Best lightweight email client?

[Deleted member 4644]

I need an email client that is super lightweight and will launch fast, or at least generally operate quickly.

I own a copy of outlook 7. I have used an early version of thunderbird but it crashed a lot.

I need my emails to be SEARCHABLE, and I need it to work well with gmail, as well as traditional POP services.

Any leads?

 

[jrjiri]

This link might shed some light on some alternatives for you, at very least it should get you pointed in the right direction. There's a great comparison chart/grid towards the bottom of the page that compares all the essential features of each.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-email-client-for-linux-mac-osx-windows.html


Perhaps another possibility might be Eudora?

http://www.eudora.com/

Good luck in your search sir!

 

[bruceb]

A lot of people use Thunderbird or Eudora ... and see link here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-mail_clients

It lists all the clients out there and gives some comparisons.
It all comes down to how the program works for your tastes.

 

[lxskllr]

Koma mail's super light, super fast, and super ugly. I use it on a thumb drive for my portable app email choice. I don't know how searchable it is, or how well it works with Gmail, but it may be worth a try...

http://www.pendriveapps.com/koma-mail/

Edit:
I typically use Thunderbird as my regular client, and I'm very happy with it. It works with Gmail fine, and while I don't search much, the times I have it's worked pretty well.

 

[konakona]

I have asked more or less the same question earlier, except my criteria included being fully unicode friendly. Was given a bunch of suggestions, tried all of them and liked Thuhderbird the best. Reasonably lightweight, likable interface similar to OE (was easier for me to adapt), quite robust with everything I needed.

 

[corkyg]

I use Eudora Pro - have done so for years. It has for me, the best email management system available, and is very customizable. T-Bird would be my second choice.

 

[JacobCampbell]

the Bat! It'a an old, fast, good client, fastest client I ever use. the Bat! have very simply interface and contains all first-need options. Very useful soft, if you prefer to work with your e-mail with an clients

 

[Chiefcrowe]

the new thunderbird is great, check it out. they're at version 3 now.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

pine

 

[imported_brandon]

You can't get lighter weight than Opera's M2 email client, since it's a 200KB DLL, and built-in to Opera.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

how are the features of that? never tried it myself but it sounds cool

You can't get lighter weight than Opera's M2 email client, since it's a 200KB DLL, and built-in to Opera.

 

[skulkingghost]

Postbox is incredible, try their 30 day trial. I paid for it + unlimited lifetime upgrades and have never regretted the decision once. The search is incredibly fast.

http://www.postbox-inc.com/