What email program do you use?

[zippy]

I started using Eudora a year or two ago after a bunch of viruses came out that abused Outlook and Outlook Express's security holes.

However, in the last few months I've gotten 3 viruses through Eudora anyway; sent in junkmail as attachments.

So does it matter any more?

Which do you use and why?

Thanks.

 

[Nothinman]

However, in the last few months I've gotten 3 viruses through Eudora anyway; sent in junkmail as attachments.

If you run all the attachments you get without a virus scanner you deserve what you get. The big thing with OE is that it uses the IE renderer to display it's messages and every few weeks there's a new problem with that renderer that allows OE to run programs without asking you, which is a lot worse than running it yourself and shooting yourself in the foot.

To stay on topic I use Mozilla in Windows and Evolution in Linux. I believe Mozilla will have an option to let you force it to display HTML mail as plain-text, which I'll happily be using soon as it's released.

 

[Chaotic42]

mutt for Linux.

 

[woodie1]

Calypso.

 

[Isaiah]

PocoMail

 

[datalink7]

Mozilla

 

[GigaCluster]

Sometimes Mozilla Mail, sometimes Mutt.

 

[manly]

pine

I've used mutt in the past, but the UI seems kludgy (but powerful) without significant customization. pine is clean and simple (albeit limited).

 

[NeoMadHatter]

Links to those provided:
Calypso
Eudora
Mozilla
Mutt
PocoMail

I'm currently using Eudora 5.1 but i'm thinking of switching to Outlook XP. i don't get viruses sent to me anyways so it's not a big deal. Eudora is just bothering with not letting me read HTML emails correctly.

 

[Crackabot]

PocoMail, it works great for me except that somehtimes it screws up HTML attachments.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Outlook XP works fine for me + the added benefit of ActiveSync w/ my iPAQ

 

[NeoMadHatter]

Previous thread

 

[wxjunkie]

I've used web based e-mail as well as OE for a couple of years now, as the main thing I use my linux box for is programming. I've always had Norton's E-Mail autoscan on, and never had a problem.

I recently switched to Eudora, just for the absolute hell of it.

 

[aswedc]

Mozilla

 

[Valhalla1]

outlook xp on windows xp
pine on linux file server