What mail client do you use?

[Sumanji]

Hey guys,

I had a rather catastrophic encounter with a faulty nV driver yesterday, so I've had to do a total reformat! I'm taking this opportunity to change things about my system which I found annoying.

Previously I used Outlook 2007 for mail, but I found this horrendously slow and frequently crashed (is this normal?!). I'm thinking about switching mail clients to either Thunderbird or Windows Live Mail (I used Outlook Express on XP which I was very happy with).

My requirements are basically the ability to check 2 Hotmail accounts and 2 pop accounts, and to be quick! Any recommendations?

Cheers,

Suman

 

[1337z0r]

Outlook 2007 works pretty good for me when I use it, but I have not bothered on my latest install. Maybe try outlook 2003 if you have access to it.

Thunderbird is also pretty good, Mozilla have started releasing beta versions of Thunderbird 3 as well. I've used Windows Live Mail once and I did not like it at all. There's no harm in trying them on your system and uninstalling them, it's mainly down to personal preference in terms of the GUI and feature set.

I personally stick to Gmail's web based client, plus I have access to the calendar client too so I've not got to setup my gmail and gcal on different machines.

 

[jbloggs]

I am using Outlook 2003, never really liked the 2007 flavour......

 

[Snakedoctor]

2003 is my fav too, but have that awful 2007 at work. Thunderbird is a terrible client.

 

[tres]

firefox

gmail

 

[Mittens]

still using lookout distress 2003 - I must admit its been fine since .. well forever !

 

[Sumanji]

Thunderbird is a terrible client.

What's so bad about Tbird?!

 

[1337z0r]

firefox

gmail

Plus Better Gmail 2 addon .

 

[tolien]

Mozilla have started releasing beta versions of Thunderbird 3 as well

Shredder Alpha 2's coming up for release. I'd struggle to recommend an early alpha for production use...

 

[Sumanji]

Tried Tbird - you're right Snakedoctor it sucks! Not sure why though, can't put my finger on it...

Using the noob Live Mail client now... it work, I like it.

Job done

 

[MarcLister]

Opera to log in to Gmail.

 

[Fonz-Valo]

I'm currently using outlook 2007 and don't really have any issues with it

 

[DavidQ]

Using thunderbird at home and outlook 2003 at work.

 

[Sumanji]

I'm currently using outlook 2007 and don't really have any issues with it

Are you using it to check any Hotmail or Live mail accounts? This is where I had my issues...

 

[Draeger]

Another Outlook 2007 user here, no problems as yet.

I use www.mail2web.com to access all my mail accounts if I'm away from home, pretty nifty.

 

[Mp4]

Just use IE7 - Gmail , also have Gmail on my phone

 

[Dano]

Windows Live Mail, it works bar a few annoying bugs. Was previously using Thunderbird but it was just so useless at spam filtering.

 

[Fonz-Valo]

Are you using it to check any Hotmail or Live mail accounts? This is where I had my issues...

Mine is currently being used for pop mail access only sorry

 

[LeperousDust]

Gmail platform independant, can be accessed anywhere with just a browser. And if you are really weird and still want to use a client at home. Well you can connect to it with whatever the hell you want to over IMAP instead of the ancient POP too Why wouldn't you use gmail, unless you're the tin foil brigade?

 

[mr.sly]

I used to use Outlook 2007, but it had way too many features for what I needed. So I switched to Windows Live Mail. Has all three mail accounts, contacts, newsgroups and RSS feeds in one place now. And it looks good with Vista.