Thanks to all who posted constructive feedback regarding my question about MUAs. Here's a synopsis of the suggestions, along with URLs for the various products:
KDE2.2/Kmailer -- http://www.kde.org/ Screenshot: http://www.kde.org/screenshots/large/kde2b3_2.png Looks promising. However, as I mentioned in my previous message, I'm brand-new to Linux so I'm going to stick with Gnome for now until I get more comfortable with general system administration. Sylpheed -- http://sylpheed.good-day.net/ Screenshot: http://sylpheed.good-day.net/#screenshot This one looks very promising and I'm currently downloading it as I type this. Evolution -- http://www.ximian.com/apps/evolution.php3 Screenshot: http://www.ximian.com/imagewrap.php3?image=apps/evolution-screenshots/ev olution_inbox.png Another promising alternative. I'll be downloading this one as well. Mozilla Mail/News -- http://www.mozilla.org/ Screenshot: Didn't find any, but since I'm assuming most of you have already tried Mozilla, I didn't look too hard. :) I've used Mozilla Mail back when I set up my first RedHat box a couple of months ago. I can't remember exactly why, but there was something I didn't like about it. (not exactly helpful, I know) Aethera -- http://www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera/index.php3?dhtml_ok=0 Screenshot: http://www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera/screenshots.php3?dhtml_ok=0 This looks the most promising (at first glance) of all the applications in that it offers a holistic PIM application including calendaring, email, contacts and groupware capabilities. When I get comfortable enough with Linux to branch over to KDE, this will be the first email program I try out. GNUS -- http://www.gnus.org and http://my.gnus.org Screenshot: http://my.gnus.org/screenshot.php?id=25 I believe this can run in a console (i.e. no X) which is definitely appealing. Requires emacs, which I haven't learned yet (still working on vi) so it may be a while before I give this one a shot. Someone else mentioned Balsa in passing. I used Balsa a couple of months back and found the IMAP support to be rudimentary at best. I was also annoyed at the number of different windows you had to open just to open a single message. It's also designed (IIRC) purely as an email client. Give it a few months to mature and I think it will be a solid candidate for pure email. Thanks again to all who responded with help. If anyone has any questions or would like a follow-up email after I've used one of the above programs, feel free to let me know. --kurt
