New Email Client

[moisheh]

I am looking for a new email client to replace WLM. I am using Windows 7. I hope U can get some recommendations. I don't want to use web maul and I don't want to use Outlook. I am not a power user. I loved WLM. I am presently trying OE Classic. Anyone who used Outlook Express will feel at home. But it does have some problems. You cannot set it to be the default email client. So if you are on a web site and click on "contact" it opens up WLM. OE Classic told me that they will one day make that change. You also have to change your outlook settings to POP. This causes havoc. If I open Outlook on my Android phone it is empty. Cannot change font size of your inbox list. Other quirks as well. I am considering runasxp. It too is built on the old OE but much has been updated. Some have suggested Thunderbird. But I really don't want to fool around customizing. I want something that works out of the box. All suggestions appreciated.

Moisheh

[sherlock62]

moisheh wrote:
Sherlock: How would I forward those emails? Not individually I hope ! Thanks

Moisheh

I was assuming you had a dozen or so emails you wanted to keep.
Again, try the IMPORT feature in Thunderbird. It will Import OE emails into TB.

[Dutch_12078]

Chris Bryant wrote:
The only reason I let gmail handle my domain email is spam filtering- hundreds daily from an address that has been public for 16 years now- google handles it quite well so far.

Chris, I too have a heavily spammed long used address that's connected to several websites I maintain. I have that address forwarded to a separate Gmail account for their spam filtering, and then forwarded from there to another non-Gmail account. That gives me the benefit of Gmail's spam filtering along with the convenience of handling all my email in one client.

[kohai]

PC-Alpine for Windows 🙂

[Chris_Bryant]

2oldman wrote:

Chris Bryant wrote:
I have an over 100 mb/sec connection, but I deal with a LOT of email. When I bought this new computer and installed a new OS on it I tried using the web based gmail interface for a few weeks- took way too much time- when you get a couple hundred emails a day a few seconds lag on each adds up.

Something must be wrong with the OS or your actual connect speed. My gmail at 25mb (measured) opens new gmail almost before the mouse button is up.

Yeah- I can open them fast enough, but I have to deal with them then- every action has a delay, plus dealing with filters is much more cumbersome. I've dealt with gmail on multiple devices and OS's, and webmail simply is not as easy to work with as local if you are dealing with a large amount. The only reason I let gmail handle my domain email is spam filtering- hundreds daily from an address that has been public for 16 years now- google handles it quite well so far.

[moisheh]

Sherlock: How would I forward those emails? Not individually I hope ! Thanks

Moisheh

[sherlock62]

moisheh wrote:
I set up Thunderbird today. Nice interface. works well. BUT I am having trouble importing some of my emails. I have not figured out how to get them from OE Classic. I have some of them in Outlook.com and cannot get them into Thunderbird .

Moisheh

How you tried to use the Import function found under Tools in Thunderbird. It will usually without issue, import OE emails.
Also, you could forward those emails to yourself with OE and then receive them with Thunderbird. That will get them to Thunderbird.

Also, as a Thunderbird user DO install MozBackup found here and be sure to occasionally backup your Thunderbird with MozBackup. MozBackup also is great to use with FireFox. Moz, backups not only your email but also the Thunderbird settings, etc..

[moisheh]

I set up Thunderbird today. Nice interface. works well. BUT I am having trouble importing some of my emails. I have not figured out how to get them from OE Classic. I have some of them in Outlook.com and cannot get them into Thunderbird .

Moisheh

[chindog]

I've been using Eudora for many years. It's now obsolete, and no longer supported by Qualcomm, but for our purposes it does everything we need. In fact, I like to have my favorite mailboxes displayed on the screen, each in their little window. I can see the header info of new posts for each of my email lists at a glance. No other email client I have found can do that.

[2oldman]

Chris Bryant wrote:
I have an over 100 mb/sec connection, but I deal with a LOT of email. When I bought this new computer and installed a new OS on it I tried using the web based gmail interface for a few weeks- took way too much time- when you get a couple hundred emails a day a few seconds lag on each adds up.

Something must be wrong with the OS or your actual connect speed. My gmail at 25mb (measured) opens new gmail almost before the mouse button is up.

[sherlock62]

Snipe:

Sam Spade wrote:


If you want something that looks and works similarly on both a home computer and a smart phone, you REALLY need to bite the bullet and go with a web application......like Gmail (Google) or maybe Yahoo.

Absolutely not true! Using say Thunderbird on your PC and K9 Mail mail on a smart phone, BOTH set-up with IMAP in regard Gmail or Yahoo mail accounts is really a terrific way to go. Yes, not as simple to deal with as web based mail but offers so so much more to the end user.

[sherlock62]

Dutch_12078 wrote:
If you use IMAP instead of POP for your email protocol, your mail is always synchronized no matter which clients you use. If I read a new message on my PC with Thunderbird and then reply to it, when I open K9 on my smartphone later on, both the new message and my reply are both there.

YES, In today's day and age, IMAP is the way to go. POP is the way to go if you cannot go with IMAP which would be a rarety.

[Chris_Bryant]

I have an over 100 mb/sec connection, but I deal with a LOT of email. When I bought this new computer and installed a new OS on it I tried using the web based gmail interface for a few weeks- took way too much time- when you get a couple hundred emails a day a few seconds lag on each adds up.
Right now I am using Thunderbird IMAP with gMail- I still prefer pop, but it's better than web.

[braindead0]

2oldman wrote:

braindead0 wrote:
Slow, every single interaction requires talking to a server and getting a response over a number of hops. dog slow.

Ok. Everything is slow with a slow connection. I guess for the average Joe who has one email account and a decent connection, a client is a bit of overkill.

I would tend to agree in general. However I can think of many scenarios where having local email would be important, even decent connections go out.

In the end everyone has to decide for themselves what features they want, interface they like..etc. It's why we have so many options 😉

[2oldman]

braindead0 wrote:
Slow, every single interaction requires talking to a server and getting a response over a number of hops. dog slow.

Ok. Everything is slow with a slow connection. I guess for the average Joe who has one email account and a decent connection, a client is a bit of overkill.

[braindead0]

2oldman wrote:

moisheh wrote:
2oldman: I do have a gmail account but hardly use it. Horrible client.

What makes it horrible? I don't understand what an email "client" does, unless you have several email accounts, which I don't understand either.

Slow, every single interaction requires talking to a server and getting a response over a number of hops. dog slow. Also requires connection, I have a lot of information in alert emails that I need access to and may or may not have any net access where I'm located when I need the data (inside secure datacenters for example).

I manage several email accounts across multiple servers, some only my family have, some I use for business, some I use for alerts from IDS/IPS and server monitoring systems.

The number of ways people use email is as varied as the number of people using email. There is no one correct client and configuration that works for everyone.