OT: what good web email clients do you recommend?

Bryan O'Neal Bryan.ONeal at TheONealAndAssociates.com
Mon May 20 06:36:18 MST 2013


I liked squirrel mail. But once I converted to Google apps for domains I
never looked back. Here is to hoping my grand fathered accounts are free
(as in beer) forever :)
On May 19, 2013 4:36 AM, "coverturtle" <coverturtle at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it depends on what you want in a mail client.  I am not
> familiar with squirrel mail or email so I can't compare.
>
> I use Thunderbird which is highly configurable and adapts
> easily to read gmail (imap) or pop.  It will read a large number
> of accounts and handle huge volumes of email.  The filters
> are excellent but not so flexible as the old Eudora 6.2.3 client.
> For each message, you can decide to allow or deny network access.
>
> Thunderbird allows configuring the display of the folder lists
> separately or uniformly.  It's currently maintained for most
> common platforms and promises to continue so.  My only
> complaint is that I can't modify the display order of mail
> box folders - they are always alphabetical within the account.
>
> On the other hand, Thunderbird offers a dizzying array of
> options.  The defaults are comfortable but I'm picky as
> I have much email and spend time adding filters, etc.
> The cool thing is I have my own mail sorter built in.
>
> For a small volume of email, say a dozen or so a day,
> it works.  For a large volume of mail, I can control the
> flow.
>
> Try the latest version.  It's mozilla, open source.
>
> Jon Kettenhofen
>
>
> On 05/18/2013 10:25 PM, joe at actionline.com wrote:
>
>> Are there any good (simple/uncluttered) web email clients that allow
>> personal customization to simplify?
>>
>> For a long time I have mostly used squirrel mail (now called
>> Ensignia mail) but recently I've begun to have problems with
>> formatting and font disparity (some too huge, some too tiny). These
>> problems did not result from any changes that I made, but apparently
>> changes that squirrel/ensignia made (for the worse).
>>
>> I use gmail as an alternative, but it is way to cluttered to suit
>> me.  I prefer clean, uncluttered, and simple.
>>
>> I have also tried to use mail2web, but it is cluttered with
>> advertising.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
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