Best Email client for handling large amounts of mail

[microbert]

I have a client that currently is still using Windows XP with outlook express as email client. It’s not the perfect solution since the client receives an average of 2GB of new mail monthly. Which means that every month I had to move his emails from the inbox to a folder, so I don’t reach the 2GB limit in Outlook Express. It’s not ideal situation but I was comfortable enough that with the proper backup system, no email where lost.


Now the computer is old and the client need to change the PC, which will go to windows 10. I need to find the best email client that I can use for him.


I don’t like to use MS Outlook, since all the mail are saved in one pst folder, which makes it difficult to backup regularly, when the file is large. So I am looking for a software which saves the emails separate so it is easier to make backups and easier to restore if something happens to the emails.


Does anyone know a good email client?

 

[PBComputer]

Hosted exchange not an option?

 

[nlinecomputers]

I don't care what email client you use but pick a better method to archive mail. Mailstore home. http://www.mailstore.com/en/mailstore-home-email-archiving.aspxwww.mailstore.com

 

[microbert]

Thunderbird. It's not pretty, but it works brilliantly.

I don't know if this is the best, since I saw a lot of bad reviews about it especially that it crashes a lot.

Hosted exchange not an option?

About an Hosted exchange, don't know it is worth it, since the client has only one email address, and does not want to relay on another company not even GoogleApps.

I don't care what email client you use but pick a better method to archive mail. Mailstore home.http://www.mailstore.com/en/mailstore-home-email-archiving.aspxwww.mailstore.com

I will check about MailStore, I never heard of it, so I will read about it. thanks for the tip

 

[Diggs]

I don't know if this is the best, since I saw a lot of bad reviews about it especially that it crashes a lot.

??? - Where are you reading? Thunderbird (descended from the Netscape Suite) is probably the most stable email client I have ever used. In the early days, Outlook was adopting (stealing?) features that it introduced. Admittedly Mozilla sees it as a mature product and is not actively pushing further development but they are keeping it current and secure. I like to offer Thunderbird to Outlook users that no longer feel the need to buy Office but want Outlook familiarity.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I don’t like to use MS Outlook, since all the mail are saved in one pst folder, which makes it difficult to backup regularly, when the file is large.

To me that's has always been a good thing. Easy to manage, easy to backup and know you got it all (mail, contacts, calendar, notes, all in one file!)..and easy to restore when needed. Break off into archives if needed..which will be a separate file but you can easily manage those in the backup.

 

[Markverhyden]

I don’t like to use MS Outlook, since all the mail are saved in one pst folder, which makes it difficult to backup regularly, when the file is large. So I am looking for a software which saves the emails separate so it is easier to make backups and easier to restore if something happens to the emails.


Does anyone know a good email client?

Pretty much any mbox compliant program. The problem is many of the old standby's are not maintained. Like Thunderbird and Eudora. And I've not looked at the new ones so I do not know if they are mbox or some other type of system. Apple Mail is one but, of course, they have to be using OS X. And I think all of the Linux clients are mbox as well.

 

[TenYardFight]

What stonecat was getting at...it doesn't have to be in ONE pst. Create more.

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[Larry Mashburn]

eM Client is what I like to use. Go with 6 though. It looks like version 7 may have some problems.

 

[acscva]

Another one that I just heard about yesterday is Mailbird which looks pretty interesting.

https://www.getmailbird.com/

Here is a comparison to other email clients including eM Client in there

https://www.getmailbird.com/why-choose-mailbird/

 

[resolvetech]

To me that's has always been a good thing. Easy to manage, easy to backup and know you got it all (mail, contacts, calendar, notes, all in one file!)..and easy to restore when needed. Break off into archives if needed..which will be a separate file but you can easily manage those in the backup.

Yeah, what he said. If customer doesn't want to pay you to manage then tell him to use webmail. The problem is most users (micro biz/home) want to have their cake and eat it too. They want the functionality of something like Outlook (thick client) but then they don't want to manage it or pay to have someone do it. I digress...

 

[microbert]

thank you all for your help and suggestion, I will research and take a decision on what to use.

 

[DavidHoliday]

We used to use EmClient (6) but 7 killed us so we moved to Hexamail Flow for our end-user email client.

 

[Mick]

A lone voice here for The Bat. Not pretty, but will do pretty much anything you or he could want and handles good-as-infinity's worth of emails. It's granular mail rules flatten anything Outlook offers, too.

Edit: Just realised this thread is eighteen months old. I'm guessing the problem is resolved by now...