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On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:42:59 +0000 Neil Winchurst 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. I like the whole webmail idea, and with places like Google giving you an abundance of options for filtering, etc, it's quite a sensible option for many people. > 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. I don't like Evolution for all the above reasons and the fact that it tries to be all thing to all people, and succeeds (IMO) badly at all of them. I like to have a mail client that handles mail, a calendar client that handles calendar events, etc, etc. I appreciate that many people will (unfortunately) be brought up with access to Outlook and so will be familiar with the idea of having all their eggs in one basket... sorry, all their tools in one application... but it doesn't suite me. > 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. Used to be a Sylpheed user, then became a Sylpheed-claws and now I'm a Claws Mail user. I love it. It's simple, it does what it says it'll do and IME it does it well. If you want it to handle any extras there are a tonne of plug-ins for it. > 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. Used Thunderbird for a while yonks ago, but I really didn't like the way it handles multiple accounts. I suppose Sylpheed set the bar for me and I don't like change. I have set-up Thunderbird for my Mother (IMAP access to her GoogleMail account), and it works well enough for her. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq