What Email Client do You Use?
There is such an abundance of email clients these days… both web-based, and desktop-based. It’s hard to know what one is the ‘best’, or which one will suit your needs and desires. How do you know what is right for you? I asked several people this question, and the answers were quite varied.
gmail - Sean Oliver
Outlook, Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo mail - Brian Sullivan
Gmail at home and Outlook at work. I used to use Outlook Express at home but gave us and solely use Gmail now (best spam filtering features around). - Kol Tregaskes
gmail - Kevin Bondelli
The Bat!. It’s the only IMAP client that doesn’t lack features and doesn’t piss me off. - Akiva Moskovitz
Thunderbird at home and Squirrelmail when I’m on-the-go. I’m forced to use GroupWise at work, which I despise. - Rochelle
Mozilla Thunderbird, both at home AND at work. - Helen Sventitsky
The Bat? - ♣genieyclo♣
genieyclo, http://www.ritlabs.com - Akiva Moskovitz
gmail (IMAP when on the iPhone) - Jamie
Oh, and for the record, I wake up every morning praying that someone would make a desktop IMAP client that does not make me want to kill myself. I’d do it myself but that is a crapload of work that I don’t really want to get into. - Akiva Moskovitz
Googlemail ( IMAP on the iPhone). Very rarely use outlook 2008. - Roberto Bonini
Gmail, Mobile too, and hoping to never use Outlook again - Majento
Gmail +WAP version on mobile and mail.app for the offline (ah and an old hotmail account) - Naor
Gmail: On the web, on Outlook, and wirelessly on my iPod Touch. - Mike L
Anything EXCEPT Microsoft Entourage. Seriously. I’ll telnet into the server on port 143 and manually enter commands if I have to to avoid using Entourage. - Glen Campbell
T-bird mostly, except for my work email. For that it’s Outlook. - steplow = Steve Lowe
Mail for office mail, Gmail+Google Apps for my personal stuff. - Niclas Strandh
i love it when people answer the geek question threads here in friendfeed. it’s like parallel universes. in the confession room people respond to the secret tweets, too, even though the original poster can’t see the answers. if i think about it too much my head hurts. - LauraBrarian
Gmail. Usually through Prism. Sometimes through Firefox or Thunderbird. - Tanath
Gmail, Outlook/Exchange and a Blackberry - Alex Scoble CISSP
Gmail and Verizon (since it’s my DSL account) - Thankful Molly
primarily Gmail (and Windows Live client) - Charlie Anzman
Gmail, Thunderbird, and Horde - Joe Lencioni
GMail and OtherInbox - April Russo
gmail on BB - Phillip Jeffrey
Gmail - Morton Fox
Outlook, Pocket Outlook, Gmail Web, Yahoo Web - MiɳuɘtMagɘ
gmail on thunderbird, gmail on mobile - Anjo Miranda
Gmail IMAP via Mail.app on Leopard. :) - Beau Giles
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42 Comments
Wuseldusel
November 15th, 2008
at 5:02am
.mac with Mail.app
Kalinga
November 15th, 2008
at 5:54am
Becky both home and office, it has 10 mail box both POP3 and IMAP and 30GB ++ email
Julian
November 15th, 2008
at 7:03am
sadly outlook. i have been using it forever and now it has emails, calendars and contacts going back 8 years … i have the the near 1 GB .pst file to go with it!
Russ Gillen
November 15th, 2008
at 8:46am
Thunderbird all the time
Robert
November 15th, 2008
at 8:59am
GMail through Apple Mail. Works well.
iscifitv
November 15th, 2008
at 9:20am
I use the gmail web interface for most of my email, using google apps as well for my own domain names. Its free, its safe when using SSL and just plain works.
Dawn-Ann
November 15th, 2008
at 10:12am
For pop3 mail I tried ‘em all and invariably kept coming back to Outlook. It just had the most features and did what it was supposed to do.
But now I’m a gmail gal and even all my pop3 accounts are redirected to my gmail account. I love how fast and intuitive it is - and their search function is miles and miles ahead of Outlook’s, that’s for sure.
Greg Walrath
November 15th, 2008
at 10:22am
Outlook at work, Gmail at home, and soon an iPhone for both (does that count?). My personal e-mail has been on Gmail ‘in the cloud’ for about four years now, and I’ve never had a problem. There have been various outages, but none that really affected me.
Chip Black
November 15th, 2008
at 12:55pm
I use gmail day-to-day.
I fire up Thunderbird when feel picky about embedding pictures & links or want to use long email lists.
severne
November 15th, 2008
at 1:38pm
Gmail mostly. Sometimes through Thunderbird since I’m a tester.
Tom Lee
November 15th, 2008
at 2:31pm
I use MobileMe mail. When I’m on the Mac I use the Mail app and on the iPhone I use that. I only use the web interface when I’m ‘on the go.’ I really think MobileMe strikes that balance between a great desktop and mobile experience with a great web experience too It had its teething problems but I now think that Apple has got it on the right track now. (and no I’m not an Apple fanboy lol)
OmniDragon
November 15th, 2008
at 3:33pm
Mail.app if I’m on the Mac. If I’m in Linux, then I use Thunderbird. And if I’m in Windows…..well then, I just cry myself to sleep at night.
Ben Stevens
November 15th, 2008
at 4:19pm
The Mac Lawyer uses gMail and loves it.
Rutger Boll
November 15th, 2008
at 6:09pm
MobileMe’s web interface and Gmail’s interace. Along with my iPhone. Really just my iPhone actually. Unless it is dead…
Kyle Teachman
November 15th, 2008
at 6:33pm
I use outlook to manage everything, from my school email, to gmail, to comcast, and my website email. I also have a yahoo email for flickr, but I never give that one out…My iPhone is what i ususally use to check the email however…
Aryeh Goretsky
November 15th, 2008
at 10:01pm
Hello,
I use Eudora Pro, which was discontinued by Qualcomm in 2007. The development team behind the original program is working on a port of the Eudora’s features for integration into Mozilla Thunderbird, which I may switch to at some point.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
Michael
November 15th, 2008
at 10:03pm
I use outlook with work, but I use gmail via thunderbird at home. I also use hotmail and yahoo mail I have been using those 2 for over 10+ years. I am slowly moving to gmail via thunderbird, but I really don’t like gmail’s web access.
TheSlimJim
November 15th, 2008
at 10:06pm
Thunderbird with Gmail using its IMAP capabilities. Love it!
Mike
November 15th, 2008
at 10:15pm
I use Mail on Mac OS X Leopard, I love it and I feel it’s definitely one of the best email clients out there. Especially since it is constantly running on my computer on my secondary display. Gotta love it! So easy to set up and use, it really is my favorite email client, especially over Outlook.
sbushfan11
November 15th, 2008
at 10:56pm
I use Outlook on the desktop. I use Hotmail for my web based email.
helmecj01
November 16th, 2008
at 9:24am
Yahoo through Microsoft Outlook at home.
Bren
November 16th, 2008
at 10:46am
I use Yahoo and Gmail. Both have different features which are appealing to me.
Dave
November 16th, 2008
at 10:49am
I’m old school. I still use Eudora because I’ve been using it since it was free….the first time.
Trekking along my life
November 16th, 2008
at 3:17pm
What Email Client do You Use?
Quinton
November 16th, 2008
at 4:34pm
Yahoo! mail in the cloud, and on the desktop Zimbra, it is an email client built by Mozilla and it’s dead simple to use, a U.I. that is very reminiscent of MS outlook, and open source! What more could a geek want.
pwn247
November 16th, 2008
at 5:11pm
Gmail with plain ol’ Mail on OS X Leopard. :)
Jeremy Rom
November 16th, 2008
at 5:36pm
I use Gmail! I just hope it leaves the beta phase lol.
bradleybradwell
November 16th, 2008
at 5:45pm
I use Gmail through Thunderbird. I’ve tried Outlook, and Window mail but have had IMAP problems with them. Thunderbird i’ve had no problem connecting to my email, and sending messages is as easy as walking through the park.
HarryH
November 16th, 2008
at 6:14pm
My clients include Eudora and Pegasus, each for different purposes. Webmail via Yahoo & Gmail. But I don’t consider webmail a ‘client’. I use webmail for screening, not for storage.
slashdotfx
November 16th, 2008
at 8:58pm
Mutt!
MUA that is suck-less
TAANN[n]EE
November 16th, 2008
at 11:53pm
Hotmail. Its been my base one for ages, And i dont plan to change due to a huge hassle with everything. though i would love to change the name.
kyussmondo
November 17th, 2008
at 10:34am
I use MobileMe with Mail.app when on my Mac’s at home, MobileMe webapp when using Windows computers (not very often) and IMAP MobileMe on my iPhone. MobileMe may have had a rocky start but it pushes all my email to my phone and keeps all my contacts and everything all in sync.
Tried GMail with IMAP but it just doesn’t seem complete yet. GMail handles IMAP differently and is just a pain. I never even knew the benefits of IMAP, then I got .Mac and I can never go back to something like POP3 now. When I read a message I need it marked as read everywhere, same with a deleted message.
BJ McKnight
November 17th, 2008
at 2:17pm
I’ve been using Yahoo! Mail for years & am quite satisfied with it. It gives me everything I could ask for in a mail client. I’ve also tried Gmail, AOL Mail, Hotmail, & Window Live Mail & to me they all fall short in one aspect or another.
Charley
November 17th, 2008
at 4:17pm
I used to use hotmail, but when I got my iphone I switched to gmail so I could use my mail app.
Mario
November 17th, 2008
at 8:19pm
I love using Road Runner. It’s fast and has plenty of space for me. They even send you an email that tells you if your box is getting too full.
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November 18th, 2008
at 12:50am
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Darren VanBuren
November 18th, 2008
at 1:27am
Mail on my Mac and iPod. These do my gmail and local emails.
Thomas Weatherly
November 18th, 2008
at 9:36am
Mozilla Thunderbird for my Comcast addresses and RoadRunner addresses, plus Yahoo and Gmail. Hotmail and Myway I leave only as web mail, except I check my yahoo by mobile. My mobile provider has an email address. I sometimes access gmail with the mobile.
Tanner
November 18th, 2008
at 7:41pm
Gmail with IMAP for my iPod touch, and the Mac OSX Mail client.
computermaster
November 18th, 2008
at 9:59pm
I use Aol mail and Yahoo.
Bill Travolta
November 19th, 2008
at 1:54pm
Thunderbird with Gmail is the way to go.
kevoc2008
November 20th, 2008
at 7:55pm
Gmail and Yahoo Mail (don’t want to pay more for POP access)