could help automate the moving process for you. I haven't used this myself, so backup important mail before using as a precaution.

 

[oldman420]

I use web based clients like gmail and yahoo or hushmail.
I have lost lots of important info over the years to computer crashes and if you leave the stuff on the server it is not an issue plus I can get them from anywhere as well

 

[dealmaster00]

gmail.

 

[KeithTalent]

I use Outlook at work, but for everything else I use Gmail.

KT

 

[konakona]

Outlook express - it comes with windoze and I dont really do much other than grouping emails into different folders, really.

I am sure there are other dedicated programs that either do certain tasks better or offer more convinience, I just dont feel like spending much time and energy in configuring/learning/getting used to something new. Not that I am saying it necessarily takes that much effort to migrate, just that temptation for optimizing ends up pushing me to do more than what I really need. Email client is least of my worries for now. Perhaps this is the way the people think when they still adhere to winamp despite the presence of wonderful programs like foobar.

 

[dderolph]

Originally posted by: VanillaHOutlook express - it comes with windoze and I dont really do much other than grouping emails into different folders, really.

That's really an understatement. Sure, OE may lack some features of other email clients, but it will do a good bit more than just group emails into different folders.