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Subject:    KMail last of 16 Win/Mac/Linux Mail Clients in c't test!
From:       Marc Mutz <Marc.Mutz () uni-bielefeld ! de>
Date:       2001-05-05 10:33:32
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Hi!

Bad news, folks. German c't magazine tested 16 mail clients for the
three platforms Win/Mac/Linux and KMail (1.2 oof KDE 2.1) has gotten the
worst marks.

Category\Mark    KMail Evolution OE  Eud.(L) NSMail TheBat!
User Comfort     o     +         +   ++      +      +
POP functions    -     -         ++  o       -      ++
IMAP Functions   n/a   o         -   o       +      --
Misc. Functions  -     -         o   +(-)    o      +
Security         -     --        o   ++      o      ++

++ = very good ; + = good ; o = ok ; - = bad ; -- = very bad

The biggest drawbacks - according to c't - are:

User Comfort/
Misc. Functions:
  Comparing it with the others, I think that this should be a o/+. It's
clear that the testers didn't find some of the important functionality
(but that is sometimes as bad as not having it at all, esp. when the
product claims to be easy to use): Completion form the addressbook and
so on.
  Template support.

POP functions:
  You cannot download headers and only load the body on read (like e.g.
knode does with news articles).
  You cannot prohibit d/l of certain mails (e.g. exceeding a certain
size).

IMAP functions:
  Even the dev version doesn't have: Search on the server.

Security:
(the most important aspect - the worse that KMail has gotten only "-")
  Cannot stop loading elements of HTML mails from the net (images,
"web-bugs").
  Reject Return Receipts.
  SMTP-AUTH/SMTP-after-POP/APOP
  sending and receiving via SSL
  S/MIME

I've written to them explaining that they have left out some of the
functionality and asking if they can correct the summary table in their
next issue.

Marc

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Marc Mutz <Marc@Mutz.com>     http://EncryptionHOWTO.sourceforge.net/
University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics

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