RE: *good* Windows IMAP clients

Marc Michels <marc@lauenstein.com> Thu, 21 August 1997 17:55 UTC

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From: Marc Michels <marc@lauenstein.com>
To: Chris Box <cb@k-par.co.uk>, Ernie Oporto <ernie_oporto@mentorg.com>
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Subject: RE: *good* Windows IMAP clients
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===== Original Message from Ernie Oporto <"ERNIE$OP@ESMTP  
{ernie_oporto@MENTORG.COM}"@ipop.lauenstein.com> at 8/21/97 11:06 am
>I love Outlook Express.  I've had much less problems that with Netscape
>Communicator and the mail filtering is much better.  However, since it's a
>beta, I can't recommend it to be used as a production client.  I currently
>use Eudora, which is POP3 based and promises to move to IMAP in December.
>
>Once Outlook Express comes out in final form, I'll be using that from home
>and Eudora 4 at work.
>
>-Ernie
>
>At 11:27 AM 8/21/97 +0100, you wrote:
>>Can anyone recommend to me a good IMAP client to use on Windows (win32)
>>within a LAN environment?
>>
>>I've got fed up of Netscape Communicator's poor interaction with imapd
>>(namely that it takes several seconds to perform any action, and quite
>>often re-opens the connection to the IMAPD server, even resulting in
>>deadlock because two IMAPDs want the lock on the mailfile).
>>
>>If I can't find one I may have to switch to POP3 (which I don't want to
>>do because I'd rather have my mail stored on the server).
>>
>>--
>>Chris Box                                    mailto:cb@k-par.co.uk
>>K-par Systems Ltd                           http://www.k-par.co.uk
>>
>>
>-Ernie
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===== Comments by MARC@ISTN (Marc Michels) at 8/21/97 1:47 pm
Try ExpressIT! 2000 from Infinite Technologies. I'm NOT recommending it 
because we are a reseller of them, I'm recommending the client out of 
personal preference compared to other clients I have evaluated.
They offer a free 30 day trial.

>> Best regards,
>> Marc Michels
>> Manager Sales & Marketing
>>
>>    ISTN Inc. Communication Services &
>>    High Performance Messaging Solutions
>>    mailto:marc@istn-us.com
>>    visit our web site: http://www.istn-us.com
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