[OT] Good e-mail client with IMAP support?

Does anyone know of an e-mail client that works good with IMAP? I've
been using POP for the past 10 years until I switched to the Mailblocks
e-mail service. I have a bunch of alias e-mail addresses at this
service. Each alias routes mail to its own IMAP folder. So for
example: an e-mail sent to aleinss- would go
to the sports IMAP folder; e-mail sent to aleinss-fisher4343
@mailblocks.com would go to the fisher IMAP folder, etc.

Their tech support told me the only way to be notified of new mail in
each of these folders was to switch from POP to IMAP which I did.
However, the only way that Eudora notifies me if there is a new message
in a specific folder is if I have all 15 folders opened into 15
separate open windows! If I happen to close one of these windows it
won't alert me to new mail in that folder unless I reopen that folder
window.

This is quite annoying to say the least so I tried Mozilla Thunderbird
and it doesn't notify me of new messages in any folder either unless I
open each folder manually. Combine that with the fact there's no easy
way of exporting e-mail or having it store it on another drive forces
me not to use this program.

Now I tried Outlook 2003 today and it correctly identifies which
folders have new e-mail! However, when you delete an e-mail it doesn't
really delete it. It just marks it for deletion. So to permanently
delete it I have to go to each folder and do a Edit>Purge Deleted
Messages. There's no automatic way of doing this according to the
Internet.

So I need an e-mail client that you can easily export e-mail for backup
purposes and one that handles IMAP nicely. Is this too much to ask???

Thanks,
Adam

Adam Leinss

with outlook 2003, have you tried pressing SHIFT + Delete to delete items?

"Adam Leinss" <> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know of an e-mail client that works good with IMAP? I've
> been using POP for the past 10 years until I switched to the Mailblocks
> e-mail service. I have a bunch of alias e-mail addresses at this
> service. Each alias routes mail to its own IMAP folder. So for
> example: an e-mail sent to aleinss- would go
> to the sports IMAP folder; e-mail sent to aleinss-fisher4343
> @mailblocks.com would go to the fisher IMAP folder, etc.
>
> Their tech support told me the only way to be notified of new mail in
> each of these folders was to switch from POP to IMAP which I did.
> However, the only way that Eudora notifies me if there is a new message
> in a specific folder is if I have all 15 folders opened into 15
> separate open windows! If I happen to close one of these windows it
> won't alert me to new mail in that folder unless I reopen that folder
> window.
>
> This is quite annoying to say the least so I tried Mozilla Thunderbird
> and it doesn't notify me of new messages in any folder either unless I
> open each folder manually. Combine that with the fact there's no easy
> way of exporting e-mail or having it store it on another drive forces
> me not to use this program.
>
> Now I tried Outlook 2003 today and it correctly identifies which
> folders have new e-mail! However, when you delete an e-mail it doesn't
> really delete it. It just marks it for deletion. So to permanently
> delete it I have to go to each folder and do a Edit>Purge Deleted
> Messages. There's no automatic way of doing this according to the
> Internet.
>
> So I need an e-mail client that you can easily export e-mail for backup
> purposes and one that handles IMAP nicely. Is this too much to ask???
>
> Thanks,
> Adam

Jamco

"Jamco" <> wrote in
news:NVpmd.179451$9b.38836@edtnps84:

> with outlook 2003, have you tried pressing SHIFT + Delete to
> delete items?

You got me excited there for a minute! No, unforunately that doesn't
work for the IMAP account. It flags it for deletion, but it will not
purge them until I force a purge on EVERY folder! I can't believe
Microsoft didn't think of this beforehand! Eek!

Adam

Adam Leinss