Ok, fine I admit for those of you who wonder where I'm coming from, that I haven't done any research on this question. But that's why I put this question in this forum. I also would rather just chat with you about this right now rather than make some sort of serious study of the subject. So, please don't take this question too seriously, OK? I also admit I have never tried the Modest email client, so I have nothing to compare to. For all I know it works fine and is worthy of being picked over Claws to be the default email client. So, really, dispite what I said above, this is not a retorical question but a serious question. Why pick Modest over Claws? I do have some daily experience using Claws. True, if the default becomes "Modest" I can just continue using Claws I'm sure ,so no huge deal here. Anyway, I have had virtually 0 problems with Claws. I use it exclusively on my NIT. I haven't used it's more advanced features though, so I couldn't say I have thoroughly tested it. But it has been pretty flawless as a daily imap email client. So, I'll be interested in what you all have to say.

Thanks
Neil