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Iceman90 · 03-27-2010, 11:08 PM

This mail seems to be mixing up mail clients and mail providers.

Mail Providers
Yahoo's new RocketMail service isn't bad either, if you like web mail interfaces. It's not a mail client, but a mail provider.

I haven't tried them yet, but I have a few friends that really like GMX (http://www.gmx.com) as a mail provider.

Mail Clients
I too use Thunderbird. I recently upgraded to Thunderbird 3, which is now out of beta. I really like it. The new style search drives me nuts, but is is very easy to disable and go back to Thunderbird 2 "quick search" mode.

I think ideally, you'd use Gmail as your provider, to do things like spam filter, and then use an IMAP connection through Thunderbird to it if you want a desktop client (perhaps for managing multiple accounts.

03-27-2010, 11:08 PM	#9
Iceman90 Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Behind the microphone Exp:	This mail seems to be mixing up mail clients and mail providers. Mail Providers Yahoo's new RocketMail service isn't bad either, if you like web mail interfaces. It's not a mail client, but a mail provider. I haven't tried them yet, but I have a few friends that really like GMX (http://www.gmx.com) as a mail provider. Mail Clients I too use Thunderbird. I recently upgraded to Thunderbird 3, which is now out of beta. I really like it. The new style search drives me nuts, but is is very easy to disable and go back to Thunderbird 2 "quick search" mode. I think ideally, you'd use Gmail as your provider, to do things like spam filter, and then use an IMAP connection through Thunderbird to it if you want a desktop client (perhaps for managing multiple accounts.