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Next Generation Mail Clients Reviewed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the kmail-rules dept.

kreide writes "E-mail is the 'killer app' of the Internet; an enormous number of messages are exchanged every day, and while web-based mail has become very popular in recent years, many people still prefer the added speed and flexibility of a mail client application. In this review I compare the next generation of the most popular e-mail clients, including Evolution, KMail, Opera and Mozilla, and their usability in dealing with large number of messages."

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  1. I just might be by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just might be the master of the F1rSt p05t.

    Or not.

    I might just fail it, to some other first post overlord.

  2. But they all suffer from the same problem by IWantMoreSpamPlease · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the e.mail protocol is broken, allowing massive amounts of spam.

    So regardless of which program you use, you will have to contend with spam in one form or another.

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  3. blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    blah blah blah

  4. what about pine? by stonebeat.org · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What about pine? Though it doesn't a impressive GUI like evolution, but it is the fastest mail reader in terms of usability. It is very easy to use, can be controlled using a keyboard (no mouse required). It support content filtering, LDAP lookups, and is extremely customizable.

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  5. Mod parent down as troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    > Feel free to mod me down as a troll, but the author isn't being honest with the
    > community.

    Why not read the whole article? He's written a little FAQ just for you.

  6. Re:And what's wrong with Outlook? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    With MS's recent drive for security, it's probably significantly more secure and robust too.

    At least try to disguise your blatant trolls. (But of course, if you were subtle, you wouldn't be on two different troll blacklists, would you?)

  7. Re:Next killer app? by Greyfox · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Yeah. A few months back I was ready to just shut down my mail server. As a last ditch effort, I installed TMDA with the intent of shutting down mail completely if that didn't solve the problem. It appears to have done a good job for the moment but it's still just a stopgap measure, and spam is still consuming my network resources.

    I may end up whitelisting mail servers that are allowed to talk to mine and refusing connections from all others. That'd allow the 2 or 3 people who E-Mail me to get through and prevent the other 2 or 3 million from bothering me.

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  8. Re:hmmm by Lumpy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yes, and isn't it wonderful?

    no screams of hatred, no upset stomaches from the disgusting lack of origionality from the "big guys"
    and a great amount of enjoyment as we see solutions and not just another bad song remade yet again with new clothing.

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