[Ti] best e-mail program

[David Remahl]

Mail uses mbox.

/ Rgds, David

On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 10:21 PM, Dennis Fazio wrote:

> To add an extra $0.02, I think one of the most important features of a 
> mailer is what format it stores the mail in. Many use a proprietary 
> binary database format (Outlook Express, Entourage, and I think, Apple 
> Mail). The advantage is usually faster searching and mailbox 
> management. The *BIG* disadvantage, in my eyes anyway, is that the 
> format is proprietary and you cannot do anything with it with any 
> other tools, nor is it easy to ever switch mail programs. If a mail 
> folder gets corrupted in any little way, the whole thing is usually a 
> goner.
>
> Therefore, consider mailers that store mail in Unix mbox format, which 
> is plain text. You can look at or even edit your mail folder contents 
> with text editors if needed and it's already in a format usable by 
> several other mailers.
>
> I believe Eudora does this. Mulberry, which I use, does also.
> --
> Dennis Fazio
> dfz at mac.com