oofki said:
The Mail client is not what needs to be secure it is the communications and that depends on what your server supports. As far as a/v stuff... you just need to make sure the a/v you use has a plugin that works with your mail client.
I do not think this is what gore is asking.
He is an avid and outspoken user of Mutt
This is a text-based e-mail client.

Thunderbird can be configured to view messages in plain text as he is used to ( on a per user/account basis, ) as well as using TLS or SSL, digital signing and certificates.

Yes, an AV is important ( especially when using Windows ) but even the best AV vendor is behind what is out there on the Net. Viewing e-mails in plain-text is an easy way to mitigate many zero-day exploits. ( if you don't understand this, PM me, I'll explain it better when I am sober. )

IMHO html e-mail should be banned everywhere!

WTF do I need to read some *******'s e-mail in purple text ?????? ( edited by AO, ******* was a-s-s-h-o-l-e )

Why do I need someone's e-mail loading and starting programs on my computer????

Thunderbird can be configured to block java-script in messages, block loading of remote images, etc.

And AFAIK unless you go really out of your way it does not run ActiveX !!!!!!!!!!!!

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