Re: what email client software is best?

At 03:15 PM 4/16/01, you wrote:
>I use outlook express, win98 for emailing. ( dsl line to a local isp )
>
>It is ok, but I would like the following features:
>    * 1 . multiple address books. Ex. 1 for as400, another for personnel.
>    * 2.   Be able to delete from the address book ( must be doing 
> something wrong, but I cant delete an entry from my outlook express addr 
> book )
>    * 3.   template support. When I start a new msg, I want to click an 
> option to insert pre typed text containing say my name and title at the 
> bottom of the msg.
>    * 4.  Merge selected address book entries and a template msg to create 
> and send a customized msg to each address book entry. Ex: "dear &1. pls 
> join me in a banging your head against the wall exercise by asking ibm to 
> continue support for client access/dos. send an email msg to the addr of 
> this empty hole at as400 headquarters, xxxxxxx."
Steve,

Have you ever tried Eudora ... it does #1,2, & 3.  It may do #4, but I 
haven't had to use it for this (no SPAM here).

More importantly, it manages multiple eMail accounts effortlessly.  For an 
independent like you, you probably have eMail accounts for multiple 
customers.  I have 15 different eMail accounts defined within Eudora.  It 
checks 12 of them every 5 minutes ... the other three are "bulk eMail 
accounts" (like this one) that I check only once a day or so.

Hope this helps ...


John Myers
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Technical Solutions
IBM Certified Specialist - Advisor for e-Business
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