On Sun, 2011-06-26 at 14:24 +1200, Derek Smithies wrote: > Hi, > a simple question - what is the "best" mail client? > > It should support multiple accounts - this one is totally reasonable... > > It should support imap - with this requirement, one can access their > mail from any computer, provided that > the mail server is accessible. > > Automatic filing of all outgoing, and incoming mail should be possible. > Thus, I can have a folder for every person > that I have communicated with - where each folder contains the > sent/received messages. > > Evolution had a nice feature, where it provides "virtual" folders, which > are actually a reference to any message > that matches some criteria. Thus, I could set up a folder called (for > example) Nick, which contains all messages sent > to Nick, and all messages received from Nick. Should there be a message > sent to Nick and Rik, then the message would be > found in Nick's folder, and also found in Rik's folder.. > > If one was to create (say) 200 virtual folders, it would be nice to > have the some folder tree to keep all the > folders "organised". The Evolution version I tried did not appear to > support a tree of virtual folders. > > I have used alpine for years, and found (once set up) that it worked > well. However, the world has gone graphical, > and it is nice to see pictures etc in emails. - maybe - is there a > graphical version of alpine? > > Sadly, the linux community has an over supply of half finished email > clients, and a limited supply of really good clients. > > Comment anyone? > tia, > Derek. > > My personal feeling is that Evo is the best offering, which is really sad. I have about 50 folders, which are populated by direct delivery by procmail.
Performance is atrocious, and attempting to connect with the rest of the world ( ie outlook html formatted mail ) is poor. Yes, I know, email should be a text based medium, but I have 'real' clients to connect with... or I don't get paid. It's almost getting to the point where I use roundcube in my browser instead of a proper email client... Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MNZCS <[email protected]> http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: [email protected] Skype: sholdowa
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