On Outlook, changing all messages to be rendered in plain text, not HTML (I’m old-fashioned, text-focused, and want to optimize on-screen real estate) took a web search and eight mouse clicks to achieve. I’ve included them as defaults – after all, defaults are what the applications’ developers think to give the optimum experience.Ī point of interest in changing options to suit the user: where eM Client’s appearance settings are immediately reflected in the application, Outlook often needs to have the Options window closed for changes to take effect. Both applications are highly customizable, so those figures can easily be adjusted. eM Client’s defaults fared better with 71% and 29%, respectively. Blunderbuss: Outlookĭoing some quick math, my default Outlook email view comprised 59% email to 41% tools, options, navigation, and other onscreen distractions. It might only be a fraction or two of a second, but it’s noticeable on all but the newest workstations, and a series of small micro-pauses sure adds up over the working day.Įmail content vs. For users on older hardware, the Outlook experience can be frustrating switching between Calendar and Email can sometimes take a while to “percolate” through. The first thing I noted was the app’s speed: pages rendered and responded quickly to input, and where Outlook felt sluggish and bloated at times, everything on eM Client was snappy and responsive. Mac users often struggle with some of the Exchange/Outlook features (meeting invites, email receipts, synchronization, and a few more) because the Apple eco-system has often been something of an afterthought of Microsoft’s developers (Apple produces its own walled garden versions of email, word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, and so forth).įor Mac users, there is an eM Client application, but that isn’t the subject of this test. However, in this review, I kept the focus on how eM Client performs as a pure Microsoft replacement. The app is compatible with Google Workspace, iCloud, any POP/IMAP email server, and Office 365 and Exchange. The Outlook interface is familiar to most people, whether they use the app daily, so most users will easily find their way around eM Client quickly.Īll the usual suspects are there: email (obviously), calendars, Tasks, Contacts, and you can easily import your existing settings from Outlook. To test out this alternative email (and everything else) client, I ran eM Client instead of Outlook on a Windows 10 instance to see how it performed compared to the app we’re all accustomed to. You have now completed setting up eM Client.EM Client’s default mail view. Scroll further down the IMAP tab and you will see the Special Folders section. In the main menu go to Tools > Accounts and click on your account in the left pane.Ĭhange the Port setting to 465 if necessary and check that Security policy is set to Use SSL/TLS on special port (legacy).Ĭhange the Port setting to 993 if necessary and check that Security policy is set to Use SSL/TLS on special port (legacy). Configuring Server Ports and EncryptionĮM Client requires some changes so that it connects securely to Runbox on the correct ports. If you are happy with all the details you have entered, you can click Finish. In the image above we just used the email address of the account, but you can call it anything you like. Enter Additional Required InformationĮnter Your name as you want it to appear on outgoing emails, along with a name for your account that will identify it in eM Client. If the configuration fails click Back and correct any errors in the settings.
If the test completed successfully click Next. Username: your primary Runbox email address (aliases cannot be used as log in usernames)Ĭhoose the IMAP option and enter the Incoming server details along with your username and password and click Next.Įnter the Outgoing server details along with your Username and Password and click Next.ĮM Client will now test the connection settings you have entered. You can find information about the latest server details on our Email Client Settings page and below in the images.
Now choose the Other option on the far right and click Next.Įnter your email address and click Next. We don’t recommend the Automatic Setup as it requires eM Client to automatically detect the server settings, and this often doesn’t work correctly.Ĭlick on the Mail option and this will open up.
To add a new account go to Tools > Accounts.
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