E-mail woes! IMAP and Mail.app

I just upgraded to a new computer with 10.8.5 installed (that's as far as going to 10.8).

Seems that Comcast now requires us to use the IMAP system, which is horrible, because it creates all kinds of unwanted records, he spits in your Mail.app (CAT? That devil has time to CHAT?) and when you try to clean your phone or iPad, it removes them from your computer too! BAH!

I tried to bypass it by selecting in the mail acct prefs each "NEVER erase" I can't see... any suggestions?

Then, I never thought that I have it would take, but y at - it a suggestion for a program of mail 3rd party replacement in lieu of Mail.app?

Problems with Mail.app is that there is no colour and that it is difficult to see (at my age, my eyes is although I don't even wear glasses to bifocals yet), and it's glitchy that you can try to customize the toolbar and it freezes completely, forcing you to quit and restart.

It is very difficult to read, enter tasks and scroll bars are missing and he lost the ability to click a button when you want to paste in HTML messages and not to lose the formatting. The controls are weak and slow, but maybe it's because the IMAP that seems to remotely control your email!

So I thought instead that swear on this subject, as I did for two days now, I come here and ask what alternative exists for the mail.

If Apple continues in the direction to emulate a badly coded and difficult to see and use the PC, I don't see how it will benefit financially. I did not pay 4 X as much for a Mac just to fight with the same problems people have on much lower (used to be anyway) PCs.

Apple is listening to its customers (1996) for a long time?

Please visit your site to assistance of the provider, ComCast, email and find the page they provide showing how to put in place various email applications including mail on your computer. Note that this is not a rant site or a complaint. It is possible that the moderators can delete or re - write your message for this reason.

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