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Best email app for OS X?

I have been using Microsoft Outlook Express on OS 9.1, and have always been pretty happy with it. Am upgrading to Panther so obviously I'm going to have to switch email software. What would anyone recommend? Is Apple's Mail software the best available option? I did wonder: if I used Microsoft Entourage, would I be able to read my old mail messages from Outlook Express in it? (I assume I wouldn't be able to in a non-Microsoft program.)

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Thanks! I don't have a hotmail account. Do you know how I transfer my Outlook messages to Mail? Or does Mail Help tell me how to do this?
the first time you enter the mail program, it should ask for your email address info and it should ask what program you want to import email messages from. If you were already in the mail progrma before and you decided not to set up an account and it doesnt ask you to set up an account, you can do so in the preferences under accounts. The messages should automatically be there. If not, look around the system preferences under email, and under the mail program preferences.... do you need any other help?
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Thanks, both, for these helpful comments. If I'm moving my Outlook Express mail messages from a different Mac, how do I get them to appear in the Mail software? Is there an equivalent to the 'identities' folder that I drop them into, or something like this?
in mail, go to "file" "import Maliboxes"