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Email Evaluation 2002 - Test Form Results
Ranking: 0=Client doesn't have this functionality 1=Not very 2=Moderately 3=Very
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| Mulberry 2.1.2 |
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| Messenger 6.2.1 |
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| Messenger 4.79 |
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| Eudora 5.1 |
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| Outlook 2000 |
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| Outlook XP |
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| Entourage |
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| Mac OS 9.2.2 |
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| Mac OS X 10.1 |
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| Windows 98/ME |
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| Windows NT 4.0 |
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| Windows 2000 |
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| Windows XP |
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| Linux/Solaris |
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| 1. How intuitive was the installation process? |
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3 |
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| 2. Are you asked where to store user data on multiple-user machines? |
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| 3. Will the client function for a user with restricted access to the system? |
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4. What options are allowed? |
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Additional comments on installation. |
| 5. How easily can you configure the client? |
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| 6. Does the client have "wizards" to help with the configuration? |
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| 7. Can you configure the client to use an external editor when composing or reading messages? |
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Additional comments on configuration. |
| 8. Copy/Paste |
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| 9. Cut/Paste |
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| 10. Word wrapping |
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| 11. Realignment or paragraphs |
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| 12. Spell-checking |
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| 13. Is there a default dictionary for the spell-checker? |
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| 14. Can you create a personal dictionary for the spell-checker? |
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| 15. Search for and replace a word |
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| 16. Search forward for a word |
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| 17. Search backward for a word |
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| 18. Create a signature file |
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| 19. Can you create multiple signature files? |
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| 20. Create a stationery file |
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| 21. Can you create multiple stationery files? |
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| 22. Are there options for how/whether to send web formatted messages? |
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| 23. Can you create a message and specify a delivery receipt? |
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| 24. Can you create a message and specify a precedence header? |
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| 25. Can you create a message and specify an expiration date? |
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| 26. Can you create a message with a blank "From:" header? |
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| 27. Can you blind copy ("Bcc:" mail header) on all sent messages? |
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Additional comments on message creation. |
| 28. How easily can you read messages? |
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| 29. How easily can you open a message using your desktop word processing package? |
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| 30. Can you preview a message before you download it to your desktop? |
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| 31. In the case where the message line is longer than the reading window, how well does the client handle text wrapping? |
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| 32. How well does the client handle printing of messages? |
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3 |
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| 33. Did you receive a delivery receipt for a message that had one? |
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N |
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| 34. Could you tell the precedence for a message that had one? |
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Y |
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Y |
N |
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N |
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| 35. Could you tell the expiration date for a message that had one? |
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N |
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| 36. Which of the following best describes what happens to a message when you delete it? |
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| 37. Is there an "undelete" option? |
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Y |
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| 38. How easily can you include the text of the original message in your reply? |
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3 |
3 |
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2 |
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3 |
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3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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1 |
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| 39. How easily can you edit the text of the original message in your reply? |
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3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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3 |
3 |
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3 |
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2 |
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| 40. How easily can you exclude the text of the original message in your reply? |
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3 |
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| 41. When replying to a message and including the text of the original message, try to run the spell-checker on your reply. Does the spell-checker also check the quoted text from the original message? |
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N |
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N |
N |
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Y |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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| 42. How easily can you add a preface to the body of the message? |
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3 |
3 |
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3 |
3 |
3 |
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| 43. How easily can you change the subject of the message? |
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3 |
3 |
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| 44. How easily can you edit the forwarded message? |
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3 |
3 |
3 |
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| 45. How easily can you bounce/redirect a message? |
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| 46. How easily can you resend a message that you already sent? |
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| 47. Did you have to create a new message in order to resend a message that you had already sent? |
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N |
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Y |
N |
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N |
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Additional comments on incoming messages. |
| 48. ASCII text |
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| 49. Images |
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| 50. Sound files |
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Y |
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Y |
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| 51. Spreadsheet |
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| 52. Word processor file |
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| 53. Database file |
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Y |
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| 54. MIME file |
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| 55. ASCII text |
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| 56. Images |
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3 |
3 |
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| 57. Sound files |
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| 58. Spreadsheet |
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3 |
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3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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0 |
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| 59. Word processor file |
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| 62. When you forward a message with an attachment, is the attachment correctly preserved? |
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| 63. When you resend a message with an attachment, is the attachment correctly preserved? |
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Additional comments on attachments. |
| 64. How easily can you create a filter that is triggered by the sender's identity? |
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| 65. How easily can you create a filter that is triggered by the text of the message? |
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| 66. Can you test multiple conditions when filtering? |
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| 67. When testing multiple conditions, must all conditions be met for filtering to work? |
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| 69. Can you have multiple actions when filtering? |
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| 70. If you don't store local copies of your messages, does filtering still work? |
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| 71. How easily can you import/export filters to/from other email applications? |
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Additional comments on filtering. |
| 72. How easily can you lookup an email address in the Public Directory? |
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| 73. When you do a search that results in multiple hits, how easily can you tell which email address is the one that you want? |
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| 74. When you do a search that results in multiple hits, did you get all possible hits or was there a system limit on how many addresses display? |
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| 75. How easily can you add an email address to your addressbook? |
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| 76. Could you add the address without having to retype or cut/paste? |
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| 77. Is a history of past addresses maintained for auto-completion? |
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| 78. Can you edit the history list? |
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| 79. How easily can you maintain your own contact list? |
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| 81. Inbox |
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| 82. Sent |
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| 83. Trash |
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| 86. Sent |
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| 87. Trash |
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| 88. Are you able to copy a message from one folder on the server to another folder on the server using the "copy" command. |
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| 89. Using click-drag-drop, drag an e-mail message from one folder on the server to another folder on the server. Did the message actually move rather than being copied? |
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| 90. Using click-drag-drop, drag an e-mail message from one folder on the server to another folder on the desktop. Did the message actually move rather than being copied? |
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| 91. How easily can you search a folder on the server and a folder on the desktop for a particular word? |
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| 92. Are you able to specify a search order? |
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| 93. How easily can you reorganize how messages are listed in a folder? |
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| 95. How easily can you import/export messages to/from other email applications? |
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| 96. How easily can you resync your folders? |
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| 97. Is resynchronization automatic? |
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| 98. Can resynchronization be forced? |
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| 99. How easily can you check mail for multiple accounts? |
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| 100. How easily can you send mail for multiple accounts? |
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| 101. Can you change your password from within the client? |
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| 102. Kerberos with POP |
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| 103. Kerberos with IMAP |
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| 104. Kerberos with SMTP |
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| 105. Kerberos with LDAP |
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| 106. Kerberos with NNTP |
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| 107. SSL with POP |
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| 108. SSL with IMAP |
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| 109. SSL with SMTP |
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| 110. SSL with LDAP |
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| 111. SSL with NNTP |
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| 112. How easily can the client be used with PGP? |
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| 113. Based on review of vendor web site, how well supported does the product seem to be? |
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| 114. How good is the online help system? |
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| 115. How easily can the client synch with Palm-OS products? |
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Additional comments on palm interoperability. |
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How easy and intuitive is the installation and configuration process? Are there tools for creating a custom installer? |
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Is it easy to mess up the configuration. |
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Do you think the application is sturdy and robust enough to handle configuration problems? Did it crash a lot? Did it auto-recover when the system crashed? |
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Is the application resource intensive? Did you notice slowdown of your machine during the testing process? |
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How easy to use is the client? How Intuitive? How much can you change/personalize the user interface? |
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How end-user friendly do you consider it to be? |
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How difficult will the learning curve be for a beginning user? |
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Did the application have the ability to multi-task? |
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Will cost be a factor for this product? |
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Other comments. |
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