Hello,

I am looking at an alternative for outlook express...?

If any of you are using a cool best free pop mail client..please give me some links where i can get it from ??

Thanks in advance
:)

My favorite for single mail accounts was Netscape Messenger, the browser had problems, but the mail client was excellent.

Many people swear by Pegasus, I found it difficult to figure out how to use.

Eudora has a free lite version I believe, it used to be a very nice simple client.

Becky is free and has a large following in the multiple email account community. I didn't like it, but I haven't tried version 2.

I understand Mozilla Mail is coming along nicely and might even be stable for many users now.

I use TheBat! personally, but it isn't free.

I use Eudora. Works for me...

I use Evolution.
http://developer.ximian.com/projects/evolution/
But you would have to do some upgrades before you can install it.

what dont you like about outlook express ?

I use Netscape 7.0. Works great...

Regards,
Michael

I use Eudora and like it. The best part is that you can set it to not download all the html graphics and crap that verify your email account to spammers. It doesn't download and run viruses and it's easy to have multiple users so the kids each have their own.

I hate Outlook and Outlook Express because of the dangers in simply previewing your mail. It would be a great mail client if you could turn off html in the viewer.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Yes, i wanted my POP client to handle multiple accounts...so i may have to go with eudora or pegasus..I'll check out evolution also.

Any other suggestions, I would be interested !

For multiple accounts, TheBat! is one of the most respected options. There is a 30 day trial you can download to check it out, but after that it isn't free.

I didn't like Outlook Express, found the interface inconvenient. Not as bad as Pegasus though. Some people swear by them though.

Mozilla Mail/Netscape 7 is supposed to have a great multiple account client. The Netscape Messenger I was referring to for just single accounts was 4.x.

I've tried Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus (for an hour) and Mozilla Mail, but I like Foxmail (http://download.com.com/3000-2367-9692109.html?tag=lst-0-1) the best. It's light, speedy, and supports multiple accounts. And you are able to view HTML mails; just click on the magnifying glass and it should display.

i used eudora at home and used to have to use pegasus at uni. both are fine.

PMMail2000 Professional

I swear by PocoMail.

http://www.Pocomail.com

Originally posted by UH-Matt
what dont you like about outlook express ?

It's a virus distribution medium, disguised as an email client.

Originally posted by Lurker
For multiple accounts, TheBat! is one of the most respected options. ...

Respected by whom? I found TheBat! to be quite buggy with lots of UI quirks and problems. Things like hanging when a server is unavailable should not be a part of a "respected" email client. TheBat! support mailing list is exceeded in arrogance only by the qmail mailing list.

I love IncrediMail (http://www.incredimail.com/english/splash.html). :love:

They have a neat show at http://www.incredimail.com/ if you click on Demo. ;)

IncrediMail looks cool. :) Does it support multiple accounts?

Yes sir! It does about anything you can imagine; and then it does more.
Not to mention all the visually appealing eye candy. :liplick:
I must warn you though, it is ad supported software. To remove the ads is $20 or so.

Originally posted by SoftWareRevue
I love IncrediMail (http://www.incredimail.com/english/splash.html). :love:

They have a neat show at http://www.incredimail.com/ if you click on Demo. ;)

Woa! That buttler dude looks pretty cool!

I hope he comes free with the software...:cool:

Originally posted by citrus


Woa! That buttler dude looks pretty cool!

I hope he comes free with the software...:cool: They have a TON of different notifiers, backgrounds, animations, sounds, etc. that you can download for free.

Well, I think I have found a new friend...:)

I was gonna say that when I first started reading this post. My buddy got incredimail a while back. I went checked it out, and for $30 its a good mail prog. =) Even lets you import your old outlook emails to the new program. Definite plus.

=)

Vamp

Originally posted by Lurker

Many people swear by Pegasus, I found it difficult to figure out how to use.


Yep, I'm part of that many. Pegasus mail is bulletproof as an email client.

Have been using it for so many years I lost track. :D

Netscape Mail 7 is the best one so far :)

Originally posted by progex
I swear by PocoMail.

http://www.Pocomail.com

I second this. Pocomail is the best program I've ever used. Try out the 30 trial and I think you'll find it's worth the small $25. Again, not free. Incredimail is pretty cool on the freebie end of things.

incredimail is free, but to get rid of the freebie stuff, u can reg. it and get more features.

=)

Originally posted by Lain
I've tried Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus (for an hour) and Mozilla Mail, but I like Foxmail (http://download.com.com/3000-2367-9692109.html?tag=lst-0-1) the best. It's light, speedy, and supports multiple accounts. And you are able to view HTML mails; just click on the magnifying glass and it should display. I just played around with Foxmail for a little bit...initial impression is very good for a multi-account client.

It doesn't do real time spell check like TheBat! as far as I could tell and I don't like how it only appends a '>' sign to the beginning of a paragraph in replies, but there's definitely a nice program here...I don't understand why it is free, it's worth looking at.



Originally posted by Mike the newbie
Respected by whom? I found TheBat! to be quite buggy with lots of UI quirks and problems. Things like hanging when a server is unavailable should not be a part of a "respected" email client. It doesn't do that hanging anymore, it hasn't for awhile. I found the UI to be the most straightforward of any multiple email client I tried, to each his own I guess. Messenger and TheBat! were the only clients I tried where I felt like I knew how to use it, and use it the way I wanted, upon first load.

Now the text editor definitely has some quirks that are frustrating. It also has some very nice features that make it worth the quirks... for now.

I maintain that TheBat! is one of the most respected multiple account clients around. Is it perfect? Hardly. I'd rate it a 6 on a 10 point scale. I wouldn't rate anything else higher than 5 though. I use TheBat! because I can't find a better overall option.


Originally posted by Mike the newbie
TheBat! support mailing list is exceeded in arrogance only by the qmail mailing list.
I'll give you that one. The mailing list members see constructive criticism as attacks they must defend against...well, not that bad, but you get the idea.


Originally posted by SoftWareRevue
Yes sir! It [Incredimail] does about anything you can imagine; and then it does more.
Not to mention all the visually appealing eye candy. :liplick:

It's that eye candy that is turning me off. Is there really a good product behind all that stuff or is it just a fun looking one?

Originally posted by Jtru


I second this. Pocomail is the best program I've ever used. Try out the 30 trial and I think you'll find it's worth the small $25. Again, not free. Incredimail is pretty cool on the freebie end of things.

Pocomail is a great mail client for a single account. I don't know how well it works, but the built-in spam filter is a great idea. I don't remember that from awhile back when I used Poco for a little bit.

For multiple accounts though, I would recommend something else. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you can use the currently displayed account to retrieve mail from several sources, but it isn't the same as separate accounts as per TheBat!, Becky, Foxmail, etc. The default is to just pile all the incoming mail into the same inbox for all sources, but you can set a custom folder if you want instead. The trash folder is shared across all accounts, draft too. When you go to write a mail or reply, you have to choose which account you want for the send info. In a typical multi-account client, this is automatically done based on whichever account you are in at the time. I would imagine it is sharing address books instead of being separate for each account too, but I didn't verify that.

This isn't the only client like this, I've seen one or two others...Calypso maybe? I can't remember now.

Some people may like it, well obviously many do, but I think most would prefer the accounts to be completely separate like in the above mentioned clients. Try it out though, see if it floats your boat.

Originally posted by Lurker
It's that eye candy that is turning me off. Is there really a good product behind all that stuff or is it just a fun looking one?

It's good. I've been using it since (well let me think) um yesterday, and it's been working great for me. It's a good product. You don't need to use all the graphics and backgrounds if you don't want to.

:)

i'll stand by pocomail. not free, but well well well worth the money. and, i use it for 7 email accounts (for over 3 years).

Pegasus was pretty good, I just wouldn't set it up for a newbie. Too bad it's IMAP support isn't on par with the rest of it :unhappy:

Skylab, Pocomail looks pretty nice. How's its IMAP support?

Hell, I'm suprised so many people still use POP these days :eek: Maybe it's because so many mail clients have buggy, incomplete, or just plain bad IMAP support... :( It's like the only real choice out there for it is Mulberry. Of course, Mulberry's pretty good, so I'm not *too* upset about having to use it :)

Pocomail is great with IMAP. I use it with eight accounts and it runs fantastic. The scripting capabilities are very cool and allow you to pretty much customize the program any way you like. Again, not free, but well worth the small price.

I run pocomail with several user names, but every so often, i get an email that just crashes the program. Other than that its fine. Blocks loading of images and still lets me see the raw message for spam reporting.

I used pegasus for a long while, then it started having issues with corrupted files. A friend who used it had the same problem, it was aggravating. Then I tried to move it to another drive - that is when I found out what a mess of a piece of software pegasus is. I dare anyone using it to move it to another drive, after editing your 300th file, you will just cry that the programmer didn't think to put the drive as a single variable in one config file.

Chet

I use Pocomail as well, however, at some times, when I reply to a message, the 'reply to sender' window takes at least 8-10 seconds to load up (XP2100+, 512MB RAM, etc.).

Originally posted by no1v2
Hell, I'm suprised so many people still use POP these days :eek: Maybe it's because so many mail clients have buggy, incomplete, or just plain bad IMAP support... :( It's like the only real choice out there for it is Mulberry. Of course, Mulberry's pretty good, so I'm not *too* upset about having to use it :) Mulberry is pretty nice for IMAP. I remember I asked them about three years ago to introduce POP support into that client interface, I guess they did eventually.

TheBat! does support IMAP4, but I don't know how well.

For those of us who don't have access to broadband of any kind, IMAP is a pain and POP is still the best choice.

from what i know (i have been slacking on my beta duties), poco is working on making it's IMAP functions ten times better as well.

i HAVE had problems in the past with norton + poco, mainly, norton causing problems with poco, however, those were cleared up months ago. other than that it's always been smooth sailing and the developers are fanatical about support.

pocomail + trillian are two programs i couldn't do without and both are well worth the $.

Thanks you all for the suggestions.

I have got pegasus installed, as mentioned, its quite difficult to figure out the options for a beginner...i am also getting pocomail trial version and try it out.

I will also try incredimail...!

Cheers

Originally posted by brands
Thanks you all for the suggestions.

I have got pegasus installed, as mentioned, its quite difficult to figure out the options for a beginner...i am also getting pocomail trial version and try it out.

Cheers

Yep, Pegasus mail has a steeper learning curve than others. But when you get the hang of how it works and all, you'll not look elsewhere.

That is because it's a very powerful POP email client, IMHO.

Something I just noticed...Foxmail tries to connect to the a Foxmail server when you load it up. This behavior concerns me...does anyone know what it is connecting for? Perhaps it is just a benign option I have checked somewhere, I don't know.

Thanks to this thread I am trying Pocomail and like it. Looks like it will be my new email program. The only reason I didn't try Foxmail is the feedback on the download site about it connecting to the foxmail server as Lurker said. I don't like that kind of behavior in any program I put my passwords in.

Could someone help me with configuring my Pegasus client for different pop accounts !?

thanks

Originally posted by brands
Could someone help me with configuring my Pegasus client for different pop accounts !?

thanks

Go under tools > extensions > multiPOP

if you need step by step instructions head over to the included help file. :)

Originally posted by Mike the newbie


It's a virus distribution medium, disguised as an email client.

:) LoL

PocoMail looks very interesting. I'm considering giving it a test drive but before I jump in, I'd like to know how the multiple account feature works...

I have several accounts that I use for different purposes/ventures. The "destination mailboxes" feature solves one of my problems - sorting and filing incoming emails according to the destination address. What I need though is when I "reply" to an email, it will use the appropriate email address. That is, if I get an email addressed to contact@venture.com, when I do a reply I want the "From:" address to automatically be contact@venture.com and not home@private.com. This way I don't have to worry that I'm sending a reply to an important business contact with a from address of weird@stupidstuff.com which I use for my off-hours hobbies.

I hope I described this clearly enough. If Pocomail doesn't do this, does anyone know of an email client that does have this feature? Any help would be greatly appreciate.

My experience with Pocomail so far is that it replies using the same account as received. I think that's what you want.

I just downloaded incredimail.. i'll give in a test-run first before getting back to y'all on comments ;)

Hmm.. is this program ram-intensive or what? heh

Originally posted by Abu Mami
I hope I described this clearly enough. If Pocomail doesn't do this, does anyone know of an email client that does have this feature? Any help would be greatly appreciate.
Pocomail does it sort of. It's not automatic as I remember. It automatically uses the default account setting, but it gives you a drop down selection box next to "From" to pick a different setting for the from/reply-to stuff.

Perhaps it will adjust the setting based on the original recipient address, I don't know.

I definitely did not care for how it handles multiple email accounts.

I think you should test TheBat! (http://www.ritlabs.com/the_bat/). It will do exactly what you want. Each email address gets its own completely separate account, much simpler than Poco and much harder to accidentally send an email with the wrong "From".


Originally posted by Lamont
The only reason I didn't try Foxmail is the feedback on the download site about it connecting to the foxmail server as Lurker said. I don't like that kind of behavior in any program I put my passwords in.
No kidding. I blocked that behavior with my firewall, but now I've found it also integrates itself into MS Word without asking. I have a Foxmail icon in my Word toolbar now. I'm not sure what it does.