Weekend Open Forum: What type of email client do you prefer?

[Doctor John]

I like Thunderbird 2 the best, because of the pods.
Never tried Outlook!

 

[avoidz]

Outlook 2003 has been the best for me for 10 years.

 

[Kibaruk]

The better question at this point is...

What client do you use for IMAP?

I've been using outlook now for a while and its pretty good, the only downside I've felt is that IMAP syncing is rather slow.

 

[wiyosaya]

Thunderbird

 

[TorturedChaos]

I was forced to use Outlook Express when I worked at Office Max, and my distaste for it started there.

When I changed jobs 6yrs ago they were using Thunderbird when I got here, and we still are. It seems to handle everything we want to do with emails, and I love the Tagging system for marking the progress of an order so anyone in the building can quickly glance at said email and tell where it is in the order process.

For my personnel email I only have one Gmail account and just check it through the website. I do have Thunderbird setup with it on my laptop but usually don't use it .

 

[Phraun]

Gmail with the text-message authentication; I have to get into my email from too many different machines for there to be a point to using a desktop app. I do use the Checker Plus for Gmail chrome extension on my main desktop, and now using anything else drives me up the wall because no other extension/application is as fast with notifications, nor are those notifications as useful.

The thing that I REALLY don't understand is using the email address provided by your ISP. Why do people still do this? It's just one more rope around your neck preventing you from switching companies.

 

[Guest]

Zimbra Open Source Server with Ajax web client

 

[SimonJ]

I use Clyton. Has a great spam filter. No IMAP syncing though.

 

[Techdog]

Outlook Express 6 and Incredimail (without any of its bells and whistles)