[Discuss] FOSS email that doesn't suck -- does such a thing exist?

[dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 09:02:05PM -0400, Rich Pieri wrote:
> I've spent a fair bit of time over the past few days trying to find a
> FOSS email program that isn't a steaming pile. So far? No luck.
> 
> I ask all of you: is there a FOSS mail program that's genuinely
> cross-platform, handles multiple mail accounts elegantly including
> cross-account message filtering, and doesn't suck mud through a straw?

No.

Can you cut cross-platform from your list of requirements if you
can *use* the program on any internet-connected machine?

Or perhaps you can give up on using exactly the same program
everywhere.

For example, I use dovecot to serve IMAP/SSL. That's a central
storage area, and thus a central place to filter. I can read via
K9 on my phone, mutt on many machines, and Thunderbird when for
some reason I want that. By redefining my mail ego to be the
mail store rather than the user program, I gain great advantage.

I recognize that might not be what you want, but I advocate it 
for anyone who is serious about mail as a form of communication.

-dsr-