Which email client do you use...

Beestie · 12-02-2003, 09:55 AM

Which email client is everyone using these days.

While I can check pop email via the web, I would like to upgrade my Windoze-based local client (to store messages locally and do more elaborate things than I can do with free email accounts).

I have been using Netscape 4.x email with a MailTalkX front end (simple, lightweight and highly effective) to filter out unwanted email. But as I upgrade OSs, I get farther and farther away from Netscape and thought I should just move on altogether.

Dagnabit · 12-02-2003, 10:06 AM

Mozilla Thunderbird will be pretty similar to what you're using now, but with several great enhancements and an awesome spam filter.

That said it is not the very easiest to configure and use, but after it's set up it's great. It took about a month for it to really learn what's spam and what's not, but now it catches 9 out of 10 of them, a great rate considering I get about 200 spam messages per day.

And while at first there were a few "false positives", telling it those were not spam seems to have trainediti well and now I get no false positives at all.

FileNotFound · 12-02-2003, 10:09 AM

I've switched to 100% webmail.

There are downsides, but I feel it's easier for me to not bother with a huge mess of email logs.

SteveDallas · 12-02-2003, 10:16 AM

I've been using Eudora for the past dozen years.

hot_pastrami · 12-02-2003, 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by FileNotFound
I've switched to 100% webmail.

Likewise. E-mail has become an integral part in my work and life, and so I am frequently needing access to my message archive from work and at home. Webmail is the only way to do this easily.

I subscribe to Yahoo Mail Plus, and I get a 50 MB mailbox, a really good SPAM filter (I get 1-2 spam messages in my real Inbox per day, and the filter catches about 40), ability to send/receive mail using multiple e-mail addresses, and the ability to download an archive of all of my e-mail, which can be imported into Outlook, etc.

I've been highly pleased with Yahoo Mail Plus. In fact, I even e-mailed them once to suggest some features, and about three weeks later, those features were added. I don't know if it was a result of my suggestions or just a coincidence, but it was still cool.

Beestie · 12-02-2003, 02:09 PM

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Webmail... and the ability to download an archive of all of my e-mail...

That cinches it - that was the only thing that really kept me from embracing web-email - the ability to independently archive the emails.

Thanx!

elSicomoro · 12-02-2003, 09:23 PM

I use Moz's mail client. Kicks all kinds of ass, and like Dag with Thunderbird, the false positives stopped after a month...works like a champ.

Torrere · 12-04-2003, 01:36 AM

mutt

^^

Scopulus Argentarius · 12-04-2003, 06:24 AM

What I use...

Webmail
Thunderbird (Not just a mail client, a tasty drink too!)
Pine

vsp · 12-04-2003, 07:26 AM

I've been using Pegasus Mail for Windows retrieval and management for many years now. It does the job and it's free.

In Unix, I type "mail." It worked for me in 1991 and it works for me now. (Granted, it works for me now because of a huge procmail recipe that weeds out much of the crud...)

Hi, I'm a curmudgeon.

tikat · 12-04-2003, 05:27 PM

I've had good luck with the Mozilla email client, too.

I have to use an external script (gotmail.pl) to drag in mail from my spam-bait (hotmail) account, but that was about the only special setup it needed.

Watching the huge list of spam dump into the inbox then get automatically whisked away into the Junk folder gives me a warm feeling that just starts the day right.

Of course, the occasional porn mail still slips through.

Edit: s/start/starts/
Edit2: inserted 'that' between 'but' and 'was'. Belatedly noticed the 'preview post' option.

juju · 12-05-2003, 12:55 AM

I've started using SpamAssassin to eliminate spam. It is SO awesome! I definitely identify with that warm feeling. It's so cool not to get spam. If you have the technical know-how to set it up, I definitely recommend it.

Uryoces · 12-05-2003, 02:31 AM

My hotmail accounts are spam-paper. It's funny because the main account is getting most of the spam, and the "mailaccount_ads" which is obviously meant for spam, doesn't get any hits at all. It seems to be internet cruft. The longer an account exists, the more spam it will get.

My juno account, my first email account dating from '96, is just starting to get a few bits of spam. [ Edit ] Except for all these mails from a Mr./Mrs. "T. Cellar".

The account based out of the server sitting in my living room is accessed from Outlook 2002, kind of overkill, but I support it at work. It's the sekrit account. No one gets the address but family and friends on pain of death.

I really need to get this second system up and running with some flavor of Linux and drop MS completely, or at least make a copy of my data and use Linux for a month.

I'd proabably use Evolution to wean myself.

tikat · 12-05-2003, 02:56 PM

If the bayesian filters hadn't started worked right, I would have had to switch my main account to a drop-by-default, accept from mailbox or magic word policy.

Looking over my list, it wouldn't reduce my legitimate email much at all since I usually get a person's email address at the same time as I give him or her mine.

juju · 12-05-2003, 04:54 PM

Yeah, I just changed my settings in Gaim today to only accept IMs from people on my buddy list. I've been getting 3-5 spam IMs a day this past week!

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Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Which email client do you use... Which email client is everyone using these days. While I can check pop email via the web, I would like to upgrade my Windoze-based local client (to store messages locally and do more elaborate things than I can do with free email accounts). I have been using Netscape 4.x email with a MailTalkX front end (simple, lightweight and highly effective) to filter out unwanted email. But as I upgrade OSs, I get farther and farther away from Netscape and thought I should just move on altogether. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

12-02-2003, 10:09 AM	#3
FileNotFound Intouch with his inner sheep rider. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 603	I've switched to 100% webmail. There are downsides, but I feel it's easier for me to not bother with a huge mess of email logs. __________________ This is a rat. \|This is a hamster.\| This is a chipmunk.\| This is a Sheep Rider.

12-04-2003, 05:27 PM	#11
tikat Paramour of Paradigm Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Conway, Arkansas Posts: 42	I've had good luck with the Mozilla email client, too. I have to use an external script (gotmail.pl) to drag in mail from my spam-bait (hotmail) account, but that was about the only special setup it needed. Watching the huge list of spam dump into the inbox then get automatically whisked away into the Junk folder gives me a warm feeling that just starts the day right. Of course, the occasional porn mail still slips through. Edit: s/start/starts/ Edit2: inserted 'that' between 'but' and 'was'. Belatedly noticed the 'preview post' option. Last edited by tikat; 12-04-2003 at 05:31 PM.

12-05-2003, 02:31 AM	#13
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	My hotmail accounts are spam-paper. It's funny because the main account is getting most of the spam, and the "mailaccount_ads" which is obviously meant for spam, doesn't get any hits at all. It seems to be internet cruft. The longer an account exists, the more spam it will get. My juno account, my first email account dating from '96, is just starting to get a few bits of spam. [ Edit ] Except for all these mails from a Mr./Mrs. "T. Cellar". The account based out of the server sitting in my living room is accessed from Outlook 2002, kind of overkill, but I support it at work. It's the sekrit account. No one gets the address but family and friends on pain of death. I really need to get this second system up and running with some flavor of Linux and drop MS completely, or at least make a copy of my data and use Linux for a month. I'd proabably use Evolution to wean myself. __________________ The party's over ... the drink ... and the luck ... ran out. Last edited by Uryoces; 12-05-2003 at 02:34 AM.

12-02-2003, 10:06 AM	#2
Dagnabit High Propagandist Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 115	Mozilla Thunderbird will be pretty similar to what you're using now, but with several great enhancements and an awesome spam filter. That said it is not the very easiest to configure and use, but after it's set up it's great. It took about a month for it to really learn what's spam and what's not, but now it catches 9 out of 10 of them, a great rate considering I get about 200 spam messages per day. And while at first there were a few "false positives", telling it those were not spam seems to have trainediti well and now I get no false positives at all.

12-02-2003, 10:16 AM	#4
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I've been using Eudora for the past dozen years.

12-02-2003, 09:23 PM	#7
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I use Moz's mail client. Kicks all kinds of ass, and like Dag with Thunderbird, the false positives stopped after a month...works like a champ.

12-04-2003, 01:36 AM	#8
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	mutt ^^

12-04-2003, 06:24 AM	#9
Scopulus Argentarius Your current user title is: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: BTR Posts: 301	What I use... Webmail Thunderbird (Not just a mail client, a tasty drink too!) Pine

12-04-2003, 07:26 AM	#10
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	I've been using Pegasus Mail for Windows retrieval and management for many years now. It does the job and it's free. In Unix, I type "mail." It worked for me in 1991 and it works for me now. (Granted, it works for me now because of a huge procmail recipe that weeds out much of the crud...) Hi, I'm a curmudgeon.

12-05-2003, 12:55 AM	#12
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	I've started using SpamAssassin to eliminate spam. It is SO awesome! I definitely identify with that warm feeling. It's so cool not to get spam. If you have the technical know-how to set it up, I definitely recommend it.

12-05-2003, 02:56 PM	#14
tikat Paramour of Paradigm Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Conway, Arkansas Posts: 42	If the bayesian filters hadn't started worked right, I would have had to switch my main account to a drop-by-default, accept from mailbox or magic word policy. Looking over my list, it wouldn't reduce my legitimate email much at all since I usually get a person's email address at the same time as I give him or her mine.

12-05-2003, 04:54 PM	#15
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Yeah, I just changed my settings in Gaim today to only accept IMs from people on my buddy list. I've been getting 3-5 spam IMs a day this past week!

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