any one uses an email client?

[ultimate99]

I have 3 gmail, 1 hotmail, and a university account that I use regularly. I try to use windows mail (win 8.1) but I don't find it that fast in retrieving emails. For now, I just have multiple tabs open in a browser just for my accounts. Does anyone have good experience with other clients?

[Anibal P]

Use Outlook at work, does what it's supposed to do, most of me emailing is done on my phone, unless it has to be dome on the computer, and for that I use Inbox 

[Max Norris]

Personally I'm a fan of two. Mostly I use Outlook 2010, works with all of my mail accounts, syncs with my online calendars/contacts/etc for my mobile devices (Google & MS), ties in nicely with the rest of Office, RSS feeds, all that jazz. 2013's pretty nice too but don't care for a couple of the changes, 2013's to-do bar for example, so I stuck with 2010.

Thunderbird is the other -- out of the box it's pretty basic but definitely serviceable if you just want a straight-up mail client, takes a bit of effort to set it up to really get it up to speed for the extra stuff but the end result is nice. Also I usually add a few addons to make the interface a bit more streamlined as well, not a fan of the out of the box look and feel, but *shrug* probably spoiled by Outlook there and TBird's been a bit neglected in the UI department, personal preference. Definitely more flexible than Outlook (hey, it's a Mozilla program so yea, there's an addon for that) but takes a bit of effort to get it up to par.

I have a number of web mail accounts, but the only one I actually pull up the web site for is Yahoo as that's my temp/spam account, don't want it anywhere near my real accounts or the software heh.

[Rigby]

I use Windows Live Mail even though it seems it hasn't been updated in years. Still seems to work fine though.

[f0rk_b0mb]

What I do is I pick the account I use the most and on all my secondary emails, I setup a forward to that mailbox. All my mail is in one place then.

[timster]

if you're looking for a free client that does get updated, why not give Mozilla Thunderbird a try. Or, if you've got Microsoft Office, just fire up Outlook.

[devHead]

I use Outlook 2013 for my Gmail and Cox account.  I hate using a web / browser interface for email.

[The Evil Overlord]

Wlm here,

[dafox]

Thunderbird is go   esp with the addons and skins

[+Warwagon MVC]

Thunderbird FTW.. Downstairs I use POP3 .. upstairs on my couch I use imap with my 5 Gmail accounts.

[Rohdekill]

Outlook 365 for personal accounts.  Don't laugh, but Lotus Notes for work....not by choice.

[briango]

 eM Client is nice and simple.  It's a lot like outlook express.  

 

It's free for personal use, but you're limited to just two accounts.  

 

But my main client is Outlook 2013.

[Nerd Rage]

 eM Client is nice and simple.  It's a lot like outlook express.  

 

It's free for personal use, but you're limited to just two accounts.  

 

But my main client is Outlook 2013.

 

I second eM Client if you aren't going to use Outlook 2013.  Great alternative.

[+virtorio MVC]

I hate webmail. I use the built-in mail client on OSX and Thunderbird on Windows.

[simonlang]

Kontact. more features than outlook and it's for free.

[Hussam Al-tayeb]

Kontact. more features than outlook and it's for free.

yeah, I use Kmail. It is nice and under heavy development right now. But it is probably not the optimal choice for Windows users.

[simonlang]

yeah, I use Kmail. It is nice and under heavy development right now. But it is probably not the optimal choice for Windows users.

 

because this was more of a general question, i think recomanding great linux programs is just as legit as the usual windows suspects.

[neo158]

Outlook 2013 on my 1st Gen Surface and Outlook 2010 on my desktop, built in mail client on my Windows Phone.

[LUTZIFER]

I've always used Outlook going back many many years, except since I've been using Windows 8.1,

which I just use the built in Mail app. It seems to do an awesome job and is lightweight.

[KiHu]

Windows Mail client on Desktop (W8.1)

Windows Mail client on Surface Pro 2(W8.1)

Mail.app on MBP

[Hussam Al-tayeb]

Outlook or Thunderbird - as far as Im concerned - thats the only way to get emails....

LOL with the Linux replies - you people will never learn.

Ok, I'm a Linux user (no windows here) but Kontact PIM suite actually works on Windows as well. It has a centralized storage server for managing access to your emails, contacts, calendars, etc... None of the code duplication you find under other clients. Integration with virus scanners and junk filters is very easy. It has integration with google and facebook APIs.

Personally, I would have liked to see Microsoft contribute code for better integration of cross platform applications such as Kontact and thunderbird with Windows (perhaps some LGPL'd outlook API libraries). Microsoft is a really great software company and they have many talented developers.

[simonlang]

Ok, I'm a Linux user (no windows here) but Kontact PIM suite actually works on Windows as well. It has a centralized storage server for managing access to your emails, contacts, calendars, etc... None of the code duplication you find under other clients. Integration with virus scanners and junk filters is very easy. It has integration with google and facebook APIs.

Personally, I would have liked to see Microsoft contribute code for better integration of cross platform applications such as Kontact and thunderbird with Windows (perhaps some LGPL'd outlook API libraries). Microsoft is a really great software company and they have many talented developers.

 

if you combine Kontact/Kmail with spamassassin you probably get the most powerful tool. makes ms outlook look rather ordinary.

[T3X4S]

I've always used Outlook going back many many years, except since I've been using Windows 8.1,

which I just use the built in Mail app. It seems to do an awesome job and is lightweight.

Does the built in mail app allow POP addresses yet ?

I wanted to use it in my 8.1 VM - but I own a domain for email addy & used Outlook.

[Hussam Al-tayeb]

Thats lovely - but consider the OP's post and wishes - you really think any of that you mentioned is necessary, even worthy of consideration ?  no.

Instead of just rattling off what you use, maybe consider where the person who is asking the question is coming from.

And "you people" is not rattling or trolling at all.

Why is it not worth mentioning? There was mention of Thunderbird on windows even though it uses autotools and not Windows style project files. Thunderbird is a non-native windows application that only happens to compile on windows because autotools/cygwin stack works on windows and also because Cairo has a backend that works on Windows. I didn't see any criticism about mentioning Thunderbird.

The question was "Does anyone have good experience with other clients?". I didn't suggest something that was not a native windows application. Qt happens to integrate better into windows than XUL.

If you feel I said something that should not have been posted, feel free to press the 'report' button.

[Max Norris]

if you combine Kontact/Kmail with spamassassin you probably get the most powerful tool. makes ms outlook look rather ordinary.

Sure, except Outlook can use SpamAssassin too. Let's not turn this into another pissing contest.

[WildWayz]

emClient is as close as you're gonna get to Outlook 2013. It is fantastic, and the developer is very quick at responding to questions.

 

I own 2 lifetime licenses and 1 normal license.