[Ham-Computers] Looking for THE BEST email client

[Ron Youvan]

   On 12/08/2016 10:46 PM, KD7JYK DM09 wrote:

> I've used Outlook Express for about twenty years, still do, does all you
> mention, fast, efficient, using version 6 right now.  Tried Thunderbird,
> looked/worked like a Chinese/East Indian copy of a ripped off version of
> Outlook Express, clunky, not nearly as easy or efficient, everything about
> it quite odd.

   The one BIG problem with Outlook es Outlook Express is, as with all
M$ products, if you click on an attachment* Outlook or Outlook Express
passes the job on to the general operating system's parser, it looks at
the FINAL extension (remember only the first extension is displayed by
M$ products an example is Flower.jpeg.bat) and the virus displays an
image of a flower and infects your confuser.
  (downloading in the background)  This includes all ransomware.

   Non-M$ products, T-bird and seamonkey (& others) do NOT do this.
They use their own parser and it complains about you wanting to run
this program, that alone puts Outlook es Outlook Express at the bottom
of MY list.
   All viruses (not Trojans) effect Micro$oft OS ONLY.

   Disclaimer; I have not used M$ products since June 30, 1997.
  (except at that place, before I retired)   (LINUX is secure!)
   I am just a user, not a programmer or anything else.

  * it also attaches "it's starter" to all of your outgoing E-mails
in the background.
-- 
   Ron  KA4INM - Youvan's corollary:
                 Every action results in unwanted side effects.