On Thursday June 22 2006 06:27 pm, jon wrote: > Shawn wrote: > > I don't know the details of how/why you are using FTP, but SSH has a > > nice feature called SFTP (built in to ssh). Most of today's ftp clients > > Good point. I didn't think of that. Thanks! > > > As for Kmail crashing on you all the time, that's an application > > I gotta tell ya, I really, really, really want to like KMail but I just > can't. KMail crashes at least once a day on me on my local machine and > when it is operating correctly is absolutely painfully slow. Switching > folders will guarantee that I get to stare at the blue 'refreshing > folders' screen for at least a minute and in many cases it never clears. > I have to select another folder and then go back to the folder I really > want to see. Thunderbird, on the other hand, is so fast that I almost > can't tell when I'm looking at an IMAP folder or a local folder. > Honestly, I've given KMail so many chances, but it's just not as good as > Thunderbird and I'm not going to use it any more. I have to on CosmoPOD, > however, as it's all they offer :( What blue "refreshing folders" screen?? Don't think I've ever seen that on kmail - and I've been using it every day for years. I usually get an immediate response when I select another folder. Once in a blue moon, I get a delay going from one message to another, but that's about it for problems. I've tried Netscape mail and some other mail programs, but always seem to gravitate back to kmail for ease if use.
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