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Re: Outlook Express is bad?

• Posted by Urzumph at HotPOP.com Aug 28, 2003
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I don't know about Eudora but Pegasus is missing one critical feature
that Outlook Express has.

You tell me of an email client that has all the below features and I will
switch to it.
Would be even better if it runs on both Windows and Linux.


/me does Mozilla Mail

---------------FEATURES--------------
Folders and Subfolders
   Each level collapsable and auto expand if an unread message filters
   into there.

Collapsable > Yes
Auto Expand > No

Rule Filtering

Yes


Leave copy on server
   for XX number of days

Nope, Leave until sent to trash, or download

Sortable columns - To - From - Subject - Receive date.

Yep

Customizable Display filter - Only show unread.  or unread and flagged or ..

Yep, defaults & custom filter maker

Search filter through subfolders
   show messages with attachments and
   from Bubba Smith and
   to my 3rd email address and
   after this date and
   before this date and
   with the blah in the subject.... you get the idea.

Yes and no.
It can filter the folder, but you have to filter each subfolder individually.
You can also search local folders, but that is not a filter.

Check email every XX minutes.

Yep, this is pretty standard

Selectable account checking.
   I setup account A, B and C but don't check account B during
   check default check all email
Yep > Seperate Check for new mail option for each account

Some method of displaying and saving to file the raw messages as they
were RETR - retrieved from the server.  Headers and all.

Yep, .eml format

A method of importing such raw files into the email client as any other
message.

Nope

Preview Pane can actually be turned off.

Yep (The Bar between the Inbox and the Preview pane)

Text only viewing mode is selectable

Nope :( I want this tho, I wonder if it is available in an add-in

   Would like to have a HTML indicator.
   But even OE doesn't have an indicator.

Selectable Read Receipt response.
   Always return
   Ask me first
   Never return

It has all those, and it has the ability to decide based on weather you are sent
via BCC, and wether the sender
is outside the domain.

Selectables
   [ ] Save a copy of sent messages
   [ ] Send immediately
   [ ] Reply to messages in format that was sent

Save a copy is selectable, but it always sends when you click the send button.
If you don't want to send it yet, you can save it as a draft and send it later.
Reply in format that was sent -> always replies/sends in plain format were no
formatting
loss is incured, and it will send / prompt / decide based on rules about sending
in HTML

Include message in reply - Either always or selectable

Selectable

Either no address book or settable to manual only.
   I don't do address books

Manual (me either), with option to add all outgoing recipiants to addressbook

View plain text messages in font of my choosing OR a fixed width font

Both, with your choice of size, colour, wrap and emoticon substitution as well.

Selectable Default mail sending format
   and can alter format while composing the message

Yep - covered above

Signature file capable

Yes

I have html set as my default and typcially
change it to plain just before composing.

It picks the format as neccisary, but you can force HTML if you want.

         Lucius L. Hilley III

Advantages over OE :

Skinable
Can get plugins / addons / mods (www.mozdev.org)
Klez Proof (tested it myself)
Also runs on Mac
Can Import Mail, Settings & Address Books from
Communicator 4.x
Eudora
Outlook & Outlook Express
Intelligent Junk Mail Filter that learns

And If you don't like that, I have heard good things about Pine (although, never
used it myself)