crashes the
system (GPF's) when exercising functional extremes
easy to
install, (a breeze)
flexible,
with lots of parameters to control
views
embedded HTML OK
has simple
address book feature
group address
book conversion problematic (elaboration perhaps?)
has weak IMAP
features, since added-on
on-line help
files frustrating and inadequate
help poorly
indexed (e.g. looked for "create" folders but not there, then
found "maintain" folders but its about difference between IMAP and
POP.)
must read
manual, which is good, for correct info
Eudora's
terminology is confusing (e.g. dominant)
has
easy-to-use filters which are effective
is
functionally suitable to fulfill requirements
difficult to
permanently delete messages
can load many
messages quickly
takes long
time to open thousands of folders, appears to have hung
Confusing
e.g.:
Deleting
messages is confusing with the multitude of steps. Delete
message, transfer to trash, special empty trash. It doesn't
look like deleted messages ever go away completely.
Signature
file not visible when composing a message. Had to send a
message in order to see if it was really there and determine it
needed extra space delimiter to be in right place.
Pressing
Hide dangerous; difficult to find out how to get mailboxes
back
not
obvious how to create a desktop icon for Eudora Pro
Would like
to reorder mailbox list so most frequently used ones on
top
Would like
"dominant" post office to have selectable name like others
do.
Simeon 4.1 (on
PCs)
plain,
thrill-less, amateurish interface (GUI)
easiest
upgrade for ECSmail users
lists and
folders are done well
can create
GPF's (crashes) when stressed
don't copy
its local files; use Simeon itself to copy folders to zip drive or
floppy
use is
intuitive, especially for ECSmail users
drag &
drop works fine
group address
list conversion works fine
on-line help
is relatively good (compared to Eudora)
plain-appearing address book -
too much white space
Outlook '98
is a
PIM
is sluggish
in that it consumes many system resources
selection of
IMAP folders is confusing - does pattern match to folder
name
find function
supposed to search subject and content, did subject only
least
intuitive of these mail packages
has same
address and folder structure as Outlook Express, which is
supported