I tried Windows Live Mail which showed some promise but eventually proved to be so slow and has a very annoying bug which makes writing in-line replies impossible. It sometimes won't let you hit enter and write your reply interleaved with the receivers. Sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't.... very annoying. You just cannot break through that thick black line.
So then I tried Mozilla Thunderbird which I had previously rejected just because the user interface looks a bit clunky. But I tried it again and so far have found it a real pleasure to use. It is very functional and stable. Much better than Apple Mail which would often "wedge" itself when checking for mail and leave me wondering why no emails were received for hours.
