On Sunday, December 22, 2002, at 12:14 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > I am not interested in a $200 + multifaceted program just to run > email. I > use Appleworks for most everything else. I will continue to use OE till > something better comes along. I am not adverse to paying for an email > program, but it's got to be the right program!
There are at least four other inexpensive contenders out there which do not have the resources to out-advertise Microsoft. I used to use Mulberry as my mail client, and the only reason I stopped is because they didn't have an X version at the time I switched over to X. They do now, and I liked it so much I'm thinking of switching back. The main reason I like it is because all my mail is IMAP-based, rather than POP-based, and Mulberry is the best IMAP client out there. (Mulberry does POP too.) Powermail has gotten very good reviews lately. I looked at it some time ago and decided not to use it because its IMAP support wasn't very good, but its support for POP mail was very strong. The latest version has beefed up all its features, and I may take another look at it, when I get some time. Eudora has been around for a long time, and is so customizable and feature-filled that most people only scratch the surface of it. I'd probably use it instead of Mulberry, if its IMAP support didn't look like it was grafted on instead of built in. Mailsmith is a POP-only e-mail client from Bare Bones Software. It has the most comprehensive search-destroy-filter-slice-dice capabilities of any e-mail program, and it's fast. Its editor is also very good because it's done by the same people who do BBEdit. (Their motto: "Our software sucks less!") I'd probably be using it, if it had any IMAP support at all. All four of these can be downloaded and tried out for free, but paying either unlocks special features or turns off nagging. PS/ There's also the e-mail built into Mozilla and Netscape, which is free. PPS/ I own Entourage and don't use it because it's so easily confused by IMAP servers not written by a certain Northwestern company. -- Lee Larson, Mathematics Department, University of Louisville Phone: 502-852-6826 FAX: 502-852-7132 The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
