On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:39:35 -0700 Shawn Sörbom <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Saturday, April 15, 2017 11:19:22 PM PDT Nick wrote: > > > JFTR, one alternative to Kmail might be 'Trojita' [1] > > - I haven't (yet) tried it, and it's not a KDE program, > > but it _is_ part of the KDE family, professionally > > developed, looks nice, well-liked and is pure-Qt > > so it fits well into a KDE environment. > > The only "downside" is that it's IMAP-only. > > > > [1] http://trojita.flaska.net/ [...] > Subjectively, it feels fast, which I like. Great :) ... I've also read other folks comments to that effect ... > However, I noticed that it does not appear to have > threading support, which I use a lot for mailing lists. Um ... me too, but maybe you mean something different from the simple ability to show the component emails of a conversation in a branching structure that keeps replies grouped with the messages they replied to and which reflects the chronological sequence of the discussion ? Otherwise, the first screenshot at http://trojita.flaska.net/screenshots.html appears to show properly threaded messages ... > Lack of POP3 support is also an issue for anybody who > prefers reading local copies of their mail. Agreed. Most ISPs limit how much email you can leave on their mailservers, and how long it can stay there ... so unless we each set up our own local mail-handling facilities (e.g. some spare box running fetchmail and Dovecot/Courier), which we then access via IMAP, then lack of POP3 is a show-stopper (other than for users who use only IMAP-accessible "unlimited storage" free webmail addresses). I don't know what the Trojita author's wishes are for handling of other mail protocols but if s/he would accept a patch then it might be possible to bolt on the POP3 engine from some other open-source email client. I'll try to make time to look into that. > The addressbook feature is somewhat lacking. There > doesn't seem to be any ability to import contacts. Ah .. that would also be a major problem. > it is a nice lightweight alternative if you don't mind > those limitations Thanks for taking the trouble to try it out and post a review. Cheers Nick -- Never FDISK after midnight
