kneewax
June 2nd, 2009, 04:52 PM
Hi Folks,
Here's the thing: I work from home and use my linux box for both work and leisure I currently run Thunderbird where I collect mail from both my personal and work email accounts. These are seperate mail boxes and until now served me well.
However I need definition between home and work also I am now starting to use online calendars and more functionality than Thunderbird can easily give for my work stuff.
So I am wanting to migrate my work mail to a different client. I have tried Evolution although it is powerful in many ways there are too many frustrations with it including the inadequate junk filters and most importantly the lack of good html email support. I also need to use a standard email template for all outgoing work mail and Evolution just doesn't seem to do that (reading previous posts that conclude this). (Please don't post about the evils of html mail messages, I know the issues and arguments. I happen to think there are bigger threats to bandwidth than my 50k template file.)
Also I am just not keen on Evolution it feels like it was very capable a few years ago, but not sure it's development has kept up. Having said that I know that folk of mail servers swear by it, so I guess it has good functionality for that stuff.
So I need a decent MAPI client that can integrate with ical / google calendars, supports email templates, tasks etc. I know there was a thunderbird branch project that offered some of this stuff, but can no longer find it.
I guess the question I am asking is there a functional alternative to Thunderbird and Evolution. These are the two biggies as far as most users are concerned, but surely there is a third way! :-)
Cheers.
Here's the thing: I work from home and use my linux box for both work and leisure I currently run Thunderbird where I collect mail from both my personal and work email accounts. These are seperate mail boxes and until now served me well.
However I need definition between home and work also I am now starting to use online calendars and more functionality than Thunderbird can easily give for my work stuff.
So I am wanting to migrate my work mail to a different client. I have tried Evolution although it is powerful in many ways there are too many frustrations with it including the inadequate junk filters and most importantly the lack of good html email support. I also need to use a standard email template for all outgoing work mail and Evolution just doesn't seem to do that (reading previous posts that conclude this). (Please don't post about the evils of html mail messages, I know the issues and arguments. I happen to think there are bigger threats to bandwidth than my 50k template file.)
Also I am just not keen on Evolution it feels like it was very capable a few years ago, but not sure it's development has kept up. Having said that I know that folk of mail servers swear by it, so I guess it has good functionality for that stuff.
So I need a decent MAPI client that can integrate with ical / google calendars, supports email templates, tasks etc. I know there was a thunderbird branch project that offered some of this stuff, but can no longer find it.
I guess the question I am asking is there a functional alternative to Thunderbird and Evolution. These are the two biggies as far as most users are concerned, but surely there is a third way! :-)
Cheers.