Microsoft Outlook alternatives

Aragon said:
Thunderbird rocks. It's useful to point out the Lightning addon for it for those who can't do without calendaring.
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I have used Thunderbird and Lightning now for many years, and I am very happy with the functionality of both. I get even happier once I see how much Outlook would cost me.

However, the one drawback that I am still struggling with is synchronisation. I have sort of figured out how to write to Google Calender, but this only works well when you are online. What I have not managed is to sync with my phone (Nokia 5800) which only supports Outlook and Lotus Notes.
 
Converted my old office YEARS ago to Thunderbird, such a great Idea.
Some of my new clients I am putting on Live Mail if they don't want to go the Thunderbird route.
Again Great Stuff! Go Thunderbird!
 
I tried going the Thunderbird route for the office, but copying and pasting excel tables into emails didn't work (something which happens a lot). I couldn't find a simple way of doing it so unfortunately replacing Outlook was canned. If someone comes up with a solution it will save a lot of money only needing a basic version of MS Office, without Outlook.
 
Windows live mail... has calendar, a nice search feature, and synchronizes online so you don't lose stuff when you reinstall. I dig open source, but see no point in changing a simple mail client.
 
Been using Eudora since the year dot and still use it today. I was not impressed by version 8 though which is now open source and 7 has problems with Win7 unless you tweak its default saving path.
 
What about people who need to connect to Exchange using MAPI protocol?
 
I use Thunderbird for personal email, Outlook for my job and Windows Live Mail for my wife's company account. The Microsoft products just seem to have better / easier to use UI's.
 
Am a bit surprised that Evolution got no mention....it is the default mail client on a few Linux OSes.

I'm happy with Evolution, very much like Outlook and works very well.

I wish Outlook was available on Linux...cos it is the king of email clients, just as Exchange is king of mail servers.
 
I use Windows Live Mail. It's free from the hotmail website and seem pretty good to me. Nice interface and all the features I need.
 
I am still waiting for the day that an email client can match the functionality and flexibility (let alone the pure simplicity) of Eudora.
If something can match it, I will switch as Eudora is no longer under Qualcomm ownership and no longer being
actively developed (Ver 8 is now basically Thunderbird with a modified GUI).
I am yet so see such a client.... and I've tried many, including almost every version of Thunderbird!
I'm using Eudora 7.1.0.9 on Windows 7 WITHOUT any issues or modifications.
 
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