Comparison of mail clients

[Jaycee]

Recently switched over from OE to Thunderbird ,also have downloaded
Eudora 6.1 (sponsored).
Would you please give your opinions regarding the advantages and disadv
of these and other clients like Pegasus,Pocomail or others.
Would you suggest a website where results of such comparison have been
shown.
The Jan 2004 issue of PCW compared diff mail clients and put Pocomail on
top with Eudora and Pegasus behind.Tb was not there in the top three but
that was v 0.2( I guess).
Thanks in advance.

 

[jmatt]

If you want to try a really good free email client & Spam remover
, this is very good .

I can look at my mail on the ISP's server , delete ( spam removal ) ,
reply , click on links & if I want it on my comp , click on Move
to > Archive .
Use right click for some of the functions .

You can still leave any other email client installed . Just a matter
of choosing which one you want as default .

http://www.geminisoft.com/geminisoft/
http://geminisoft.com/geminisoft.eng/
http://geminisoft.com/geminisoft.eng/homepage.asp
http://www.geminisoft.com/download/pimmy350-english.zip
http://geminisoft.com/pimmy.eng/frameset.htm
http://geminisoft.com/pimmy.eng/caratteristiche.htm
Pimmy - Your personal postman.

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[Le Loup]

Dans son message précédent, jmatt a écrit :

If you want to try a really good free email client & Spam remover
, this is very good .
Pimmy - Your personal postman.

I totally agree !
I use Pimmy at work and at home and it does a very good job !
Cordialement,
Hervé LOTH

 

[stonecypher]

Eudora contains spyware and is not recommended.

The others you mentioned are all good, and you might also check out
Foxmail. Which you select is largely a matter of personal preference
and desired features. Thunderbird is the most advanced and it is also
actively under development, but it is also a large and rather slow
program.

I've tried them all but no longer use an email client, since I think
the webmail interface at http://www.fastmail.fm/ is the best email
client of all.

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[bassbag]

Recently switched over from OE to Thunderbird ,also have downloaded
Eudora 6.1 (sponsored).
Would you please give your opinions regarding the advantages and disadv
of these and other clients like Pegasus,Pocomail or others.
Would you suggest a website where results of such comparison have been
shown.
The Jan 2004 issue of PCW compared diff mail clients and put Pocomail on
top with Eudora and Pegasus behind.Tb was not there in the top three but
that was v 0.2( I guess).
Thanks in advance.

If you use an older operating system like 98 ,pocomail is very much a
resource hog especially if u open various gui within it.Foxmail is much
better with an older OS .Pimmy is also an excellent lean email client.
me

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

On 15 Nov 2004, Jaycee wrote

Recently switched over from OE to Thunderbird ,also have
downloaded Eudora 6.1 (sponsored).
Would you please give your opinions regarding the advantages and
disadv of these and other clients like Pegasus,Pocomail or others.
Would you suggest a website where results of such comparison have
been shown.
The Jan 2004 issue of PCW compared diff mail clients and put
Pocomail on top with Eudora and Pegasus behind.Tb was not there in
the top three but that was v 0.2( I guess).
Thanks in advance.

I've used PocoMail for a few years now (about 4, I think), and have
always been very pleased with it -- but it's not freeware or adware.

(I'm curious: did the PCW roundup make that clear, or was it sort of
buried in the detail?)

FWIW, if I hadn't purchased Poco -- or if I was looking for a freeware
alternative -- I think I'd probably see how Thunderbird was doing these
days.

 

[Jaycee]

If you use an older operating system like 98 ,pocomail is very much a
resource hog especially if u open various gui within it.Foxmail is much
better with an older OS .Pimmy is also an excellent lean email client.
me

I,m on XP-Pro, on a P4,1.6;40GB;256mbRAM ,so as of now I guess resource
wouldn't be much of a problem .TB is working fine excepting for its lack
of queing facilities.
Thanks

 

[Jaycee]

On 15 Nov 2004, Jaycee wrote


I've used PocoMail for a few years now (about 4, I think), and have
always been very pleased with it -- but it's not freeware or adware.

(I'm curious: did the PCW roundup make that clear, or was it sort of
buried in the detail?)

FWIW, if I hadn't purchased Poco -- or if I was looking for a freeware
alternative -- I think I'd probably see how Thunderbird was doing these
days.

Yes PCW did make it clear that Poco had to be paid for.

What I found curious was that Tb wasn't among the top three. I wanted to
know from users and experts how they'd rate the diff clients ,as
available now ,as regards security, filtering capabilities
,configurability etc.

your opinions will be highly regarded.
Thanks,

 

[Jaycee]

Eudora contains spyware and is not recommended.

The others you mentioned are all good, and you might also check out
Foxmail. Which you select is largely a matter of personal preference
and desired features. Thunderbird is the most advanced and it is also
actively under development, but it is also a large and rather slow
program.

I've tried them all but no longer use an email client, since I think
the webmail interface at http://www.fastmail.fm/ is the best email
client of all.

Sorry should have mentioned earlier I,m on dial up hence....

Thanks,

 

[BrianE]

Dans son message précédent, jmatt a écrit :



I totally agree !
I use Pimmy at work and at home and it does a very good job !
Cordialement,
Hervé LOTH

Pimmy is totally weird..

Or I'm just totally thick..

 

[Rod]

Pimmy is totally weird..

Or I'm just totally thick..

Or both ?
But I agree with you. I got rid of Pimmy for it's weirdness. Strange
interface, and I got tired of trying to understand the, in my
opinion, unlogical way it works.

 

[Jim Scott]

If you want to try a really good free email client & Spam remover

Or both ?
But I agree with you. I got rid of Pimmy for it's weirdness. Strange
interface, and I got tired of trying to understand the, in my
opinion, unlogical way it works.

Agree on both counts )
BUT it is a nice prog to take on a floppy when away from home/office.

 

[Rod]

Agree on both counts )
BUT it is a nice prog to take on a floppy when away from home/office.

Agreed, allthough I do prefer one of the Kaufman Mail Warrior versions to
take with me on a floppy.

http://www.geocities.com/kaufmansoft/

 

[Antonio Donatiello]

But I agree with you. I got rid of Pimmy for it's weirdness. Strange
interface, and I got tired of trying to understand the, in my
opinion, unlogical way it works.

Pimmy 4.0 (next version) will be less *strange*

Shortly, this are the new features, already developed, that will be
released in first beta (2-3 weeks to release):

- individual read/unread message management, with bold font for new
messages, either for folder and online mailboxes and newsgroups
- IMAP4 support
- import from Outlook Express, Thunderbird and others (file MBOX)
- great speed improvement for big folder, even with 10.000 messages, using
an index file
- local copy (cache) management for mailboxes and newsgroups, for an
offline access to already downloaded messages
- several minor bug corrections and improvements

The first beta of Pimmy 4.0 should be released by the end of november.

Then, still unplanned, we will develop:

- groups in address book
- 3 panels interface (optional)
- "super search" in all folders

 

[Rod]

Pimmy 4.0 (next version) will be less *strange*

Shortly, this are the new features, already developed, that will be
released in first beta (2-3 weeks to release):

- individual read/unread message management, with bold font for new
messages, either for folder and online mailboxes and newsgroups
- IMAP4 support
- import from Outlook Express, Thunderbird and others (file MBOX)
- great speed improvement for big folder, even with 10.000 messages,
using an index file
- local copy (cache) management for mailboxes and newsgroups, for an
offline access to already downloaded messages
- several minor bug corrections and improvements

The first beta of Pimmy 4.0 should be released by the end of november.

Then, still unplanned, we will develop:

- groups in address book
- 3 panels interface (optional)
- "super search" in all folders

Thank you for that info Antonio,
I will check out the new version when you release it.

 

[diesel_fuel]

Try here
http://email.about.com/od/windowsemailclients/

 

[ms]

Or both ?
But I agree with you. I got rid of Pimmy for it's weirdness. Strange
interface, and I got tired of trying to understand the, in my
opinion, unlogical way it works.

Same here, and that flashing mail symbol was a bummer. I liked the quiet envelope
mail symbol in the system tray from the old Netscape 4.79.

Mike Sa

 

[Golliwocky]

I've tried all the popular freeware mail clients and have found them
wanting in different areas. However, many people do use them and like
them, so YMMV.

The following is a brief run down of a few off the top of my mind:

Pegasus: Powerful, stable and very configurable. Has everything
including the kitchen sink. Some may find its interface confusing and
be turned off. You either hate it or like it. Appeals to the Windows
Geek (an oxymoron surely!)

Thunderbird: Amazing NKOTB. Good bit of power with a pretty face.
Still rough around some edges. Has potential to go very far. As with
all Gecko products, this one is a resource hog which is IMO its major
weakness. OTOH, it is truly cross-platform and uses the very common
Mbox format for messages which are important selling points. If you
have lots of CPU power and memory and don't mind bloat, dig in.

Foxmail: An almost well-rounded performer. Good for 99% of emailing
needs. User-friendly interface. However, lack of any support for
PGP/GnuPG security is a fatal letdown, IMO.

Sylpheed: Runs under Linux or Windows (needs GTK). Windows port not
frequently updated but seems stable enough. I find it a wee bit
bloated. May as well run Thunderbird.

Popcorn/Pimmy/other 'lite' clients: Good minimalist concept and fill
a niche but I don't feel secure enough to use them in 'poweruser' mode.
I have 20 odd accounts and over 15 high-volume mailing lists and so
would need a client which runs 24/7, that is relatively lean and has a
mean filtering system.

Lastly, your usual sourceforge offerings: Mahogany, Phoenix Mail etc.
Commendable efforts but see above.
I use a relatively unknown payware.

My 2 cents.

 

[Antonio Donatiello]

"Golliwocky" <[email protected]> ha scritto:

HI,
I'm one of the two authors of Pimmy.

Popcorn/Pimmy/other 'lite' clients: Good minimalist concept and fill
a niche but I don't feel secure enough to use them in 'poweruser' mode.
I have 20 odd accounts and over 15 high-volume mailing lists and so
would need a client which runs 24/7, that is relatively lean and has a
mean filtering system.

Pimmy 3.5 is very stable and no crash bugs were reported from our users on
all Windows versions (9x... XP).

We work hard for stability and stress Pimmy with massive and multiple
downloads before releasing a new version. Pimmy is multithreaded and can
download messages from all accounts at the same moment. We need stability
for this purpose

Pimmy uses file system to store folder and emails. Each Pimmy folder has a
corrispondent disk folder and each singular email is stored in a single
eml file. In such a way is extremely difficult to lose emails and is quite
impossible to lose a folder.

This file oriented structure is also useful, I think, for incremental backup

Pimmy 3.5 has a *very very* powerful filtering system.

You can manage complex rules on headers, body, attachment names, use regex,
and/or operators in any combination (e.g. "subject is x and (from is y or
from is z) and body contains w"). Pimmy automatically downloads the body
message if and only if a rule asks for the body. See the manual for more
details.

 

[Paul Urquhart]

Golliwocky wrote:
/snip/

Thunderbird: Amazing NKOTB. Good bit of power with a pretty face.
Still rough around some edges. Has potential to go very far. As with
all Gecko products, this one is a resource hog which is IMO its major
weakness. OTOH, it is truly cross-platform and uses the very common
Mbox format for messages which are important selling points. If you
have lots of CPU power and memory and don't mind bloat, dig in.

/snip/

Footnote: Mozilla Mail & News, the progenitor of Thunderbird, also has a
lot of power, with not quite such a pretty face, but fewer rough edges.
It's also less of resource hog in my experience, if Moz Navigator is
your browser. They work together really well, while Tbird and Firefox
do not. Moz. Mail & News is a good choice for power users who need
reliability and speed.