Was not aware that Eudora still existed. Last I used it was early =20 90's-ish when it was free from several dial-up ISP's. Checking now =20 though, it seems it's not maildir format :( I can supposedly convert =20 from mbox to maildir or vice-versa later, but there are lots of issues =20 with that and people often lose several emails with that. Quoting Dwayne Reid : > At 07:59 PM 3/21/2012, PICdude wrote: > >> I'm ideally after an email client (for Windows XP), that uses maildir >> format, which is either very reliable (and will retry, check for >> errors, etc) or better... will allow me to download by specific date >> ranges. This way, I can grab a few months at a time and let it delete >> those as it goes along. > > I have to confess that I know almost nothing about the internals of > email clients, but I've been using Eudora since I first got Internet > access back in the mid '80s. All I can say about Eudora is that "It > Just Works". > > It supports both IMAP and POP3 (I use POP3) and has worked on every > Windows OS that I've used: 3.11 WFWG, Win98, WinXP, Win7. > > It hasn't been updated in years but you can still download the > installer from . > > It might be worth trying. > > dwayne > > -- > Dwayne Reid > Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA > (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax > www.trinity-electronics.com > Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .