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E-mail client recommendations
Edvard:
I'm liking Spicebird (it's been mentioned on DC a few times).
Based on Mozilla code, but there's a certain je ne sais quoi about it that I like very much, where I disliked Thunderbird for the same (read: nebulous) reasons.
Handles multiple accounts pretty well, and setup is 5-year-old-level easy.
That said, there are a few nits about it, like not being able to use T-bird extensions, that would probably not please some people.
YMMV, $0.02, etc...
superboyac:
To me, probably the most critical feature of an offline email client is the quality of the stored content. That's what makes the Bat awesome: it's not likely to screw up the files holding all the emails. The program is quirky, but you can be fairly sure those emails are going to stay with you for a long time. I have emails in there stored since 1996, no problem. Crashes, blues screens, all sorts of migrations, etc...everything still stays perfectly intact.
That, plus great multiple account interface makes it in a class of its own. That's why I stick to it despite all my constant bitching about the quirks. i won't even sniff another client without that kind of rock-solid backend or multiple account features.
40hz:
I'm liking Spicebird (it's been mentioned on DC a few times).
Based on Mozilla code, but there's a certain je ne sais quoi about it that I like very much, where I disliked Thunderbird for the same (read: nebulous) reasons.
Handles multiple accounts pretty well, and setup is 5-year-old-level easy.
-Edvard (January 04, 2012, 04:06 PM)
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Je ne sais quoi indeed!
Just downloaded it to give it a try. I do like it better than TBird, and am also having a problem saying exactly why. Maybe it's because it feels lighter and smoother in some indefinable way compared to "the bird"?
Handles IMAP very nicely. And to your point, setup is a breeze. Gave it a Gmail account and password and it handled all the server settings for me. Nice! A few seconds later it synced a good number of folders and messages and still felt light and snappy afterwards
Hmm...gonna have to feed it for a week or two and then decide if it's allowed to stay.
Thx for the suggestion. :Thmbsup:
Tuxman:
Just had a look at eM Client. What is that thing supposed to be? Where are the major advantages?
cyberdiva:
One thing that keeps me using Mulberry is its "Cabinets" feature. I use sieve filters to filter my mail on my two university accounts into a variety of mailboxes, depending on various criteria. I have a Mulberry cabinet that shows me just the mailboxes that are able to receive new mail, so I can see at a glance which mailboxes have new mail. Mail in some mailboxes I know I want to look at right away, whereas others can wait. When I use Thunderbird, I have to scroll through my MANY mailboxes to find which ones have new mail, and I find that rather inconvenient. I also have a cabinet that holds just those mailboxes that I want to synchronize with mailboxes on my computer. With IMAP, I don't have to download messages, but I have 18 mailboxes whose contents I want to save on my hard drive. Mulberry's Auto-Synchronize cabinet makes it very easy to do this. Yet another cabinet I use is Copy Messages To. It simply lists all the mailboxes in which I might want to move a message after reading it. I haven't found this "cabinet" functionality in other email clients. It's not the only reason I stay with Mulberry, but it's one that I really don't want to give up. If there are more modern email clients that do have a similar feature, I'd like to know about them.
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