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On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have been asking around among friends and family, what do they use their > emails for? All said the same, just to keep in touch with friends and > family, especially those with relations overseas. None of them were > interested in extras like calendars, memos, to do lists etc. They just > wanted a simple, easy to use email client. They also wanted to be able to > see any HTML emails easily. So, being able to see any pictures in the email, > and not needing to click on a URL to open a browser first was important. > > So I have been looking at some of the recommended email clients for Linux. > Here are some comments. > > Evolution. Easy to set up. Too many extras. Keeps asking for a keyring. > Weird way of handling deleted emails.The compose font too small. Difficult > to understand how to set up an address book. > > Kmail. Not so easy to set up. Too many extras. Can't find a way to put sent > mails in the desired folder. Keeps asking about kwallet. > > Both of those include far to much for a newbie, and confusing requests for > passwords each new session. > > Sylpheed. Easy to set up. Plenty of choice for layout. But does not deal > directly with HTTML. Have to click on the URL each time to open up a > browser. > > Claws mail. Much like sylpheed, plus does not handle deleted emails > properly. > > So finally to Thunderbird. This is the only one that I think could be really > suitable for someone new to Linux and who just wants a simple way to send > and receive mails, to see any pictures in the email (no need to click on a > URL) and does not include any unwanted extras. > > So, any one that I move over to Linux will definitely be set up with TBird > as the email client. > > These are just my thoughts on the matter, open for discussion of course. > Does anyone want to shoot me down in flames? > > I do want to see lots of people move over to Linux. The choice of packages > is important. I suspect that some will be looking for a reason to move back > to that other system. An email client that seems unnecessarily complicated > could be enough. > > Comments > > Neil Thanks for that Neil. A handy summary :-) Roly -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq