[boost] Re: mailing list reader

From: Eric Friedman (ebf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-04 20:34:04

John Torjo wrote:

> Dear boosters,
>  
> Please bear with me, since I really need to ask you,
> for a pretty goot mailing list reader program.
> (I know it's pretty off topic)
>  
> I've had Outlook Express for a long time, but since there are more and 
> more messages it's very hard to keep up (no "Threads" mode).
> I've lately tryied Gemini, but it's pretty bad.
>  
> I need a simple reader, which will
> * show read/unread messages differently (preferably unread in bold)
> * show messages in Threads
> * allow me to logon securely to my email (authentication for outgoing mail)
>  
> So, what are you guys using?
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Best,
> John
>  

Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird) is what I use, 
and even though it's still in alpha, it's quite incredible.

In addition to everything you want, it's stable, (relatively) fast, and 
has spam filters that work well after some training.

Eric