+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
|Feature        |Mutt                  |Outlook       |Conclusion   |
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
|Startup        |   Almost             | Slow         |Mutt:*****   |
|               |instantaneous         |              |Outlook:*    |
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
|Shutdown       |Instantaneous         | Slow         |Mutt:*****   |
|               |  to a few            |              |Outlook:*    |
|               |   seconds            |              |             |
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
|Customizability|    Very flexible     |  Can be      | Mutt:*****  |
|               |         and          |customized    |Outlook:***  |
|               |customizable. Everyone|  using       |             |
|               |   customizes their   |Forms and     |             |
|               |       .muttrc        |  VBA as      |             |
|               |                      |   well       |             |
|               |                      |  as by       |             |
|               |                      | setting      |             |
|               |                      | options.     |             |
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
|  Formatting   |  Difficult to send   |Very easy     |   Mutt:*    |
|               |   formatted mails    | to send      |Outlook:*****|
|               |                      |   and        |             |
|               |                      | receive      |             |
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
|  Forwarding   |      Brain dead      |   Good       |   Mutt:*    |
|               |                      | handling     |Outlook:*****|
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
|   Searching   |   Good support for   |   Internal   |   Mutt:**   |
|               |        single        |    search    | Outlook:*** |
|               |   mailbox. Several   |   provided   |             |
|               |  external programs   |   which is   |             |
|               |available for multiple|  reasonably  |             |
|               |      mailboxes.      |good. Plug-ins|             |
|               |                      |available for |             |
|               |                      |    vastly    |             |
|               |                      |  improving   |             |
|               |                      |   search.    |             |
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
| Calendar/ToDo |     Not present      |  Got it all  |    Mutt:    |
|               |                      |              |Outlook:*****|
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
|Message Header |     Full control     | Very limited | Mutt:*****  |
|    editing    |                      |              | Outlook:**  |
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
|Keyboard driven|    Very powerful     | Very limited | Mutt:*****  |
|               |                      |              | Outlook:**  |
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
| Mouse support |         None         |    Normal    |    Mutt:    |
|               |                      |              | Outlook:*** |
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
|    Regular    |       Powerful       |     None     | Mutt:*****  |
|  expression   |                      |              |  Outlook:   |
|    support    |                      |              |             |
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
|    Tagging    |       Powerful       |  No tagging  | Mutt:*****  |
|               |                      | concept but  | Outlook:**  |
|               |                      |"rules" can be|             |
|               |                      |   used to    |             |
|               |                      | emulate some |             |
|               |                      |   part of    |             |
|               |                      |   tagging    |             |
|               |                      |(although it's|             |
|               |                      |    not as    |             |
|               |                      | flexible or  |             |
|               |                      |  powerful).  |             |
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+
| SUMMARY       | Mutt   :***************************************   |
|               | Outlook:********************************          |
+---------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+