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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Excuse the off-topic post, but with the number of
people on this list, and the technical experiance - especially with email, I
figure this is the perfect place to ask this...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm looking for a new mail client... I'm currently
using Outlook Express, and found it to work well, however I require a few other
features that OE does not include... </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What I'm looking for is a MUA with:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) IMAP support. Outlook Express handles IMAP
folders with 14000+ emails without a problem. Outlook XP becomes really sluggish
on these folders. it seems the reasonable limit for Outlook XP is about 500
messages in a folder, anything else and I click "Mark as read" and come back in
a few minutes... Mozilla handles this fine, however lacks other points discussed
here.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) Have decent digital certificate support. As most
of you know, wireless.org.au has it's own root cert, and I issue .p12
certificates to people with a) a good reason for wanting one, and b) who I can
verify is fair dinkum. OE works fine with this, even with multiple accounts.
Mozilla allows you to sign an email with an incorrect cert, and does not prompt
the user.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3) Have a Calendar builtin. OE does not have this,
nor does Mozilla.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4) Have a todo list builtin. Again, something that
OE and Mozilla lack.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5) A decent address book system. Something
comparable with OE's addressbook is fine.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know Outlook has items 3, 4 and 5, but the very
sluggish performance in IMAP handling rules it out (unless someone knows
something about fixing Outlook XP with IMAP folders)...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ideas? Suggestions? Please email me off list.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><BR>Signed,<BR>Steven Haigh<BR><A
href="http://wireless.org.au">http://wireless.org.au</A><BR>(Visit <A
href="https://wireless.org.au">https://wireless.org.au</A> to install our Root
Certificate.)</DIV>
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<DIV>You can lead a fool to wisdom but you can't make him think.<BR>We have
enough youth. What we need is a fountain of smart.<BR>I am root. If you see me
laughing, you better have a backup.<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>