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Here is a checklist taken from E-mail Essentials: Everything You Need to Know by Ed Tittel and Margaret Robbins.. We decided to see how ODU's email client stacks up to the checklist and here is what we got!

Email Essentials What is it? ODU Has ODU Lacks
Search Ability to look for message by sender or recipient's name, subject and words in message P X
News and Notification Notifies user when message is waiting to be read A X
Message Filing Saving messages into folders with related messages X U
Message/Status Listing Lets the user know which messages have been read, saved, or unread X L
Mail Forwarding Ability to redirect message to another recipient X I
Attachment Handling Ability to attach files from an outside source to the message X S
Print Services The ability to print the message from the program X (through Browser) S
Message Protection A way of backing up the database so that messages can't be lost X (deleting and emptying trash system) O
Message Storage Lets the user know when there are too many messages being stored C X
Traffic Monitoring Lets the user know how many messages each user sends and receives O X
User Profile Handling The ability to create a profile for each user O X
Support of Platforms Email should service several platforms including DOS, Windows, and Mac X L
Privacy Protection Ability to protect others from viewing your message by creating a password or encrypting the messages X (with password) I
Junk EMail Handling Ability to filter unwanted messages T X
Delivery Confirmation Lets the user know when the message was successfully sent S X
Import Message Text Ability to bring messages in from a text file X S
Outbound Message Handling Ability to save sent messages X I
Change Address while Composing Ability to add or change address of recipients even after user has begun to compose a message X L
Space-Savers The ability to compress messages to make more room L X
Distribution List Handling The ability to send a message to a group of people X Y

Tittel, Ed and Robbins, Margaret. E-mail Essentials: Everything You Need to Know. AP Professionals: Boston, MA. 1994.