[throwaway5tkt6]

> Is the state of MUAs and e-mail in general really this bad/sad?

Undeniably, yes.

Personally, I still use the last real version of Eudora (7.1.0.9) along with a patch that gives it support for modern security (full TLSv1.2, LE root certs, etc).

I use it at home and at work, with over 20 years of email history in each one. I simply cannot find anything that does what it does as well...

Handles over 1 million messages with ease

Nice filtering rules

Super fast search tool

Files aren't stored in some inaccessible binary store

Keeps attachments stored externally from mailboxes

Makes it easy to manage multiple addresses & accounts

Very plain-text friendly

Has limited image/HTML support & doesn't run javascript (security though inability :) )

etc etc etc