On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:16:55 -0600, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:07:02AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > >> Thunderbird does a similar act with threading and it seems to work > >> pretty good. Is there any way to change the look of Mutt? > > > > I was curious how threading compared on mutt, Thunderbird, and > > mail.app. A google turned up this post: > > > > > http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:IQOnx2gc2_oJ:grove.ufl.edu/~dwc/a > rchives/cat_internet.html+Thunderbird+threading+mutt&hl=en&client=fire > fox-a > > > > http://urlsnip.com/699033 > > > [Snip stuff] > > Thanks Erik! > Interesting stuff. > > The first problem I've run into with Thunderbird has to do with > filters. > When I D/Led Thunderbird it copied all my settings from OE accurately > and replicated the enviroment I was used to reading from including the > seperate folders I keep for each mailing list I sub to. This was > great! I could see all my old mail in a threaded enviroment which was > a strong point in Thunderbirds favor. > > But when I downloaded some new mail everything was thrown into the > "Inbox" and it was quite apparent that Thunderbird did not replicate > *any* of my filters whatsoever. > I have a LOT of filters and quail at the thought of inputing all this > stuff manually. > (Laziness on my part to be honest<G>) > > So it was a bit of a mixed bag for Thunderbird. It replicated all my > settings accurately and seems to possess a superior functionality > overall (in comparison to OE at least). > The downside was that it didn't replicate my filters (which I find > problematic since the filtering scheme for Thunderbird appears to be > quite similar to that of OE and which makes me wonder why that > particular function wasn't included). > > Realistically, Thunderbird seems to be designed to replace OE and does > a good job at that for basic users, but the more advanced a user is > the more difficulties one may find during the changeover period. > (Hopefully someone here knows about something I missed, and I am just > plain wrong about the filters. This would improve my opinion of > Thunderbird considerably, even in light of the problems Erik has > uncovered. ) > Thunderbird quite plainly has better functionality than OE. > Though I am still likely to continue to use OE for a while. At least > until I can find out what MS is going to do to improve OE if indeed > there are any such plans at all in the offing. > > xponent > Ch Ch Ch Changes Maru > rob
As I wrote previously I just downloaded and started using Thunderbird and as a basic replacement for Outlook Express I like it. It did replicate my old identity with the thousands of emails and multiple folders when I would have preferred the newer identity. (And took over an hour to do so.) I was also surprised it did not replicate the filters. For this and other lists I think I prefer gmail but at the present rate I will exceed the one gig quota by the end of the year and would also prefer a better automatic spell and grammar checker. Gary Denton _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
