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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kmail best email client for newbies in 32bitsonline !
From:       John Corey <whoop () mtco ! com>
Date:       1999-07-02 12:34:19
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Moritz Moeller-Herrmann wrote:
> 
> Kmail won the eGUI email client shoot-out!
> 
> Congratulations (Personally I use mutt...)
> 
> Maybe an item for the KDE news page?
> 
> Here's the URL
> http://www.32bitsonline.com/print.php3?file=issues/199907/email&page=5
> 
> > Linux GUI E-mail Client Shootout
> 
> > By Mark Bashaw
> 
> >    Conclusions
> 
> > For a first time Linux user or someone just moving from the MS Windows arena,
> > the simplest to setup and most solid client award goes to KMail. The initial
> > wizard that sets up the client takes just enough information to give the user
> > access to incoming mail via POP3 and the capability to send mail via a SMTP
> > host or a local Mail Transfer Agent. KMail also has the capability to access
> > multiple POP3 hosts for those people who spread their e-mail out across the
> > 'net. Not once during the review process did the KMail client crash
> > unexpectedly. The Web intregration features are also excellent, especially the
> > use of kfm as the default web browser. The three issues that may give some
> > users pause in the use of KMail is the inability to access IMAP folders, the
> > inability to nest mail folders for better organizational capabilitiy, and the
> > limited address book. Look for enhancements from the KDE team on these and
> > other issues.
> > [...]

So, where do we stand on these three issues with the HEAD branch?  IMAP
has been the show-stopper for me.

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