email client, which one?

I'm really in a dilemma when it comes to email clients and which to choose. I've tried Outlook 2010, Thunderbird, WLM, Postbox, eM client, Zimbra, etc, all sorts and still not satisfied.

But the most commonly used found from my research where Outlook 2010 and WLM. I feel Outlook is too much (my work email isn't exchange) and WLM feels so weak and old...

Help?

 

Just cause your work email isn't Exchange doesn't mean that Outlook is too much. Outlook offers a lot, but all that Exchange stuff is pretty much hidden if you don't have an Exchange based email account. You can use Outlook with web based email accounts.

 

I understand, but with Gmail and IMAP, outlook is kinda laggy, let alone a bit clunky.

 

In Outlook 2010, Gmail works fine with IMAP for my account, send/receive is very fast (my BB and Outlook get notification of an email almost simultaneously).

I've heard good things about the latest Thunderbird, although I haven't tried it. It's free, so there's no reason not to give it a try.

 

I went from Outlook 2007 to Zoho about 1 year ago and never looked back
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I wanted browser/web based and this app does everyting I need. I know it is marketed to business, but the free version I am using is fine for personal use also. Support is a bit lacking IMO, but I have not run into an issue yet that I could not solve on my own.

 

I use IncrediMail for a few years now. I like the emoticons and animated icons it comes with, makes emailing more cheerful

Sadly, IncrediMail have not yet managed to release a bug-free version. Usually insignificant stuff like Skin going back to default or backup not always successful from the first attempt or formatting of pasted text not always possible, but there is always something.

I would definitely migrate to another email client if there was one that does at least offer some emoticons and animations, as well as custom mail notifiers and is more stable. Haven't found one yet though. Outlook is probably the best choice for work, but way to serious for me. I could never understand how the Opera email client works and why, as far as I am aware, it needs to be part of the browser and not a stand-alone program and so on...

 

For me Outlook for business; Hotmail for play. OP you mention not being satisfied; what exactly do you want from this email client?

 

Probably the best question to ask at this moment. What do you need the email client to do for you? I just stick to web Gmail and online Outlook for my university emails. I tried out WLM and Outlook 2010 but didn't feel the need to use them to it's full capacity.

 

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Absolutely!! Eudora, then Outlook.... now IncrediMail.

1. Web Email could be fine for those using their emails to chat with family and friends or get their facebook notification, but serious tasks or important emails - I'd always prefer having them stored on my pc, where I can make backups and use them offline, where I can look at attachments whenever I want and not depend on the internet connection.
I also wouldn't want my whole correspondence to be available to every one who might get access to my email account. If you now crack my password you might be able to overtake only mails I haven't yet downloaded... and as long as I am online, my email client downloads every 6 mintues

2. The other reason to use an email client is that you can use it with multiple accounts - I currently have 5 or 6 configured and can view all emails in one place, categorized the way I want and write from each account.

3. Logging in and off is just pain in the *** - with an email client you don't need user name and passwords, you don't need to "check" for emails - once there is one or more - it notifies you. No need to keep an eye on the browser and so on.


Many, many, many advantages of using an email client!

 

And to be honest I don't understand what you mean with Outlook being slower than Gmail?? It is by all means much faster - no time needed to log in. No time needed to load your emails as they are already there. You start the program and you are one click away from creating an email, no matter whether you are online or offline. I for one write emails when on a journey (airplane, train, etc.) which are automatically sent once I go online.
Of course you can write them in Word and then copy-paste in gmail, but this is so 2000.....

Also - whenever I need something sent to me by email I do not need to log in. I need my booking verification - I just open my laptop and there it is. Do that with gmail web interface.

 

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Comapred to an email client, no matter what account:

But I guess a solution is to use gmail with a client. Combining the best of both worlds

 

Just about any PIM will have a credible email client.

Time & Chaos Intellect and Essential PIM are two of them.

 

Twitter?? Now that's really "so 2000" different topic however

 

hmm, great responses.

I think I'll go back to Outlook 2010 as I can't get WLM to function the way I need.

Any idea on how to use Outlook download my emails AND keep them on server? is POP the way to go?

 

When you configure the settings, there is a checkbox "Leave copy of mails on server" or something similar. You can also specify for how long.

I am not using Outlook so I can't exactly tell you but it is pretty much the same on all clients.

Have a look: Setting Outlook to leave a copy of emails on the server

 

I use Mozilla Thunderbird to handle my gmail account. I find it's much better at searching, sorting by things other than date (by author, by subject, etc), than gmail's own webmail is. And unlike Outlook, it's free.

I use Outlook 2010 at work and I don't like it any better. To the contrary, I find Thunderbird to be more stable, and I prefer traditional drop-down menus to the Office 2010 ribbon setup.

 

Here's a pretty good basic guide on how to get started with Gmail in Outlook 2010. I too would recommend IMAP; items in Gmail will be left in Gmail (they will not be deleted unless you explictly set it up to do so).

 

outlook 2010 and gmail using IMAP:
- navigating the gmail folders is very sluggish even when I have a local copy of my mails downloaded.

thunderbird and gmail using IMAP:
+ navigating folders is snappy.
+ very lightweight compared to outlook.
- but the one main drawback I don't like about TB is its email composing window. It feels very primitive (formatting and ease of use) compared to the ease of outlook when composing html messages.

 

That's for pop3 where the emails are actually downloaded from the server - if you want to leave them on the server you need to check that box. For imap however, outlook is always a mirror image of the server and all emails are always left on the server (unless you archive them).

I use Outlook 2007 on 2 different PCs configured for imap and I collect mail with my phone using imap. Whenever I move an email to a new folder using my phone it is always automatically mirrored on my PCs as are read emails or deletions or whatever. They are always perfectly synchronised.

And of course the benefit of a local email client is that I can still read old emails and compose new ones while on a flight.

 

I that the to, cc, and bcc fields feel very primitive. Typing in recipients is far harder than it needs to be. I actually like the simplicity of formatting the text of the message, especially compared to the overly-complex clusterbleep that is anything in Office 2010.