Email in Linux

One word: Gmail.

If you are using any sort of program at all on your home computer to manage your email, you are making a mistake, imo. Gmail is the ultimate email software.

Advantages:

• Email is stored forever (I've only used 5% of my 6 gigs)
• Email is stored remotely (no backing up - no archiving - no lost messages)
• Email is available from any networked computer
• Great spam filters
• The ability to label email as it comes in

Disadvantages:

• Your stupid company might block Gmail at the office and stop you from reaching it

Gmail is the best way to go when it comes to managing personal email. I know very few if any people who use a home PC who really require a to-do list, calendaring, and email in a client application that resembles Microsoft Outlook. Why bother with any of that when IT experts use Gmail and solve all of their problems easily?