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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

What's a stable email client for home-business use?

Can you recommend a stable email client for home-business use? Thunderbird is excellent, facility-wise, but it is not stable. Every so often I get a random error message and it all collapses. I am already doing all the routine maintenance things that are supposed to keep it working. Andrew White

The most stable email programs I've used are Microsoft Outlook and Eudora, and Outlook is the de facto market standard for business use. However, while I use Outlook for contacts and its terrific synchronisation features, I hate its opaque PST (personal storage) files with a passion. I've never actually had a PST file become corrupt, but it's a threat that means you have to be serious about keeping backups.

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