Comments on: Looking for a new email client

Question: Looking for a new email client

SteveInMaine — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:17:58 -0800

Is there an email client for Windows that handles large mail folders and works better than Outlook or Thunderbird?

The folks where I work tend to keep emails forever, and they have a difficult time staying on top of an archive plan. Since many of these messages have attachments, the folders containing their email files are currently running 3-4 gigabytes. The result of this in Outook, and more recently in Thunderbird, is easily corrupted data files. Is there a POP email client out there for Windows that is better suited for this type of use?

By: rxrfrx

rxrfrx — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:21:42 -0800

Recent versions of Outlook will auto-archive your messages however you like.

By: unixrat

unixrat — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:33:18 -0800

A strict policy for archiving old data works better than a site-wide redeployment of mail clients.

Consider a class on creating PST files (or whatever Lookout! calls them) on a per-project basis. Keeps the file size down and allows people to (somewhat) be okay with archiving them when they get old.

By: Jairus

Jairus — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:58:33 -0800

The Bat is the best email client for large mail volume and/or power users, hands down.

By: joeclark

joeclark — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:51:46 -0800

Eudora.

By: bigmusic

bigmusic — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:07:17 -0800

You may not believe me but opera's email client is great for large volumes of mail. It indexes my 4 GB worth of mail quite easily.