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clients_comparison [2015/05/20 22:14] – [Comparison of existing email clients] mhatzclients_comparison [2015/05/27 15:24] – [List of clients] mhatz
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 Given our constraints, the review criteria will be the following: Given our constraints, the review criteria will be the following:
-  * Software License +  * Software License (GPL, MIT, etc.) 
-  * Confidence (low, medium, high)  +  * Confidence (low, medium, high): does the software seems to be reliable, maintained, etc?  
-  * Community activity (low, medium, high)+  * Community activity (low, medium, high): is there a community support? Is the development team close to the community?
   * Platforms (Windows, Linux, OS X, etc.)   * Platforms (Windows, Linux, OS X, etc.)
   * Development language(s)   * Development language(s)
-  * Custom theme/UI (yes/no)+  * Customizable theme/UI (yes/no, limitations)
   * Accessibility potential (name of the UI toolkit or any a11y related information)   * Accessibility potential (name of the UI toolkit or any a11y related information)
   * Internationalization (i18n) system   * Internationalization (i18n) system
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 ^Name ^License ^Confidence ^Community ^Platforms ^Languages ^Custom UI ^Accessibility ^I18n ^Notes ^ ^Name ^License ^Confidence ^Community ^Platforms ^Languages ^Custom UI ^Accessibility ^I18n ^Notes ^
-|Alpine|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?+|Alpine|Apache License v2|low|low (no ML)|Linux/Windows|C|?|?|?|maintained with patches, this project seems a bit hard to follow.
-|Claws Mail|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?+|Claws Mail|GPL v3|high|high|Linux/Windows|C|No|GTK+ toolkit|gettext (PO files)|-
-|Gnus|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?+|<del>Gnus</del>|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|Emacs extension
-|Mulberry|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?+|<del>Mulberry</del>|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|Last update 21-Feb-2007
-|Mutt|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?+|<del>Mutt</del>|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|Require Cygwin etc on windows
-|SOGo|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?+|<del>SOGo</del>|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|Groupware
-|Sylpheed|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?+|Sylpheed|GPL|?|?|?|?|?|GTK+|Yes|Japanese Wiki
-|Zimbra Desktop|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?+|<del>Zimbra Desktop</del>|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|Commercial project
-|SeaMonkey|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?+|<del>SeaMonkey</del>|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|All-in-one Internet suite.
-|Thunderbird|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|+|Thunderbird|MPL|high|high|Linux/OSX/Windows|C, C++, JavaScript, CSS, XUL, XBL|[[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Window_layout_-_Thunderbird|Yes?]] |Mozilla products are known to be accessible.|Yes|-|
  
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