[Schakaljager]

I must admit I'm generally dismayed with American software, many developers here suffer from bloatware syndrome and put eye-candy over usability.

Email is particularly frustrating, I now use TheBat, which is a neat little program from an independent eastern european developer. No extra eye-candy, pure work-horse email program, not prone to virus. American products simply can't compete.

[eddie willers]

American products simply can't compete.

Can't compare maybe....but can't compete?
Tell that to Microsoft.

[xrp]

Funny that you mention the virus. Windows isn't prone to viruses, stupid users are.

[Jeff Chandler]

I thought of using The Bat, but I have read reports that its header is falsely rejected by some ISPs. I went with the free program, Pegasus, which is immune to all three types of virus attacks. The program is lean, and the filters are awesome. The text handling is buggy, though, so now I'm using Netscape Mail, which is only vulnerable to the image "bug". Since I have the ability to shield my IP address, that is not a problem.

The Netscape Mail is bloated, but has a very nice interface, and displays multiple identities on the same tree-view side bar. With Outlook Express and Pegasus you only get to see one identity at a time.