Alternatives to Thunderbird?

[Goose]

I've finally lost my patience with Mozilla Thunderbird after discovering that when i delete messages it deletes them permanently rather than moving them to the delete folder (amongst other annoyances) and was hoping someone might recommend something else?

I'm about to try Opera so i'll see how that goes.

[Edit] Also, should I be using IMAP or POP3 for incoming mail? I have no idea what the difference is.

Thanks

 

[KIA]

IMAP.

 

[lsg1r]

IMAP = all data is stored server side, thunderbird/outlook/whatever will basically be a 'viewer'
POP = all data is downloaded to your pc and only stored on your pc (unless some settings are ticked)

Personally I use IMAP for my business email

 

[mark2410]

thunderbird only deletes things if thats what youve set it up to do.

change the setting and then it wont do that anymore.