Best X mail client?

danrees · 07-25-2001, 02:51 AM

I'm using KMail at the moment, and while it's good at what it does, it does have some niggly annoyances, in particular the fact that it can't automatically check for mail at a set time period (or is there a way?!).

What's the best graphical mail client in people's opinions?

jharris · 07-25-2001, 07:13 AM

I've heard that evolution is supposed to be very good, but I've never played with it myself.

cheers

Jamie...

funkup · 07-25-2001, 08:16 AM

ive used balsa too, but theres no beating pine for its simplicity

text only mind though

AngrySun4u · 07-25-2001, 08:30 AM

Evolution is almost a clone of MS Outlook

jonik · 07-25-2001, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by danrees

[...] in particular the fact that it can't automatically check for mail at a set time period (or is there a way?!).

Yes, in Settings -> Configuration -> Network, for each POP account you can check the "enable mail interval checking" box and then set the interval as you like.

GonzoJohn · 07-25-2001, 08:03 PM

I know you'll hear Evolution and Balsa and Kmail and others, but I've use a GTK email program called Sylpheed for a year now and it's great. Mainly because it has very low overhead, filters and multiple accounts work great, and it's stable as can be.

Check it out.

http:/sylpheed.good-day.net

trickykid · 07-26-2001, 07:51 AM

Pine.

DavidPhillips · 07-26-2001, 08:58 PM

I like balsa for GUI, and Pine for text mode / terminal.

And then sometimes, if I log in and it says I have mail. I just type

mail

and read it.

crash89 · 07-28-2001, 01:27 PM

I saw a reference to Evolution being an Outlook clone. That's my girlfriend's only beef with Linux. Is it downloadable? If so, where?

jonik · 07-29-2001, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by crash89
I saw a reference to Evolution being an Outlook clone. That's my girlfriend's only beef with Linux. Is it downloadable? If so, where?

It's easiest to get Evolution through Ximian Red Carpet, if you have that. If not, you can get it from their FTP-site:
ftp://ftp.ximian.com/pub/evolution/

More information about Evolution:
http://www.ximian.com/apps/evolution.php3